Found this on the net today - Implications of travelling through speed cameras head on and thumbing the authorities maybe????Published : Tuesday, 18 October 2011

 

mmmmm--what does everyone else wear. I hope our freedom of choice is not taken away. Ill always wear boots/shoes of some sort, always jeans. Leather jacket if its cold enough. vest when its hot, gloves not really unless its freezing, always wear glasses and always my little off the ears open face--People in power seem to have to much say to say in what we can and cant do, dont like it---cheers Grim

Singapore requires front number plates on all bikes there-- they look stupid-- some are stuck on fairing fronts as a 'label' while others are numbers on a piece of perspex bolted between the fork legs or under the tree on a L shaped bracket.

Ya gotta have a helmet with the Singapore Standards sticker on it (similar to ours) however in the years I was over there I never knew of anyone getting ticketed for not having one. You can also ride with flip flops on and your jacket on backwards-- that's OK.

the government knows motorists are sittin ducks to all revenue raisin tatics cops are to happy to oblige because we got no rights and are easy prey ..

 

I'm old enough to remember front number plates on sickles in OZ but I don't recall why they were removed. Anyone remember why?

 

really cant understand why people speed through speed cameras

How about all cars to be yellow so they are visible as well? But hey thats Australia the land of winge and no action, the only action is from the Gov, we let them keep on doing this shit and really dont do anything about it. I believe to make this country better we really need to make a stand ( riot ) like what happens overseas......or even nobody goto work for a week, that will stop the country right there....

Andrew (speaking out of anger not logic)

from memory front number plates were removed by law because 90% of bike accidents resulted in the rider going over the front of the bike, where the plate was usually affixed to the top of the headlight cowl, thus causing lascerations to the rider before he even came into contact with a car or pedestrian. personally i think this latest tactic is just the government trying to rid the streets of bikes and or "bikies" any way they can. anti biker laws didnt work as they had hoped, so lets make them wear yellow saftey vests and see if they will keep riding their harleys. the day im "forced" to wear 5 pieces of safety clothing ,regardless of if i already do or dont, is the day ill stop riding. i want to ride because its my choice . i dont want to be dictated to by vicpol, based on statistics that can be manipulated by them to get what they want. how will we ever teach the younger generations to be responsible for their own actions when so many of our actions are no longer our own. laws for this , laws for that. rules, regulations, where will it all end ? i hope im still riding at 78. so i can do a lap of parliment with my bony old fingers stuck in the air at them and maybe even ride naked and not be concerned about the consequences. my safety is my concern.. not some dickwads sitting in an office pushin a pen.
ill get off my box now and get dressed. cheers.

As for front number plates, I can remember the front number plate on my Honda 750/4 it was mounted across on the front guard. The front number plates were removed because of pedestrians.

As for speed camera's if they complaining about not being able to fine riders its only a revenue raising attack on bikers. If they want to fix it have the cameras mounted to take a rear shot of the motorcycle easy fix......problem fixed.

Protective clothing, well this is my opinion. Everyone that rides a motorcycle should wear protective clothing, helmet & gloves every time you ride. I wouldn't ride without it, cant ride your bike when you have had all the skin taken off on your hands from scraping it on the road when you have an off just from not wearing gloves.

You may not look cool wearing protective clothing but I don't care about that, I would rather have my body in one piece when I hit the deck. Going to hospital to have all that crap scraped out of my skin with a scrubbing brush is not for me, I want my skin on my body not a road.

 Also guys they want high vis vests which means they can blame the motorcycle for all accidents . by law it means it is our job to be seen not for motorists to look, also if you were to be hit by a car and not wearing a vest the accident would be your fault. Yet loud pipes are not allowed.

The government needs to remeber, that sight is an active or concious act so therefore you must look to see. Where as sound is a passive act you well hear something regaurdless of concious thought

if drivers cant see a bike with its headlight on they sound not be fit to drive.

last point about 6 months ago i saw a policeman on bike in his high vis jacket, lights flashing but no siren and a car pulled out and knocked him off hes bike

i can say know i will not be abidding 

rally here

 

Didnt help this porky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQFLD6kIhU&feature=youtu.be

Nice sunny day in Adelaide today, everyone out enjoying the sunshine.

Including Mr Plod on his police motorcycle, and what was he wearing, you ask? he had on his regulation helmet, trousers and .....short sleeved shirt!!

Bet he aint liking the prospect of compulsory wearable saunas..

Why can't I copy and paste the protest flyer?

Thankyou but I still can't copy and paste it.

(assuming windows 7)

right click on the protest flyer link that I posted.
then select 'save link as' (and save it somewhere like your desktop)
then open the saved file

Then double click on the open file and it will open
then right click on the displayed file
then close the displayed file

Then open the document you want to paste the flyer into.
Then paste it where you want to paste it.

Simple

 Thanks Geoff, I had a mate copy it for me. I only have shitty old vista.

not sure where all this you ant take a speeding picture of bikes comes from I have had them in the mail so i know it happens?

 This Law that they are trying to pass on Hi Vis jackets , can someone please tell me  how a Hi Vis jacket going to help drivers see motor cyclist in their 'Blind Spots' (which all cars have) , there's a reason that they're called 'Blind spots' , again this seems to be some fat usless prick that's sitting a office somewhere trying to justify his job , I work nights and often see riders going pass work late at night , some have Hi Vis jackets on and some don't , now in the darkness of night I have noticed that these jackets DON'T STAND OUT , the theory on Hi Vis is sound but doesn't allow for a vehicle traveling at high speeds , every idiot I've heard on the radio goes on about how they wear them at work , ok fair enough on a work site or on the side of the road they do identify a person working but they are not moving at high speeds and I'm sure that if the records were looked into of how many workers have been hit or killed while wearing a HiVis jacket it would prove that they are not really a safety device just a way of identifying workers. Check the video on you tube of the motor cycle cop getting hit, he had sirens , flashing lights and  hi Vis rain gear on and th car still managed to drive straight into him , let's educate motorist before persecuting motor cyclist. 

 

dont stress mate, next will be hi vis trucks, hi vis busses, and hi vis trains. I hear they are working on genetically modifying all tress to be hi vis as well