Well bikers are screwed - ACC levy

[Brett]

Well screw this for a joke. This is absolutely ridiculous! They were saying that on the news car acc levies subsidise us bikers...they do not recognise the fact that most of those accidents would not have occured in the first place if it were not for the damn cage drivers.
Fricken car drivers take us out, badly injure us requiring more treatment to be covered by ACC and they sting us?? Fooken hypocritical...

[cs363]

Right, email sent to local MP and copied to Messrs. Smith and Key paraphrasing many of the good points made on here.

Submission sent to ACC, including name, address and contact phone number.

BRONZ membership form downloaded to be sent tomorrow with cheque for $20(looks cheap in the overall picture, and they are going to need all the money they can get to help fight this IMO) and will encourage all bike riders I know to do the same.

Definitely keen on an organised ride on parliament, emphasis on organised as a bunch of small protests will not have the same impact as one or two huge ones. As the only national organisation likely to be able to plan and coordinate such a protest I suggest we all look to BRONZ for direction here.

One last thing, as many have said we don't need to piss off other road users but like the truckies we need to get them onside - those people that insist on referring to car drivers as 'cagers' could start by dropping that ridiculous name, especially seeing as an overwhelming proportion of motorcyclists also use own and drive cars.

My 2 cents.... (a comparatively small amount....)

[OnCam]

[Bangbug]

Who trades plates?
NOACC

[Paul in NZ]

So a clean license, no 'accidents' since mid 70s, a 30 and 40 year old classic that can only be ridden 1 at a time and are used with care and consideration lumps me into the GSXR1000 group?

Fuck me... Might be time to give it away.

[mossy1200]

When I got a tax cut I put that money away and saved it .
Turned out I saved my tax cut to pay tax.
I only get 55hp for my $750 plus road user 100 odd.Not good value.
3000ks per year is 30 cents per k.

[gunrunner]

Maybe it's time to scrap ACC cover for motor vehicle accidents and just have a small ACC levy like $100 on rego that covered other stuff. We could then have our own private health insurance cover motor vehicle accidents.

We would then have cheaper rego. Health insurance wouldn't be too bad if it was just for motor vehicles (well and the usual other stuff) we would also be able to get NCB and the normal private insurance bonuses.


And I don't see what's wrong with holding up car drivers on their way to work for a protest. That's what they will have to deal with if people have to sell their bikes and switch to cars for commuting!

Why stop there , we could be a collective . We could all fill up with the same gas company and get a discount . How many riders are there in NZ we could make this work for us yet .

[Swoop]

Motorcyclists need to accept that we have largely brought this shit upon ourselves.

Also, a big "thanks" for assisting them with this arse-rape. Your publicity campaign has assisted them in their decision.

I would just not register my bike however, no rego or warrant, NO INSURANCE.

The savings just continue!

Damn the bastards. Next election you pricks are toast and don't think I won't remember. I am sick to death of being blamed and persecuted for other peoples fuck ups.

Oh the irony. Remember that the billion dollar + fuck up was handed down from the liarbour morons. Remember that smiling piece of crap cullen and his inability to balance a chequebook, let alone run a finance ministry??

[Phreaky Phil]

We may have to bend over and take it but we've GOT to make some noise about it. The squeaky wheel syndrome. We're up for a ride to parliament to protest. What about car drivers. They pay 1 levy no matter how many people are in the vehicle. That aint fair !

[Ixion]

But you don't pay an extra levy for pillions. Or sidecar passengers either, for that matter,w hich could come to as many as in a car. So it's the same.

[Katman]

BRONZ membership form downloaded to be sent tomorrow with cheque for $20(looks cheap in the overall picture, and they are going to need all the money they can get to help fight this IMO) and will encourage all bike riders I know to do the same.

Damn good idea.

As I've said in another thread, I believe that BRONZ are likely to be the only organisation with the potential to make any protest action work here.

Will do the same.

[I'm motarded]

Pack of fucking wankers..... havnt read all post (to many) but are there going to be any plans to protest? like a mass ride to Parliment grounds or as a few post sugest block some traffic.. now i'm keen on this

[mossy1200]

You guys miss the point.They are not just trying to cover future accidents they are mostly trying to find 4.8b and have targeted us to start with.We are the moderate minority to hit first.

[Katman]

Also, a big "thanks" for assisting them with this arse-rape. Your publicity campaign has assisted them in their decision.

What a load of shit.

[sleemanj]

Fuck the fuckers, my rego is going on hold and the plate is coming off.

Leave the plate on. Nobody will notice you have no reg if the plate is there, if there is no plate, the cops will say "ulllo, why you got no plate then sonny" and check your details.

Do not park on the street, councils far more likely to do you for reg so don't let em near you.