Bike Numberplates

This is circulating in Ulysses at present. I don't know where it comes
from or if it's a pisstake or not.

http://lamp.man.deakin.edu.au/grg/images/bikenumberplates.jpg

Cheers
John

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Sniff, shiff, ...smells like bullshit.

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

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http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm

http://toosmoky.d2.net.au

 

Well if its not visible to the naked eye........ How are the pigs and rta
etc gunna know its on there????

 

When they take your picture with their magic cameras, and the sticker
isn't there, you're fucked.

Except that without the sticker, they can't find you to rodger you. Can
anyone spell catch22?

Not to mention that there's absolutely nothing obvious on 3M's web site,
and if they'd created a product like this, you can bet they'd be crowing
about it.

DaZZa

 

One of the options given here does appear to be a small decal on the
headlamp:

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrne...D8000226C5E?OpenDocument&Area=[Motorcyclists]

don't know about magically transparent though...

--bod

 

Givv'us a kiss...

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

"Fahrenheit 911. The temperature at which Michael Moore's pants burn."
http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm

http://toosmoky.d2.net.au

 

That report is an interesting read, and suprisingly, seems resonably
balanced.

It seems to say that mandating front number plates is more trouble than
it is worth, and that it would be better to ensure that speed detection
equipment and procedures include rear plates.

One interesting thing observation I make is that that the report
suggests that if front plates are required, they are usually best fitted
up high at the front of the bike. This is just the right position for a
rider to cover with their hand as they go past a camera site.

The poor police are reported as complaining about riders speeding past
cameras with rude gestures to the camera. At least this proposal would
stop that from happening, as riders would need one hand to steer and the
other to cover the front plate.

No extra money for gov.inc though.

David

 

If they take your pic, and there's no sticker with your number on it, how
the **** are they going to track you down?

 

.......unless you use your throttle-lock, cover the sticker with one hand,
and order two baconburgers with the other.

 

It's no pisstake. The "secret" company is Spagthorpe!

Hammo

They already have the special blanking pencils and viewing googles for sale!

 

Now I remember, they were standard on the Spagthorpe Boxer in its last
runs ...

Cheers
Goaty

 

Now, I happen to know the truth about this. The owner of the dog we had put
over our poodle last week does the computers in the Premier's Office.
Apparently they are forgetting about bike identification, and concentrating
on rider identification. Every rider will be chipped, and will be
automatically detected when passing through a radar/lidar. If you are
speeding, your bank account is automatically debited and your points
incremented in real time. Apparently there will also be a manual overide in
case the officer manning the unit judges your speed to be in excess of that
indicated. Elapsed time and speed will also be calculated between units. A
detector retrofitted in the seat of all bikes will inactivate the ignition
if it detects a chipped rider that has accumulated more than the allowed
number of points. The chip has to placed in a body part in close proximity
to the seat detector, however the size of the prototypes has been a problem.
I can't help but feel we'll all end up like my poor dog...

 

And every time we exceed the speed limit we'll get an electric shock
from the chinstrap...

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

"Fahrenheit 911. The temperature at which Michael Moore's pants burn."
http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm

http://toosmoky.d2.net.au

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:07:17 +1000

nah. won't catch helmetless riders like that!

They'll just add the shock mechanism in when they do the chip.

Zebee

 

You won't pass rego without it, just like the back one. And if taking it
off destroys it....

Guess how much a replacement will cost?

 

The perfect opportunity for a series of front-sticker harrassment
stations...

Gary

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Three-fifty?

What's "passing rego"?

 

Annual inspection but irrelevant I see, none in Vic.

 

I'm not in Vic.

There are more than two states in Australia, y'know.

There are five! (six if you count Seffistraya, the state of despair).

 

Oi! - why don't you go and getfugged! (tm)

Johno <at least we have decent beers>