Beattie targets Motorcyclists.

Mr Beattie said if re-elected, his Government would maintain its commitment
to upgrading existing roads and constructing new roads on the Gold and
Sunshine Coasts, in Brisbane, Logan, Redlands, Pine Rivers, Redcliffe and
Ipswich through $568 million in funding.

"Road safety will also be a priority with the new state-wide safe4life
strategy aiming to do more to save lives on Queensland's roads," Mr Beattie
said.

"Under this strategy we aim to cut the road toll from more than eight deaths
per 100,000 each year to 5.6 deaths by 2011.

"We will focus on key safety issues such as speed, rural and remote road
safety and drink driving and by targeting specific groups such as young
drivers, motorbike riders and pedestrians."

 

Oh No Darryl! - You traitor!

Cheers


More beer!

Kevin Gleeson
Imagine It
West Hobart
Tasmania Australia
www.imagine-it.com.au

 

I'm from the government and I'm here to help you motorcycle riders.

Does this mean he's going to remove those wire rope barriers from the M1???

 

And so both sides of the Hinze Dam racetrack from Nerang To Natural Arch, to
be refitted with extra sharp razor wire, for the total distance, no gaps.

When that 'cuts' the desire to do the limbo rock at 200 Kph under the wire,
then stage 2,
do Mt Nebo & Glorious. (State Stores buy cheaper in quantity)

Then the 'Silent Majority' in the 4WD's will be safe from the bleeding
pedestrians and bleeding motorcyclists who speed, leaving only young drivers
in the Duff Duff cars for special attention.

This self policing technique, will allow more police to be taken off the
road accident squad, and be better used in the Qld.Treasury 'Mobile
Donation Collection Van' and be self funding.
Remember: 1 K over is a Killer.

Win, Win., and they are only thinking of our safety !

Rob.

 

Don't forget to mention when you are posting that you are a liberal
candidate in this election.

 

Remember: 1 K over is a Killer.


i killed several this very afternoon

 

"We will focus on key safety issues such as speed, rural and remote road

Wow - pedestrians, too. Talk about discrimination!

Jules

 

Actually Smee I did not write this it is a direct quote and therefore does
not need any disclaimers.

Boxer

 

Boxer wrote:

Maybe not John but remember this post was politically motivated since
you are running for office.
How is it going btw?
you'd be the only Liberal candicate I'd like to see win office.

 

And just how will the Libs be any improvement? Are they going to scrap speed
cameras? Lower our outrageous third party costs? Introduce comlpulsory
driver training?

No, didn't think so...

Doug Cox.
Work to ride, Ride to work...

 

Actually it was Motorcycling motivated in my role as a President of a
Motorcycle Club, and as for hiding behind a assumed name there would be very
few regulars on this newsgroup who did not know who I was, particularly
rally goers. I took the name Boxer because all the good names like
Knobdoodle were taken

If it was politically motivated I would have added a comment or attack, I
assumed Queensland Motorcyclists would like to know they will be "Targeted"
in the near future, I don't know what that means but it would not be unusual
for the Victorian experience to be adopted up here, they seem to be
following the Revenue Raising speed camera enforcement.

It was a direct quote alerting Motorcyclists of a impending focus on them by
the Premier of Queensland.

I am running for office for the same reasons I am President of a Motorcycle
Club and on the management committee of my local non-profit community
kindergarten, because I am active in my community. If I see a problem I do
something about it not just whine.

The campaign is very difficult, but I am very happy with its progress, in
the end the community will make a choice. It is fortunate that the election
was called for 7th February so I will not miss out on the Karuah River Rally
on the 14th.

Boxer

John Olive
President BMW Motorcycle Owners Club (Brisbane) Inc
Liberal Candidate for Mansfield

 

How about 1 rego bill for as many bikes as you want (wait that would benefit
me so we should rule that out).

Boxer

 

Fetch ma gun maw! I'm gunna shoot me down one 'o them flying pigs!...

Doug Cox.
Work to ride, Ride to work...

 

"Boxer" wrote

The WA Gov't is concerned that speed camera revenue is dropping. In
2001-2 they got $43M by fining half the motorists in WA. In 2002-3
they got $37M. This year they budgeted for $32M, but those damn
motorists appear to be slowing down and they look like only getting
$25M. All this is despite doubling the 'sampling'.

I think they're now trying to figure out how to get people to drive
faster so they can make their budget balance.

Theo

 

Don't you know Theo, it's all those motorcyclists getting away with fines
because we don't have front number plates. Yep, that'll make up the
shortfall.

Al

 

Um, John, the way you phrased it, it reads like a measure designed to
"increase convenience" by eliminating the need to queue up at the motor
registry every time one of your bikes' rego is due; instead, under your
plan, all the regos will be synchronised so they're all due on the same day,
thus allowing you to pay them all at once.

That's what "one rego_bill"_means. "One rego", ie. a single set of
papers/plates transferrable to whichever bike your arse happens to be on at
the time, is what I think you had in mind.

Fwiw, I've often thought about how you could implement such a scheme, or one
under which you pay the full amount for rego of a "primary" vehicle, and
then progressively less and less for each subsequent vehicle, and it's faken
hard. Apart from the fact that you'd be doing an unnecessary favour to rich
bastards who have six Porsches (maybe set a cutoff; you only pay less if
your spare vehicles cost less than $x, where x=a fairly large number), how
would you handle vehicles changing hands?

We'd have to implement a system akin to that used in Quebec, where you get
given a plate, and you take that plate with you from vehicle to vehicle. You
buy a 2ndhand bike off someone, they pull their plate off it and you stick
yours on.

 

Maybe they'll start and "add on five" advertising campaign!
(Or "Every K over is a Dollar")
Clem

 

Instead of havin cake stalls 'n sellin plants they can have 'speed days'
- every 10 km over the limit helps your state gobermint provide better
roads, more schools and hospitals .. may be they can drop the points on
those days to nothing .. thus ballancing the double points periods?
maybe the MCC can run with it in NSW?

 

It is also done in some Scandinavian countries, for example I have 5 bikes,
I can only ride one at a time and a system of 1 plate to cover all would
work very well, the first bike pays full rego and each subsequent bike pays
10% of a full rego bill.

John Olive (or Boxer whichever you prefer)

 

Hey, there are poofters in the other parties too!

And is the "watermelon" slur retired already?

But I like your choices, I'll definitely be putting their candidates above
Labor and Liberal! A pox on both your houses! (Mercutio)

Gary