V8 freeloaders billed

**Quasievil** · 9th July 2009, 16:35

Saw in the Waikato times today that all those freeloaders who got onto their rooftops to get a free view of the V8 racing in Hamilton(some very elaborately couches etc) will be receiving a nice big bill, 11 households so far have been fined $1500 each for spectating with the "use of a building for a use for which it is not safe" so the council is using the building act to sought out the freeloaders or are they genuinely concerned about people on the roofs and the danger that could ensue??

As far as Im concerned good on them for getting a free view thay had to put up with enough shit during the construction and the event itself !

yup all council lead surprise surprise !

**Laava** · 9th July 2009, 16:45

There is no way that they can be made to pay that. If they can afford to take the time to fight it in court, that is! This is fucken ridiculous, what next? Getting all the residents in Western Springs to pay for concert tickets when they overhear it?

**Finn** · 9th July 2009, 16:48

That's it. Superfuckincity the Waikato.

When I read this earlier, I developed a twitch. Someone needs to sort these cardigan wearing motherfuckers out.

**klingon** · 9th July 2009, 16:51

Wow! So I'm not allowed to sit on my own roof now? I mean, I was only up there fixing a leak and happened to turn my head and catch a glimpse of some cars going past... repeatedly... really occifer!

**steve_t** · 9th July 2009, 16:56

The council is just trying to recoup the money it wasted on redeveloping Hood St. It spent $6m on a few crappy lights and the footpath!! I have no idea how it spent $6m but someone's lying on a beach somewhere laughing. The Hamilton City Council have lost the plot... the bureaucracy is out of control. $1500 for sitting on your own roof??

On the other hand, I guess they did tell people before the event that they weren't allowed to and would be fined if they did.

**twotyred** · 9th July 2009, 17:03

nz is fuct...

**Laava** · 9th July 2009, 17:07

Originally Posted by steve_t

On the other hand, I guess they did tell people before the event that they weren't allowed to and would be fined if they did.

Do they really have the right to do that? I can't see it!

**Mikkel** · 9th July 2009, 17:08

Yeah, it's a load of bullocks. If you want to sit on your roof together with your mates that's nobody's business. That is, unless you're charging a fee for strangers to sit on your roof...

**been_there** · 9th July 2009, 17:14

Tell em to fook off

**popelli** · 9th July 2009, 17:28

the householders could maintain that they were monitoring the noise levels from the racing and had to verify that the noise was in fact coming from the race track

without being able to physically view the racing their complaints would be mere speculation and not be taken seriuously by the council

they could alos justify the need to invite a few independant non residents along to verfiy that these complaints were bone fide

**Deano** · 9th July 2009, 17:31

If the Council were concerned about safety they would have spoken to the 'culprits' then and there instead of taking photos for later use.

**Str8 Jacket** · 9th July 2009, 17:34

I also wonder if the ticket even bothered to offer free tickets for the households concerned?

**steve_t** · 9th July 2009, 17:45

Originally Posted by Deano

If the Council were concerned about safety they would have spoken to the 'culprits' then and there instead of taking photos for later use.

Exactly! Revenue gathering... and need time to calculate that people could pay $1500... x11 = new light bulbs x3 in Hood St

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

I also wonder if the ticket even bothered to offer free tickets for the households concerned?

They did last year but decided they lost too much money so didn't this year. It's a joke. The business' and residents around the track get screwed for about 3 weeks and what do they get? Fined for sitting on their rooftops.

**P38** · 9th July 2009, 17:45

Whats it got to do with the bloody council anyway?

They weren't selling the tickets.

What loss did they suffer as a result?

I'd ignore the pricks demands for payment and write a letter of complaint about the constant and sustained noise emminating from the event and the drunken unruley behaviour of members of the public.
I would argue for compensation for the loss of quiet enjoyment suffered as a result.

**Rayray401** · 9th July 2009, 18:01

Originally Posted by P38

Whats it got to do with the bloody council anyway?

They weren't selling the tickets.

What loss did they suffer as a result?

I'd ignore the pricks demands for payment and write a letter of complaint about the constant and sustained noise emminating from the event and the drunken unruley behaviour of members of the public.
I would argue for compensation for the loss of quiet enjoyment suffered as a result.

Agreed. If they really wanted people not to watch the races so easily couldnt they have spent more preventing people from watching from the roofs?