Boi racers in Christchurch cont'd

[Skyryder]

Meh, us hot-rod types had to put up with M.O.T. bully-boys and 'underhand' tactics way back in the 70's (or earlier, memory is a tad fuzzy).
The even picked on 'genuine hot rodders' and 'car enthusiasts' too.

Only we never had the interweb thingy to bleat on about it on...

.............and it was soon forgotton with a bit of hanky panky in the back seat.

Skyryder

[PrincessBandit]

Well, the big wigs are apparently getting serious about the car crushing business for repeat offenders. Regardless of who owns the car the compactor beckons! What I'm now wondering about it how many cars will be stolen for these activities in order to get around this. If they don't wan't to risk having their "mum's" or "nanna's" car squished how many will steal-to-order a suitable car to satisfy their activities?

And what is that likely to do to insurance premiums for those who own the types of cars these people are attracted to?

Hmmmmm.

[terbang]

Well it looks like they (real estate owners in CHC) have their way. The Boy racers are to get their cars crushed. A fairly draconian punishment for only one thing, being a boy racer. A loose term if i ever heard one. It reeks of "not in my back yard please" as drunk drivers get to keep their 60 grand commodores even after offending more than once. Have boy racers killed more people than recidivist speeders or drunk drivers?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Only we never had the interweb thingy to bleat on about it on...

you used morse code on your CB Radio

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[CookMySock]

next boy racer mod will be a crusher-resistant car, so in goes the car, and CLANG! MUNT! the crusher can't crush it.. /fail

Imagine the raucous laughter from through the fence..

Steve

[jim.cox]

Well it looks like they (real estate owners in CHC) have their way. The Boy racers are to get their cars crushed. A fairly draconian punishment for only one thing, being a boy racer. A loose term if i ever heard one. It reeks of "not in my back yard please" as drunk drivers get to keep their 60 grand commodores even after offending more than once. Have boy racers killed more people than recidivist speeders or drunk drivers?

They need to kill them quietly

Turn down the boof boof boof boxes,

Use an exhaust that reduces noise rather than amplifying

And nobody wlll complain

And "Crusher" Collins won't get her photo all over the newspaper

[FROSTY:Me]

WORD OF WARNING FOLKS--
WE as bikers need to be watching the exact wording of those b"boy racer" laws. It could be your bike that ends up crushed.

[davereid]

I look forward to the bleats here on KB...

I buyed this car on tardme.. it wuz cool an no reserve..
I checked the ppsr.. sweet no money owed so I bought it..

Turns out the last owner was a boy racer.. now its been crushed...


Only two outcomes here..

either
they can crush a car AFTER it been sold, in which case cars will just be sold before the crusher day, disadvantaging the buyer, but not penalising the BR
or
they cant crush a car after its been sold, meaning BRs will sell cars to mates before crusher day meaning the law is impotent

Either outcome is just a bad law, drafted by a moron, which won't fix the problem

[terbang]

WORD OF WARNING FOLKS--
WE as bikers need to be watching the exact wording of those b"boy racer" laws. It could be your bike that ends up crushed.

Dead right mate, The police have been telling us for years that it is drink driving and speed that are the killers. Yet here we have a new kind of punishment for, kids with hot cars. Why, because everyone hates them, they are anti social, make lots of noise and generally piss people off. Some of them fit into the speed and alcohol category too.
A large portion of society also sees motorcyclists in the same way.

[scumdog]

I look forward to the bleats here on KB...

I buyed this car on tardme.. it wuz cool an no reserve..
I checked the ppsr.. sweet no money owed so I bought it..

Turns out the last owner was a boy racer.. now its been crushed...


Only two outcomes here..

either
they can crush a car AFTER it been sold, in which case cars will just be sold before the crusher day, disadvantaging the buyer, but not penalising the BR
or
they cant crush a car after its been sold, meaning BRs will sell cars to mates before crusher day meaning the law is impotent

Either outcome is just a bad law, drafted by a moron, which won't fix the problem

I guess (and it IS only a guess) that the car would be siezed at the time of the offence and once the driver has been to Court and found guilty the car would be crushed.

[Ixion]

I am concerned about the bit where they want to ban "cruising". Which seems to imply that a number (how many ?) of vehicles, going to a common destination, breaking no other laws (ie not speeding, nice and quiet, no wheelies , wheel spinning etc,) can be pinged as "boy racers cruising" just because they are following one another. Sounds rather like a group ride, doesn't it. "You're a boy racer, and you were cruising because you were following another boy racer round and round. Hang on, how do you know I'm a boy racer? Cos you were following him, and he's a boy racer. But what makes him a boy racer, he's driving real carefully and legally? Cos you're following him, and you're a boy racer. But how --- oh forget it, which was is the crusher ? " The grey cardigans strike again.

[Ixion]

I guess (and it IS only a guess) that the car would be siezed at the time of the offence and once the driver has been to Court and found guilty the car would be crushed.

Cos it's been seized doesn't stop it being sold , until he's found guilty

[FROSTY:Me]

I am concerned about the bit where they want to ban "cruising". Which seems to imply that a number (how many ?) of vehicles, going to a common destination, breaking no other laws (ie not speeding, nice and quiet, no wheelies , wheel spinning etc,) can be pinged as "boy racers cruising" just because they are following one another. Sounds rather like a group ride, doesn't it.

that bit of the proposed change makes no sense at all to me.
Im thinking of the beachhops and the custom car club runs. cruising is part of kiwi culture.

[CookMySock]

cruising is part of kiwi culture.

Theres no way they can implement all that in law. They are, what we refer to as "fucking dreaming."

At least half of their tools they are using against the boy racers is the media. Young lads can be influenced nicely by what they hear on the telly. It's only us old cunts they know they cant pull the wool over our eyes.

Note, most of this crap is "council bylaw" too, not NZ law, so I think it will be hard to get someone convicted of anything.

Yeah it does worry me if their attention will be turned to bikers one day, because at the moment it seems like we get off a lot of little misdemeanors and other grey areas of the law.


Steve

[Mom]

Boi racers dont watch TV. They will be hearing about this via the internet. One of them somewhere will have seen something to do with cars being crushed and they will all know about it via facebook/bebo etc no doubt complete with chinese whispers.

I feel really sorry for anyone that has to put up with the antics of some yoofs! Little shits.

At risk of being totally flamed, I also feel a bit sorry for some (notice I said some) of these kids, they want to go out and cruise, they want to make loud engine noises and shock/horror release a bit of smoke from their tyres.

Shit they sound a bit like some of us