Farking boy racers

[James Deuce]

Graham. I do NOT spread diesel on a public road. Between Stagecoach and the 2am Sunday morning boys racing between the Western Hutt hills 'burbs on the interconnecting goat tracks there is a layer of diesel and engine oil that makes riding a bike bloody dangerous, especially in a light drizzle. I live on a steep hill road with hairpin corners.

I've yet to see a biker spreading diesel on corners. How come you keep trying to justify that particular little lethal recent addition to the boy racer "arsenal"?

When I was hooning around in cars the emphasis was on fun and beating your mate from a to b. We NEVER considered spreading diesel on a public road as a form of entertainment once.

[Hitcher]

It's good to see that the debate in the media has now moved away from boy racers and on to killer buses. That should keep the terminally hysterical wowsers occupied until Queen's Birthday Weekend, unless there's a plague of murderous skateboarders between now and then...

[Grahameeboy]

Graham. I do NOT spread diesel on a public road. Between Stagecoach and the 2am Sunday morning boys racing between the Western Hutt hills 'burbs on the interconnecting goat tracks there is a layer of diesel and engine oil that makes riding a bike bloody dangerous, especially in a light drizzle. I live on a steep hill road with hairpin corners.

I've yet to see a biker spreading diesel on corners. How come you keep trying to justify that particular little lethal recent addition to the boy racer "arsenal"?

When I was hooning around in cars the emphasis was on fun and beating your mate from a to b. We NEVER considered spreading diesel on a public road as a form of entertainment once.

Don't mention diesel to me.....

If they are doing that then it is wrong...not saying what they do is right, I was just making a comparison with Bikers who do things that cause a danger to others...it is all relative....here we are giving these guys grief when some of us need to look at our own side.

I was not justifying the diesel thing...where do I say that? Anyway.....

But even trying to beat your mate from A to B was dangerous as well as fun....and like I said we are talking about a minority but the way fun and cars is done is different now....what they do now is no different to what you did..having fun and showing off with your mates........you didn't have computer games then, we do now..............

You are trying to justify what you did as being okay but maybe these guys think the same. Both were and are dangerous.......

[Grahameeboy]

It's good to see that the debate in the media has now moved away from boy racers and on to killer buses. That should keep the terminally hysterical wowsers occupied until Queen's Birthday Weekend, unless there's a plague of murderous skateboarders between now and then...

Keeps them off our backs eh?

[lb99]

I live on a nice quiet street, yet these fuckers seem to think tis cool to come and tear up the tarmarc outside my house. Practise their burnouts and handbrake skids in some heap of shit car.

Nearly every time I see a car I jump on my bike follow it untill I've got its make model color and rego firmly implanted in my head, then do the *555 thing.

I've lost count.

Why cant they just crash into that lampost and die?

I really am surprised that in all of the posts, no one has mentioned it......

get a hunk of old carpet, a long rope, and a big bag of gib nails.
bang a whole heap of nails through the carpet, put it spikes up on the opposite driveway to yours, tie the rope to it, and pull the carpet across their path as they make their exit, after they run it over, keep pulling it into your garage or something, by the time they all stop it will be hidden- no evidence

or

roll a chopping block (or a stripped car) out into their path, I have seen both used to good effect.

you and th neighbours could block the road with your cars and trap em, call the feds...

[Grahameeboy]

I really am surprised that in all of the posts, no one has mentioned it......

get a hunk of old carpet, a long rope, and a big bag of gib nails.
bang a whole heap of nails through the carpet, put it spikes up on the opposite driveway to yours, tie the rope to it, and pull the carpet across their path as they make their exit, after they run it over, keep pulling it into your garage or something, by the time they all stop it will be hidden- no evidence

or

roll a chopping block (or a stripped car) out into their path, I have seen both used to good effect.

you and th neighbours could block the road with your cars and trap em, call the feds...

You have worked this out haven't you..........

Do you know what we did, stopped the buggers, called the Police, driver was arrested.....no more trouble.............simple

[James Deuce]

You are trying to justify what you did as being okay but maybe these guys think the same. Both were and are dangerous.......

No I'm not. I'm agreeing with the first premise in SPMAN's latest post.

From my perspective boy racers went from being stupid teenagers (like we all were) to murderous thugs the moment they started making suburban streets dangerous to drive on, long after they'd left. You keep bringing up the "Bikers aren't perfect" credo and lumping us all into the same bucket. We're not. I've never had a ticket or a traffic conviction. I'm not perfect but I don't go looking for trouble. I don't advocate mirror removals, I don't advocate road rage of any kind.

As I said I don't see bikers spreading any sort of friction reduction fluid on the road. There's a big difference between over taking a dawdling 90 km/hr box inhabitant at 120 on a bike, to spreading litres of diesel on a corner a couple of hours before Mums start taking kids to school on a slightly damp morning.

[The Pastor]

you cant and it won't be fixed. Ever.

Untill its "gay" to be a boy ricer.

[Grahameeboy]

No I'm not. I'm agreeing with the first premise in SPMAN's latest post.

From my perspective boy racers went from being stupid teenagers (like we all were) to murderous thugs the moment they started making suburban streets dangerous to drive on, long after they'd left. You keep bringing up the "Bikers aren't perfect" credo and lumping us all into the same bucket. We're not. I've never had a ticket or a traffic conviction. I'm not perfect but I don't go looking for trouble. I don't advocate mirror removals, I don't advocate road rage of any kind.

As I said I don't see bikers spreading any sort of friction reduction fluid on the road. There's a big difference between over taking a dawdling 90 km/hr box inhabitant at 120 on a bike, to spreading litres of diesel on a corner a couple of hours before Mums start taking kids to school on a slightly damp morning.

I am not lumping into the same bucket, just saying that Bikers are not perfect and do dangerous stuff, not saying as bad as spearding diesel.

I agree with the diesel spreading.

Think it a bit extreme about 'Murdererus'...like you say they are stupid teenagers who may not know what they leave behind is dangerous just as we, when younger did not think that we did stupid stuff that was dangerous at the time...that's what stupider is all about

[Hitcher]

you cant and it won't be fixed. Ever.

Not true. A wedge placed beneath your shorter leg will remedy the cant. It's simple when one knows how.

[McJim]

Every cloud has a silver lining - I am grateful that it looks as though the gubbermint will introduce mandatory 3rd Party Insurance like the rest of the civilized world.

All we need now is for some more Jail space so they can introduce a custodial service for people caught without insurance (Sick of hearing about criminal offences involving motor vehicles not being criminal offences over here!)

In fact nah - fuckit - if they don't have insurance chuck 'em in 7 deep in a 1 man cell.

I agree that compulsory 3rd Party insurance will not stop the boy racer culture but it WILL fix my bike next time some daft bastard decides the rules of the road don't apply to them.

[The Pastor]

I agree that compulsory 3rd Party insurance will not stop the boy racer culture but it WILL fix my bike next time some daft bastard decides the rules of the road don't apply to them.

As long as it's not a boy ricer eh?

[Grahameeboy]

Every cloud has a silver lining - I am grateful that it looks as though the gubbermint will introduce mandatory 3rd Party Insurance like the rest of the civilized world.

All we need now is for some more Jail space so they can introduce a custodial service for people caught without insurance (Sick of hearing about criminal offences involving motor vehicles not being criminal offences over here!)

In fact nah - fuckit - if they don't have insurance chuck 'em in 7 deep in a 1 man cell.

I agree that compulsory 3rd Party insurance will not stop the boy racer culture but it WILL fix my bike next time some daft bastard decides the rules of the road don't apply to them.

I agree that compulsory TP Insurance will cover the cost of daft bastards.

Trubs is that Insurers will look closely at suspect 'Boy Racer' accidents so some Boy Racers may ee in breach of their Policy Conditions so will not cover the damage to the poor innocent.

Plus the Govt may need to consider an Insurance Pool to cover uninsured drivers....like the Motor Insurers Bureau in UK which came about when min TP Insurance was brought in in 1974.....

[Hitcher]

I suspect that the Gummint will make third-party insurance part of the rego cost, rather than pfaffing around relying on people to acquire their own.

[Grahameeboy]

I suspect that the Gummint will make third-party insurance part of the rego cost, rather than pfaffing around relying on people to acquire their own.

Maybe, don't know how it would affect Insurer's and who would run it...maybe like Aussie, however, problem is that Insurance is a small market here and you could not apply it to say Commercial Vehicles.

Maybe when you apply for Insurance you need to show proof of Insurance.....if no proof you pay extra on Rego.....