FUCKEN METER MAID !!!!!!!!!!!

[madandy]

Bummer, Quasi...

If your bike had a WOF issued when the Rego was in it's current position, or that which it was in when said M.M. wrote you the ticket then surely they( the WOF issuer) have failed to do their job by ensuring the Machine meets all regulations for a road going Motorcyle?!

Heaps of bikes have their Rego displayed on a swingarm or somewhere else...Hell I kept mine in the 'glovebox' on the old RF...

Your M.M. may be a jealous cage driver getting back at you for lane splitting one avo on her way home from work...

Andy

[Paul in NZ]

Ive already done the middle way letters in the post.
And yes she /they whatever get yelled at for not doing their job, sure, and it my absolute duty as a new zealand citizen to stand up and be counted for those laws that are unfair, or those laws that in my view carry a unfair fine or sentence.I am obliged to because I love my country and what it means to me.
And Paul me old wise mate from the south, it will be a very very sad day in New Zealand when people do NOT speak out and protest. For then we truly will be at the mercy of the Beauricrats. and that day if it comes will be the day when I will leave this land of plenty to the beauricrats to have all to themselves.

Yes! I agree but shouting at the MM is not speaking out in protest. It's venting at a minion of evil. It's like slaying an Orc, the evil overlord just sends out a replacement.... Or 2. You have to make it so that they don't send the replacements...

Speaking out in protest is fine, but doing what that chappie in dorkland did about his parking ticket is event changing stuff. Took the buggers to court and won... Of course, they keep on writing out tickets... But not on his car...

I suggest a letter to LTSA (or whoever) pointing out the stupidness of all this, the lost effort / time etc in an effort to get change.

Paul N

[Slim]

Under the seat. Everyone else seems to be assuming that your rego will still be visible, but I'm guessing that it's really, truly locked away under the seat for security reasons?

I'm sure you explained this in your letter.


I personally don't understand why the council can ticket for rego/WOF issues & I have to say that I'd be pretty mad too, Quasi.

The other thing is that it seems pretty ridiculous to insist the rego is displayed near the number plate on a motorcycle when it's so easy for someone wandering past to steal it. It's all nicely locked away under glass in a c@r.

[Wenier]

Now for one i dont think a MM should b issuing that kind of ticket as they work for the council, i see that as a police officers job to decide on display of it.

On my bike u cant see either WOF or rego and the rego is in the tool kit as it wasnt a sticky one to go to the back of the number plate, but even on the back u can read it nor can the WOF b read and yet i havent had a problem from a cop bout it yet, and it looks alot nicer without that shit sticky out all over the back.

[XTC]

Anyone here had their rego label stolen?

[Two Smoker]

IM FRECKING BLOODY PISSED OFF, I just took my bike into town to get a sub come back and a meter maid bitch gave me a ticket $200 fucking dollars for "failing to display" a registration !! which is under the seat.
what is with that $200 for christ sake !!!!!!
I saw her disappear around the corner I rode up to and had her up on it , I said its under my seat, she said the predicatble crap like " sorry sir we dont make the rules" I replied yeah "typical HP wannabe response from a police state activist!!!"
told her to get fucked and took of .
Okay Im not always a class act , but man $200 for what ??????? why the fuck would a meter maid give a shit if I got a reg displayed anyway!!!!
even if I was puilled over by a HP he wouldnt have stung me $200, prolly said you need to display it.
GOD DAMN TRAILED AND EXECUTED BY A BLOODY METER MAID !!!!!!!!!!

the ticket has boxes on it and the box saying "unlicensed motor vehicle" is circled with other as "no display"

Mini Hitler COW

anyone know if I present the reg if I can get off ???

Remind me not to piss you off Bret.... hehehe....

On a good note, i just got a ticket payment reminder thingy, saying i owed $0 on a due date of 0.... so i can't really go back in time to pay it, but i dont have to pay anything.... so im sorted.... ive got the paper tp prove it hehehe....

[Blackbird]

Write straight away, but do it with humour and no ranting. Print off a digital photo of the location of the sticker as proof of ownership and stick that with it. Tell 'em you now realise it was in the wrong location. Do lots of arse-kissing like I did 5 years ago to get off a parking ticket (attached)

Best of luck.

Geoff

[spudchucka]

IM FRECKING BLOODY PISSED OFF, I just took my bike into town to get a sub come back and a meter maid bitch gave me a ticket $200 fucking dollars for "failing to display" a registration !! which is under the seat.
what is with that $200 for christ sake !!!!!!
I saw her disappear around the corner I rode up to and had her up on it , I said its under my seat, she said the predicatble crap like " sorry sir we dont make the rules" I replied yeah "typical HP wannabe response from a police state activist!!!"
told her to get fucked and took of .
Okay Im not always a class act , but man $200 for what ??????? why the fuck would a meter maid give a shit if I got a reg displayed anyway!!!!
even if I was puilled over by a HP he wouldnt have stung me $200, prolly said you need to display it.
GOD DAMN TRAILED AND EXECUTED BY A BLOODY METER MAID !!!!!!!!!!

the ticket has boxes on it and the box saying "unlicensed motor vehicle" is circled with other as "no display"

Mini Hitler COW

anyone know if I present the reg if I can get off ???

Thats exactly why council employees shouldn't be issuing tickets for anything other than parking offences.

[ajturbo]

Oh for fucks sake dont give me that crap !, I have been remiss!!!! you cock!! Its $200 fucking dollars for a bloody smaller than small issue. I will take it out on ANYONE that works for outfits who ABSOLUTE policy is screw NZrs for every cent they are worth, she chose to do this job, and she represents the people that make the rules, if she and people like her dish out fucken police state money grabbing fucken policies like that THEY WILL get a Ear bashing from me, and I dont give a FUCK what sensitivities I hurt in the process.

[StoneChucker]

Write straight away, but do it with humour and no ranting. Print off a digital photo of the location of the sticker as proof of ownership and stick that with it. Tell 'em you now realise it was in the wrong location. Do lots of arse-kissing like I did 5 years ago to get off a parking ticket (attached)

Best of luck.

Geoff

Thats well written there Geoff. I reckon you got off just for giving them a laugh!
Now you need a custom plate, how about USSGEF?

[Clockwork]

Thats exactly why council employees shouldn't be issuing tickets for anything other than parking offences.

You have said a mouth full there.... last Friday I got ticketed for being parked on a Pedestrian Crossing. Problem is, I was parked a good metre away from the crossing. I was parked on the right hand side of the end of a one-way street. Adjacent and to the right of where I was parked there two white "Give Way" road lines immediately followed by the left hand boundary of the light controlled crossing. (ie three white lines crossing the road in parallel). The right hand boundary of the crossing was approx 2-3 metres further down the road. My bike was angle parked at the end of a row of angle parks, neatly slotted between them and the crossing, the rear wheel was resting in the first of the "Give Way" markers.

I'm not a happy Chappy!

[Skyryder]

When I was driving the shuttles in Chch I lost track of how many times cars would park on a bus stop. Wardens just walked past and would only act on a telephone complaint. Then only issue a warning if the driver turned up. Not much advicethat has not already been said. Other than, if they do not let you off, maybe another letter asking why they have not used their 'discretion' in this instance.


Skyryder

[Blackbird]

Never thought of a plate like that, hehe.

Quasi was hard done by but giving them the reaming out they richly deserve is simply going to ensure that he parts with hard-earned funds. Far better to go down the simpleton route and poke fun at himself, at least there's a fighting chance then.

Geoff

[Monsterbishi]

I got pinged in exactly the same way a few years ago, had the bike parked in a 10minute park while I was picking up some papers at the solicitors arranging the purchase of our house, got back to a $200 ticket, even though the tag holder was pretty clear on the side of the bike(bolted to the chain guard) a polite letter cleared the matter up.

It's a funny world we live in, by risking your life and driving without a seatbelt, you get a $150 fine, where not displaying a piece of paper gets you fined $200... Moral is: bureaucracy first, safety later.

[NordieBoy]

Is the $200 for "unlicenced" or "not displaying"?

The MM's in Nelson carry little digi cameras and iPaq's.
Everything is logged back to base including pics.