Rec Rego - Gembrook area busts

from outerlimits4x4.com

 

Nowhere. Tell them to pay registration like everyone else.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Or get rid of their motors and pedal like everyone else.

Gary

 

Ahem... having grown up in Southwestern Sydney, I have some Dimwit...
let me see if I can translate...

What I think your mostly-illiterate friend is trying to say is that the
authorities mounted a blitz in and around Gembrook (wherever the ****
that is), targetting trail riders on unregistered dirtbikes. He then
goes on to say that the blitz met with slim pickings, as most of the
bikes encountered had valid recreational registration and were, thus,
doing nothing wrong.

I've always had a sneaking suspicion that people who express themselves
this way don't actually understand one another, but merely "Yup", "Aha",
"Yer. Not wrong, mate" and "I know. Faken cahns" at seemingly opportune
times, and thus don't actually communicate.

The above would seem to back that up.

 

not anywhere on the black stuff I believe....plenty of black stuff around
Gembrook....lot more brown stuff thou

Marty

 

What I think your mostly-illiterate friend is trying to say is that the authorities mounted a blitz in and around Gembrook (wherever the **** that is),
3 hours out of melbourne, away from anything.

Thus doing nothing wrong, well no. the discussion started with one
bloke trailering his comp truck out to the bush for a drive. he got
nailed.
Then people asking why we cant have rec rego for comp trucks in the
same areas.
Then one of the club presidents in 4wd pointed out that even rec rego
bikes got nailed in this area..

I was asking where Rec Rego is allowed since the XR is up for rego now
and was thinking of Rec Rego $70 compared to full rego $3-400

Um yea.

 

This was in the bush.

 

Yer Not wrong, mate

G

 

http://tinyurl.com/4tpjo

rodent

 

In a past life, in a remote area of Qld, I was once privy to the
following conversation between two grizzled weather-beatern old-timers.

Old-Timer 1: Well, guess I'd better be going.

Old Timer 2: Yeah.

OT1: Yeah.

OT2: Yeah

OT1: Yeah.

OT2: Yeah

OT1: Yeah.

OT2: Yeah

OT1: Yeah.

OT2: Yeah

Repeat for about 10 minutes worth then, in a state of bewildered
amusement, watch participants amble off to their respective vehicles.
---
Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s
'87 BMW K100RT

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

3 hours by slow pushbike maybe.

Moike

 

Why stop there? What happens if a bloke happens to be a bulldozer
enthusiast?

Well, according to

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/nrenfor.nsf/fid/-E7DF69BEAEA89887CA256EED0002CC85/$file/FS0003.pdf

aka

http://evilurl.com/smegmaurinerump

even fully-registered vehicles must stay off walking tracks and anything
not specifically formed as a passage for four-wheeled vehicles. Meaning,
if coppers or rangers bust you crashing out of the end of some
single-track or similar, you're done.

Easy, really.

Of course, I'm speculating. The picture would be so much clearer if
someone could, for once, be arsed to type out more than half the story.

 

Whose bush?

 

got any pics?

 

Yup, pedal on roads they don't pay any
yearly rego, or insurance for, to use.

Unlike just about every other vehicle.

 

So how much of *your* registration and insurance goes into paying for roads?

Moike

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:56:26 +1100

And how much damage does Skank's car or motorbike do to said roads compared
to a pushbike? How much room does it need compared to a pushbike? How
many crashes damaging other people and things does its class of roaduser
have compared to a pushbike?

Howe much extra tax is Skank willing to pay to fund the collection of
this registration and insurance, given the amount collected would be
around $5 a year?

Zebee

 

Who said my rego and insurance goes toward
paying *for* roads?

 

True, I guess that is only one possible interpretation of your slightly
fractured english.

So can you express in something approaching standard english what you
intended to say when you wrote "pedal on roads they don't pay any
yearly rego, or insurance for, to use."

Moike

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:15:36 +1100

You mean you think your registration, let alone your insurance, is some
kind of fee to use?

Take another look....

Registration cost in most states includes a specific road levy for road
maintenance. The rest of the registration cost is admin and general
revenue. Insurance is to try and contain the cost to the state of cars
banging into people, which they do far more often per 10,000 vehicles
than any other class of road user.

They pay less insurance than they should given claims against, less road
levy than they should, given damage caused and space used on average.

Motorcycles are considerably overcharged in both areas, pushbikes aren't
charged and shouldn't be because they do bugger all damage to anything
and take up very little room while decreasing general medical costs to
the taxpayer for their users. Unless some dopey bastard in a car hits
them of course.

Zebee