MRAA (ie MRAV) bashing

No other road user group has to pay any

So, if the $50 surcharge was, instead, packaged as just a $50 hike in
the basic bike rego fee... what then?

It is; it's just $50 more for rego. At least, no separate levy shows
up on my rego papers.

 

G-S said....

Maybe. Maybe not. However, it's not "we" that's doing this, it's one
person. How much noise he raises on the day is subject to conjecture, of
course.

 

Nev.. said....

Obviously she wasn't clear enough. Smee has a been in his bonnet over
something. He thinks that I attacked her, or "set the goons onto her" to
use his words, loosely, that is. And I did nothing of the sort. I merely
highlighted to the MRA board that there is this misperception that the
MRA's running the TAC Levy petition, when it is not, and which was
stated in the MRA's last newsletter.

The only thing that it has done was to provide a form for those
interested in distributing it. This was at the request of Codognotto. If
people want to distribute it and promote the petition, that's fine. It's
their choice. Ditto if they think otherwise.

 

Minx said....

If it was across the board, then yeah, we can't complain.

It does. There will be a small line saying something like "inc. safety
initiative", which by the way is taxed twice, with the insurance duty
and with GST. The actual figure is closer to $68 (well, it was for mine,
when I calculated it).

The problem that some people have with it is that the money is being
spent on projects that don't necessarily benefit riders exclusively.

Usually, when one group subsidises another, say for example in
telecommunications, where metro customers subsidise remote customers,
it's no big deal. But what about when a minority group is spending more
on rego then another group, say, car owners, and the works being done
benefits them as well as the riders? Is this not fair?

But then, maybe fairness doesn't come into it.

 

Wot?
Smee a has been?
That was a barbed comment...

Postman Pat

 

Read it carefully Pat
It says Smee has a been in his bonnet.

whatever that is.

 

I'd prefer to see Kennett back in!

Hammo

 

Who knows what has gotten into him. Teachers always like to have control,
its a BPD thing, send him to Spectrum!

Mind, you have never talked to me since I offered to kiss you, so I guess
all is fair...

Hammo

 

That's a pretty safe thing to say from over the border...

Moike

 

Oh really?

Hammo

 

what about when a minority group is spending more
on rego then another group, say, car owners, and the works being done
benefits them as well as the riders?

Bike rego - 350
Car rego - 522

It seems to be the other way around - that car owners are subsiding
motorcyclists.

 

Arrrroooooggga, oorrrrrraaaggggooooo, arrrooogggggaa

Dive! Dive! Dive!

............

 

er..... <thinks quickly> I suppose you're going to claim that Wodonga
isn't a southern suburb of a city in NSW?

Moike

(I wonder if I got away with that)

 

He is using them big words again, mama.

What's that mama? No mama, no!

Hammo

 

unitited eh?
united nipple club?

 

I'm not surprised.. she used lots of ambiguous expressions like...

"...the MRA are not organising this event..."

and

"Nothing to do with the MRA..."

It's easy to see how you missed it

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Maybe you can recruit the police to bat for the MRAA on this issue..
They get changed over $1350 in 3rd party insurance on their cars, and
they charge almost $1000 for fire trucks but ambulances pay less than
$400. Discrimination !!!

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

They have the (02) STD code.. that's proof enough for me, Moike!

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Yes and Broken Hill and Wilcannia belong to SA!

Hammo

 

You know what they say about spelling flames


G-S