Does the punishment match the crime?

[The Stranger:Me]

Tank stop stalking DB on these kind of posts

btw I'm saying this cause it's sad to do that.

not a personal attack on you or anything though lol.

Hang on, why not suggest DB stop posting stupid shit instead?
Just because you've given up on trying to redeem DB doesn't mean Tank should.

[Tubbsy]

I believe the OP, that it was an oversight and not deliberate. The government is notoriously stern about this sort of thing.
Fines are tougher to take when you are on a lower than average wage. When $750 is over 2 weeks take-home pay, it does hurt and does require some serious adjustment to one's budget.

Yep, def an oversight, and def have had to rethink my budget. My final paper in a diploma I'm doing now has to go on hold etc.....BUT, and I stress this, even if it hadn't happened to me (which it did) I would still think it too much.

Car has a full WOF, no dangerous driving, no-one hurt. Basically boils down to, I forgot to give the govt their cut so I received the modern day equivalent of 6 of the best.

Onwards and upwards anyway.....just with that bitter aftertaste.

[Okey Dokey]

Onwards and upwards anyway.....just with that bitter aftertaste.

Yes, that's the spirit. You just have to take it on the chin, but at least you know there are some sympathetic souls here on kb.

[Tubbsy]

Yes, that's the spirit. You just have to take it on the chin, but at least you know there are some sympathetic souls here on kb.

Absolutely....

Now, better get onto the motorbike rego that expires this weekend!!

[ynot slow]

I have some very close contacts in the linehaul trucking game. It's a minefield of k's, money and political claptrap combined with hard-arse drivers tryjng to make a living/get a job done and roads that can't support the traffic, be-it heavy or otherwise.

Biking in NZ is a unique and very dangerous experience, as is trucking. There's nothing worse than the two paths colliding. I feel for the truck drivers (who rank among my friends and family), they have to do mega hours and be sober in the off-hours to make the grade. You try it! I can't even get close and I admit it.

I've been stuck behind trucks on bikes and in cars in many conditions. For the most part (99.9%) I've had good feedback, got a wink of the indicator or whatever and it's all been good to overtake. Truckers are the last group on NZ roads I'd be targeting when it comes to road speed or even road manners.

Cops, however, need the bash.

10.4 that one,except when a passing lane approaching,2 40tonne rigs and you just know the second one will pass and just sit in front of the other while 5 cars are behind.

If only people could work out when the trucky puts indicator on you can pass him.Used to deal with shit loads of truckies at work delivering furniture and most were bloody good for road info,i.e if I was heading away and asking road conditions etc.

[Tank]

I care nothing for the pigs feelings. Fuck the lot of them. Get hard, get angry, and get even.

now if I saw that particular guy having a 1 on 5 with the local MM boys, I'd probably put my own safety first, and wait till the MMs were good and finished, before calling 111.

Good job too, kick the fuck outta the scumbag pig!

So this morning there is one cop shot dead - another 2 in hospital having being shot and a guy with a rifle on the loose.

Yeah - fuck the pigs - who have to go in there and risk their life to look after the rest of us. There are god knows how many of them doing that right now - knowing that there is a person there wanting to shoot them, yet they do it anyway. People that do this deserve more respect.

I bet if your family was a few houses down the road from all this I bet you would be saying something different right now.

[Tubbsy]

People that do this deserve more respect.

To set the record straight, I have the utmost respect for them and what they do and accord them every courtesy, what I'm saying is, I'd just like to see it returned. I simply don't like being treated out of hand as if I'm some scumbag who has intentionally gone out to commit crime.

[firefighter]

So many peadophiles see their treatment as unfair and dishonest, I guess they never got good policing either eh?

Even you have to admit that's a pretty rough deal the op got, if he's true to his word and a genuine guy, then that cop is a real dick. Sorry man but I think some get a bit holier than thou about things and have very little compassion.....
Iv'e never really (touch wood) had bad experiences personally but this fine is over the top. I mean the rego could easily have been let go as it's not like he would'nt have paid for the time on the road once he paid it, and it hardly makes his vehicle dangerous........

So this morning there is one cop shot dead - another 2 in hospital having being shot and a guy with a rifle on the loose.

Yeah - fuck the pigs - who have to go in there and risk their life to look after the rest of us. There are god knows how many of them doing that right now - knowing that there is a person there wanting to shoot them, yet they do it anyway. People that do this deserve more respect.

I bet if your family was a few houses down the road from all this I bet you would be saying something different right now.

Yeah dude, you know i'm a huge advocate and defender of the cops, but this is a totally different event.......the cop was a dick end of story. You would'nt show this kind of compassion for a parking warden i'm sure......

A bit like that Prick that waits at the bottom of the gentle slope coming into town from Ruapehu, if he was doing his job he'd be giving tickets to the people driving like maniacs through the icy twisties. Not waiting at the bottom where he will get people at 11 kms over, that's blatant revenue collection, not life saving. He's there every year I go up. I have half a mind to tell him to get up he fucken hill sometimes as I don't to be taken out by some fuckwitt brazenly speeding......

[Tank]

Yeah dude, you know i'm a huge advocate and defender of the cops, but this is a totally different event.......the cop was a dick end of story. You would'nt show this kind of compassion for a parking warden i'm sure......

Why was he been a dick? He gave a ticket when the OP (even tho he was a nice guy) was in the wrong. No Rego, no RUC - he just needs to take it on the chin (as OP has done). Heck - even the cop said to write in and see if they can do anything. Nothing about that cop being a dick.

And whilst it is a different event - the SAME cop would have had to drop everything and get involved if it was in his 'hood' - thats what they do, one minute giving tickets, another they are pulling bodies from a crashed car, another they are involved in potentially dangerous domestics, or in this case a drugs bust. Many of them can go wrong - but it seems that some people cant see past the traffic component of their job.

And as for a parking warden - why would I abuse them either? They are just people doing a job.

A bit like that PIG that waits at the bottom of the gentle slope coming into town from Ruapehu, if he was doing his job ....... He's there every year I go up. I have half a mind to tell him to get up he fucken hill sometimes as I don't to be taken out by some fuckwitt brazenly speeding......

I agree you have 1/2 a mind. and obviously you dont have the backbone to backup your strong convictions - else you would have gone up to him called him a pig and told him how you know so much better than he does.

[firefighter]

Why was he been a dick? He gave a ticket when the OP (even tho he was a nice guy) was in the wrong. No Rego, no RUC - he just needs to take it on the chin (as OP has done). Heck - even the cop said to write in and see if they can do anything. Nothing about that cop being a dick.

Because instead of choosing discretion and just a little compassion, like perhaps write a singular ticket and a warning for the other, he chose to issue both, which he obviously did'nt believe in himself.

He did'nt have to, yet he did, even failing to back himself, so, he's a dick, simple.

I have good friends who are rozzas, they actually agree with me on this.

And whilst it is a different event - the SAME cop would have had to drop everything and get involved if it was in his 'hood' - thats what they do, one minute giving tickets, another they are pulling bodies from a crashed car, another they are involved in potentially dangerous domestics, or in this case a drugs bust. Many of them can go wrong - but it seems that some people cant see past the traffic component of their job.

Yessss, that does'nt mean he's not a prick, yep, full credit where it's due, BUT he's a fucker in this instance. I don't want to get into semantics over it.

And as for a parking warden - why would I abuse them either? They are just people doing a job.

Who said anything about abuse? A parking warden gives tickets, nothing else, but they could get very nasty if they wanted, there's a difference between doing a job and plain screwing people over, kinda matched up with what I had before I thought, maybe not.

I agree you have 1/2 a mind.

Easy there cowboy.

No need to get nasty, I have written with no heinous conviction or missplaced aggro toward you, merely voiced an opinion, which is shared by friends of mine within said community.....think about that.

and obviously you dont have the backbone to backup your strong convictions - else you would have gone up to him called him a pig and told him how you know so much better than he does.

Ahhh, no, I hate that word for a start, besides, I would'nt waste my time, like he'd listen to instructions from joe public to get up the hill and slow down the crazies, he's doing that already at the end of the dangerous bit......

But, to say he's doing his job well standing on the side of the road waving over cars on a gentle slope, where there is a sudden speed change.....well I would have to think not.

There are very dangerous icy roads where people drive like maniacs, just around the corner, where the crashes happen and lives are at risk.....And plenty of places for pulling over and doing some preventative policing.

Countless times iv'e seen people flying around those roads, passing, doing dumb boy-racer style shit, on the grit! Yet the guy is down the bottom, and pops up when there's been a head on, which people like me come and deal with. Nice work..........

[Tank]

I agree you have 1/2 a mind. and obviously you dont have the backbone to backup your strong convictions - else you would have gone up to him called him a pig and told him how you know so much better than he does.

Ahhh, no, I hate that word for a start, besides, I would'nt waste my time, like he'd listen to instructions from joe public to get up the hill and slow down the crazies, he's doing that already at the end of the dangerous bit......

You hate that word - PIG - but you were happy to use it in your post - then go back and edit it later to prick when someone comments on it.

If you are going to say it - at least have the balls to stand behind it - if you are happy to call them pigs on a forum - why not back it up and say it to their face?

[firefighter]

You hate that word - PIG - but you were happy to use it in your post - then go back and edit it later to prick when someone comments on it.

If you are going to say it - at least have the balls to stand behind it - if you are happy to call them pigs on a forum - why not back it up and say it to their face?

Say it to their face? Sure, cool, while i'm at it i'll also go up to some gang members and tell them that they're the dregs of society and a pointless waste of air....FFS

It's a word I never actually use, and I was'nt proud of putting it there, i'll admit not the smartest comment of mine, a word I chose to associate to one perticular person I dislike, not intended for the whole organisation branded by it, hence I deleted it.

[firefighter]

Tank, let it go, looks like some of you recieved some very easy bling as he's throwin it at me twice today for the same comment.

Get a life dude. Your being a dick.

I've said my piece, in what I really feel is a reasonable manner, keep your little grudge to yourself, you made your point, let it go.

[peasea]

So this morning there is one cop shot dead - another 2 in hospital having being shot and a guy with a rifle on the loose.

Yeah - fuck the pigs - who have to go in there and risk their life to look after the rest of us. There are god knows how many of them doing that right now - knowing that there is a person there wanting to shoot them, yet they do it anyway. People that do this deserve more respect.

I bet if your family was a few houses down the road from all this I bet you would be saying something different right now.

How much you wanna bet?