Just in case you didn't think you were a second class citizen...

[avgas]

maybe they're just telling people not to crash, coz I'm sure there are some that believe that we riders go out with the intention of crashing & burning.

First rule of fight club is.....

[Pixie]

Got reference?

I know an attendee at the meeting in Tauranga where this was announced by the police rep

[Pixie]

I notice no Police are commenting on this.

TBH, I take getting pulled over and checked as part of the deal (look at the number on Motorway Patrol who don't have a licence).

Unless you were caught doing something illegal, I'd be keen to know if they were allowed to force you to have your photo taken. That's assuming this is true, of course.

This has been happening in Nelson for over a month

[tamarillo]

In Nelson they stopped us but were polite and the safety thing was a brochure from the coordinator of local riding courses that is part paid by ACC. I did not mind. There are many many riders who really should go on these course and whose riding is truly stupid, and riders on limited or no licence ridng big bikes. I was stopped twice and that is my experience at least.

No photos were taken. Let's not get too paranoid...

[tamarillo]

This has been happening in Nelson for over a month

What has? Photos? Have been stopped twice in these road blocks but no photos...

[SMOKEU]

First rule of fight club is.....

Not to talk about fight club?

[tamarillo]

maybe they're just telling people not to crash, coz I'm sure there are some that believe that we riders go out with the intention of crashing & burning.

Mate! the way some folk ride I can see why they think that. We need to all grow up and accept we have a far higher accident rate than we should.

[Maha]

I know an attendee at the meeting in Tauranga where this was announced by the police rep

You are absolutely right.

[Squiggles]

Well the Coro GP season is not far from starting.

Think of it as scrutineering.

Hardly surprising

[Genie]

Didn't notice much of anything personally down here...saw a lot of law enforcement vehicles but nary a one asked me for a chat.

I think good on the police for seeing there is a problem and wanting to do something about it. It may not be the bestest idea in everyones minds but if their work saves one life....then it's worth.

Don't know much about yon Coro Loop other than there have been some rather nasty accidents up there...

If you ride to the rules then it won't be a problem, I think those that complain might just be the ones that need the learn. Sad thing about all the safety messages is that the ones that need to be listening just aren't.

[Mom]

If you ride to the rules then it won't be a problem, I think those that complain might just be the ones that need the learn. Sad thing about all the safety messages is that the ones that need to be listening just aren't.

I disagree. Why should I get stopped while I am riding to the rules? I dont see why I should be stopped by the police just because I happen to be riding my bike and not driving my car. That is discrimination no matter how much the police want to dress it up as a safety initiative in my mind.

[yachtie10]

It may not be the bestest idea in everyones minds but if their work saves one life....then it's worth.

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Sorry dont agree with this
This mentality is why we keep loosing our freedoms in this country
they could save a whole lot of lives by banning motorcycles. TPTB cant get away with this in one go but they can just keep removing our freedom bit by bit.

I have no issue with being stopped for safety reasons but why motorcycles alone?

[Little Miss Trouble]

Hardly surprising

Hmm, page 7 raises an interesting question for me - casualties listed by age - were the 10-14 year olds hit by motorcycles, pillion passengers, children riding on the road illegally or are these incidents off road crashes that have been wrongly classified?
If its the later then that raises the question of how many in the other age groups are also wrongly classified?

P.S. I'm not saying many riders don't need to take a look at their attitudes to the way they ride on public roads, I'm just sceptical of any statistic used to condeem us all as naughty little boys and girls.

[Mom]

P.S. I'm not saying many riders don't need to take a look at their attitudes to the way they ride on public roads, I'm just sceptical of any statistic used to condeem us all as naughty little boys and girls.

Yepper not just the statistics either, but the way they are manipulated to put the predetermined spin on them. Wont be the first time that bikers are singled out because someones agenda got the figures manipulated in a certain way, or the data was not captured accurately at source.

[Little Miss Trouble]

I disagree. Why should I get stopped while I am riding to the rules? I dont see why I should be stopped by the police just because I happen to be riding my bike and not driving my car. That is discrimination no matter how much the police want to dress it up as a safety initiative in my mind.

That would be my objection to it too, particularly if they want to take my photo - which isn't actually beyond their power to do as you are in a public place, despite the fact that I would not be stopped in that public place if it weren't for their use of their authority to stop me in the first place.
If any lawyer types could enlighten me, I would be very interested in knowing how this fits in with the privacy laws.