Motivation? Greed on the part of the governments and the insurance companies, pure and simple! It's called the Department of Public Safety and Revenue. The voted reps had their pockets lined by the insurance industry to vote for such outlandish laws.
--- On Wed, 6/22/11, Tropist <tropist@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Tropist <tropist@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DucatiST] Re: NDC but important for us urpeens
To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 10:41 PM
What is the motivation behind such laws? Is there really so much carnage without regulation that the roads and a majority of riders are going to die or cause someone else's death? Last I looked "Stralia was a rather large country. Seems that it would be reasonable to have unlimited or at least fairly high speed limits outside of the urban areas. Were it me, I'd find something else to do, something "on the edge" away from government scrutiny, or I would actively participate in mayhem to dismantle the system that was creating such hand holding.... On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Michael <bandmtoomath@yahoo.com.au> wrote: Well Mike, all I can say is "bummer" for Europeans and riding visitors with these law changes, but get this. In Victoria, 'STralia, where we already suffer 'hoon' laws, (machine confiscated 48hrs), for both cars and bikes. And any speed detected 3km above the limit results in a fine, there is worse to come as of the 1st of July 2011. 'Hoon Laws' are to control foolish behaviour. Top speed limit in Victoria on freeways= 110kmph. Majority of rural roads, 100kmph.
1st offence, 30 days confiscation of machine, and fine.
2nd offence, confiscation of machine, permanent, + fine.
Caught 45km above speed limit, $2389.00 fine, confiscation,+ loss of licence.
Caught 70km above speed limit, confiscation, permanent, and loss of licence + fine.
Offences to be dated back over 6 years are counted.
Drunk and drugged driving, now included in offences.
So, no more wheel stands (hoon), speeding or general enjoyment allowed. Period!
This could be the end of 38 years of motorcycling for me, as I don't think I can survive this scrutiny. 38 years = 3 tickets, none for speeding, drifting, or wheelies.
A Style, assholes.
Mike, 2003, ST4s, 'STralia
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