Court Case Verdict

Just say one gigametre.

 

holy crap.... I have the same recollection..... shit, I agree with Nev.....
oh dear! <grin>

Having said that.... the magistrate who said that shite about disabled
people not riding motorbikes needs a bloody good re-education!

And (yeah, sorry, piling all my responses to everything I've read in this
thread into one post) - I have a very dear friend who's been a para since he
was a kid, who's quite keen on getting a modified trike that he can get his
chair onto (with seats for his twin 4 year olds) - not sure how much space
such a contraption would take up, but I tell you what, if some bastard
parked in a spot set aside for ppl like him, it'd be effing criminal! The
thing is, he probably wouldn't complain, because he's never wanted to be
singled out as "disabled" - but those disabled spots are a blessing on a
long day when you have the kids and you're not feeling up to "proving" that
you can do anything an able-bodied person can do - something he's done
remarkably well for over 35 years, but hey, sometimes you get a bit tired of
it!)

betty

 

OK.....Who has the pics of Pisshead and "The Road Toad"?

 

Actually, I found a couple. Here ya go Betty.....

Pisshead arriving. Note the wheelchair and crutches in the back.
http://daleporter.customer.netspace.net.au/71306004-L.jpg

Pisshead attempting to tuneup the Toad with Goaty peering over his shoulder (we had 3 different laptops out at one stage trying to
get it working). You can just see part of the tub at the rear of the Toad that holds Pete's wheelchair.
http://daleporter.customer.netspace.net.au/71306030-L.jpg

 

Note the Doodle-mobile and infamous fridge-trailer in the background.

Who says Harleys aren't "high-tech"?

 

pretty sure I saw a white one at Dickson shops a short while ago, but yeah,
just enough room for a chair, no passengers.

I reckon the kids would love it! (so would D - he told me about a (doctor)
mate of his strapping him onto the back of a sportsbike, years ago. Wasn't
till the end of the ride that they noticed his legs had slipped and the
exhaust was melting through his shoes.... holy dooley.....) He loved the
ride though...

It would be great if he could get himself, his chair and his kids onto a
bike!

betty

 

Brilliant! Thanks Dale - d'you mind if I fwd those to D?????

betty

 

I certainly don't mind. And I'd hazard a guess that Pisshead wouldn't mind either. Nor would the man that took the pics, the late
Boky.

 

Wrong. (feel free to google

wrong again

That's why human memory is shown up as unreliable

The story has and always been the same, and it was the same as in court.
Most of my original discussions in here were based around the appropriate
penalty for incorrectly using a parking space. Some people think this type
of infringement should be be met with violence. I simply say it's just a
parking space and needs to be put in context.

 

For the record I haven't parked in this space since the original offence.
I've found a footpath I can use which the rangers don't seem to mind me
using. Legally I'm doing the same thing (parking illegally), but this time
it seems to be ok with everyone.

 

But as with anything that isn't yours; it needs whatever it takes to stop
you from taking it.
If just a $60 fine isn't sufficient deterrent then anything up to and
including violence may be required to help you to understand the simple
point.
It's just a pity the Magistrate was so easily conned as to ignore that.

 

Legally you're parking illegally?
OK.
Of course you're missing the point though. No-one gives a **** what a
useless dribble-of-shit like YOU is doing; it's what you are depriving real
live worthwhile humans of that matters.
(Their livelihood, their self-respect, their mobility, their access to
medical-assistance. etc.)
Don't s'pose that would've ever entered your "mind" though eh?

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:57:16 +1100

That is the problem with that spot in North Sydney.

The number of disabled riders who could use it is considerably less
than the number of disabled riders who exist. Because the bloody
thing won't fit anything but a 2 wheeled bike as it has bollards in
front of it.

Which is no doubt what the magistrate thought, and decided it wasn't
really a disabled spot or else that no one could have considered it
one. Because it wasn't fit for purpose.

Those who feel strongly about it should contact the North Sydney
Council.

The bike parking in question is cnr Denison and Mount St. THe
counciil website says "Should you have any enquiries regarding road
safety in the North Sydney Council area, please contact Council's Road
Safety Officer on 9936 8246."

Zebee

 

I can feel the love in the air.
---
Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]


'01 Yamaha FJR1300

www.dmcsc.org.au
http://eladesom.com.au/ulysses/
# 37181

 

And world hunger too, don't forget world hunger. I got a report form the UN
that said since I stopped parking in that spot there's 35 children in Africa
that now have hope...

 

My penalty for this was $0, much less than even $60. So neither financial
penalty nor violence was actually required. I guess you're going to need a
new religion to believe in now.

 

Are you trying to say that beating someone up won't sovle the problem? This
is usenet right?

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:16:22 +1100

THis is usenet, so it's easier to *say* they'll beat someone up then
to get on the phone, never mind actually beating someone up.

If I could have found an email address then I expect 3 times the number
of people would email rather than have to pick up a phone, spend 25c
of their own money (or more likely their boss's money) or even *shock*
wait on hold and then have to talk to a real human being.

But that still wouldn't add up to the number threatening a beating, so
I dunno the North Sydney Council switchboard needs to worry never mind
your hide.

No problems to any, it's usenet.

Zebee

 

Sasha for one.. as well as a rider
She won last years unuragual longest rider award with 2484km, all that
with 2 discs missing and a whole lot of bone crunching in her spine...
which is different to the OP, he has no spine

the only reason I havent got her on her bike or the back my bike for a
photo holding her disable pass is she just arrived home from Hosp with
another 5 holes in her

MH

 

Clem, don't waste ya breath on the little moron.

unfortunately or maybe fortunately the only way this little twit will
learn is one day he needs one of these stickers on his vehicle and
cant buy his copy of "Twat's Weekly" from the local newsagent because
all the able bodied twats have parked in the disable spots.

actually he prolly wont learn, he just come in he'll and complain
about it

Marty