Well bikers are screwed - ACC levy

**grbaker** · 14th October 2009, 14:32

PROTEST TIME.

This National govt is worse than Labour... by a long shot IMHO

**Danae** · 14th October 2009, 14:32

So...Start off in Auckland blocking off the harbour bridge in the morning by sheer force of numbers. Then filter down and head to Wellington. By the time we get there it will probably be rush hour again. Block off the streets around Parliament. Park on the grass etc

**kave** · 14th October 2009, 14:33

I am very tempted to register my 1200 as a moped. Anyone know if that would affect insurance?

**jamiey** · 14th October 2009, 14:33

Originally Posted by sinfull

So it's settled then, a Labour weekend protest starts 6 am in the norf shore and blocks the bridge friday morning, then moves south to meet 6 am teusday morning On the kapiti coast for a very very slow ride into parliment (Hell some 200-400 odd bikes may get gridlocked at the Hutt coast interchange on the way in and not move for several hours) !!! Seem to recall they dont like bikes parked on the grass at parliment neither, so be carefull you park in the correct manner !!

Perfect - Labour Day. Destory everyones holidays. Souns shit for Joe Public but i haven't been this angry about anything in ages

**Krayy** · 14th October 2009, 14:34

Originally Posted by James Deuce

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.co...y-outrage.html

That was quick...succinct as ever Jim. You might want to get them to point out if they have private medical insurance, as no discounted rate for those of us who have insurance is a bit or a rort.

**bogan** · 14th October 2009, 14:34

Originally Posted by vifferman

You didn't mention
6. Replace your infernal combustion engine with an electric one (approximately zero cc).

didnt work for me last time, so i regestered it as a scoot, now thats gone up by 200 bucks, and she aint even going yet!

**Danae** · 14th October 2009, 14:34

Once this is up in a thread I'm gonna make a poster.

**breakaway** · 14th October 2009, 14:35

$750 for bikes over 601cc? heh. Fine for no rego is $200. That means you can get pulled up thrice and you still save money.

Fuck buying rego from now on.

However this is just a 'proposal' so nothing TOO serious.

**grbaker** · 14th October 2009, 14:35

Should start in AK, block the bridge and the Motorway to the airport....

won't get much coverage in Wellington.

**mynameis** · 14th October 2009, 14:35

Originally Posted by Danae

So...Start off in Auckland blocking off the harbour bridge in the morning by sheer force of numbers. Then filter down and head to Wellington. By the time we get there it will probably be rush hour again. Block off the streets around Parliament. Park on the grass etc

A screaming little girl on a FXR 150

Your bike won't go past the bridge

**BecsBerr** · 14th October 2009, 14:36

Originally Posted by Mikkel

Actually, you aren't quite right there. That nice metal box will keep you alive, not from getting hurt altogether. Intensive care patients and patients with chronic disabilities are the ones that cost a lot. A motorcyclist hugging a tree at 100+ km/h isn't really that expensive.

Also, you crashing your motorcycle isn't very likely to cause injury to more than one or maybe two people. Of course there are the odd ones out - but there you go.

I was really refering to motorcycle/car accidents where a car is involved, mainly the round town accidents where a car doesn't look properly before changing lanes, pulling out etc. Had many friends on bikes get hit - my husband for one! Car drivers walk away with maybe a couple of bruises, slightly winded if that, Motorcyclist get taken to hospital with shattered wrists, broken bones... thats where alot of ACC goes.

Any high speed accident what ever vehicle you are in/on will cause injury. As I said though, my experience is not the motorcyclist wrapping themselves round a tree from doing something stupid. Its trying to get out of the way of a car who has done something stupid.

Regardless this new levy is excessive. The previous government made is free for anyone who hurt themselves "accidently" to get physiothearapy and other treatments, now somebodies gotta start paying back the huge deficit that it created.

Saw an article recently about how someone in NZ hurts themselves every 48 seconds doing jobs around the house, at a cost 641mil in ACC just last year.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10595342

**Jizah** · 14th October 2009, 14:36

Originally Posted by Reckless

Looks like the 675 Daytona just went down to 599cc!!

But your right don't isn't the rego laws in Japan the main motivator for their engine size manufacture??

Btw I would def be rego-ing a 599cc as 599 not a 600cc!!

600 is fine. 601+ is what is proposed.

**Maha** · 14th October 2009, 14:36

The simple answer really is to pay six monthly (if thats more easier on the wallet) or every three months, yes you end up paying more but not alot in the big picture.

**Gubb** · 14th October 2009, 14:37

Originally Posted by James Deuce

No. Wanna be President?

I'd be the last person you'd want as a leader. Happy to organise and help, burt unless you want a half-mnaked woman battling a giant sausage as the emblem, it might be best for another President.