Accident in Kawakawa Bay on news? Sat 6/01/2008

[skidMark]

Saw on the new tonight a ducati versus a go kart that some kid pulled out of thier driveway with...anybody know the rider and thier condition...

they just said injured?

anybody know what the story is?

thanks: Mark

[Brett]

Bloody odd crash to have. Hope both are ok.

[jtzzr]

Went out to Kawakawa Bay today for a pootle ,the dairy owner there said the young fella on the go-kart passed away in the early hours of this morning.
What a shit way to start the year.
RIP.....dude

[ital916]

RIP dude...very sad news.

[McDuck]

Without trying to be heartless and cold but isnt that what you get when you pull out into a street without looking ina home made go-kart wearing no protective gear at all? I have ha s asimmiler thing happen apart form (by luck) i had about 5 extra meters to stop. Sad for the biker tho.

[breakaway]

Without trying to be heartless and cold but isnt that what you get when you pull out into a street without looking ina home made go-kart wearing no protective gear at all?

My thoughts exactly. Couldn't have put it better myself.

[EnzoYug]

I feel for the family, the rider and the kid.
Nasty way to start any year.

[danchop]

wasnt no home made go cart,was one of the great chinese ones parents buy thier kids for xmas cause theyre cheap along with all the other chinese 2 wheeler/4wheeler 2/stroke 4/stroke pieces of shit out there.the nz govt is to blame i reckon,allowing these unsafe pieces of crap to come here,because theyre so cheap, any parents buy them who have no previous experience whatsoever in riding or having ever riden a bike/go cart in thier life and then let thier kids go mayhem all over the place without knowing the basics of how to operate them
at least when motorised kids bikes were reasonbly expensive and of good quality usually only the parents with experience first hand with bikes/go carts etc would buy them for thier kids
wharehouses that sell these in mass numbers to the likes of mr taliofa in mangere dont give a shit that they know full well he has no place safe to let his kid ride that machine but on the public driveway

[McDuck]

How is itt he gokarts falt the rider is an imbosile? It could have been worth 5k and he would have still pulled out without looking.

[danchop]

if it were a $4000 gocart the 15 year old kid would not have paid for it and the parents you would have thought to spend that much on a kid would also be able to afford saftey gear and have proper places to ride them and probably as i said had an active interest in the sport,these things are so cheap solo mums buy em

[McDuck]

if it were a $4000 gocart the 15 year old kid would not have paid for it and the parents you would have thought to spend that much on a kid would also be able to afford saftey gear and have proper places to ride them and probably as i said had an active interest in the sport,these things are so cheap solo mums buy em

what the hell? There are kids riding aorund here on new kawas and suzuki trail bikes with no gear, again it is not the bikes falt the driver made a BAD CALL.

[sAsLEX]

if it were a $4000 gocart the 15 year old kid would not have paid for it and the parents you would have thought to spend that much on a kid would also be able to afford saftey gear and have proper places to ride them and probably as i said had an active interest in the sport,these things are so cheap solo mums buy em

or they could of made one out of a plank some old wheelbarrow wheels a piece of bailing twine and a beer crate and some carpet like the two I had as a kid....... and still gone in front of a car.

Our game used to be demolition derby. Whoever made it to the bottom of the hill won....... anything goes.... no broken bones there.... and then we got a 4 wheeler.... two long bits of rope and the game just got more fun!

[Motig]

So danchop, once again the old "its someone elses fault" comes up. No wonder this country is going to hell. Spose Helen Clark is once again to blame or should John Keys have done something? Back in the real world I hope the bikers OK, even tho it wasn't his fault thr poor bastard will be feeling terrible. My sympathies to him.

[danchop]

in this case yes obviously cause the driver of the go kart was fuckin 15 and doesnt live by himself at kawakawa bay does he
my 3 nephews recieved 3 motorbikes for xmas from thier grandmother,both thier parents have never had anything to do with bikes,thier ages are 4(twin boys)and 11,one of the 4 year olds collided with the 11 year old and has lost an eye/broken pelvis and severley fractured one arm the other got away with cuts and bruises,they were riding up and down the street cause they have no backyard where they live,with thier presents they recieved no fuckin saftey gear and so they were off to have fun,yeah i fuckin blame the riders alright

[danchop]

and it will be reflected in your bike rego acc increase in the not so distant future and then youll be blaming someone else