Crazy New Law
Oz
11-05-2003, 05:12 AM
"Weekend Band Proposed"
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7779721%255E2,00.html
Will give my thoughts a bit later on.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7779721%255E2,00.html
Will give my thoughts a bit later on.
Toksin
11-05-2003, 06:02 AM
Fucking stupid law
Oh, get on MSN boy :p
Oh, get on MSN boy :p
Moppie
11-05-2003, 06:43 AM
Apprently its also cheaper in Australia to ban people from driving and cram lots of advertising down thier throuts than it is to simply teach them to drive.
TexasF355F1
11-05-2003, 11:06 AM
Another gay ass law, brought to you by politicians :rolleyes:
By the way what is L or P-plates??
By the way what is L or P-plates??
freakray
11-05-2003, 11:08 AM
By the way what is L or P-plates??
L = learner driver
P = probational driver = just got licence
L = learner driver
P = probational driver = just got licence
YogsVR4
11-05-2003, 11:32 AM
What a dumb ass way to do a study. :screwy: Of course keeping kids off the roads on Friday and Saturday nights will reduce the number of deaths. Take everyone off the road and there won’t be any driving deaths at all.
bobby28384
11-05-2003, 02:32 PM
I'm not crazy about these laws; however, I don't give a shit about the kids who want to test the limits and kill themselves. Its their life; feel free. But, its the people that are endangered by others' stupidity that is a concern for politicians. I don't blame them, just think if it were your mother driving her Cadillac, or minivan, or whatever, being slammed by some teenager who wanted to drive fast. People really shouldn't be so selfish. :disappoin
Xv7vX
11-05-2003, 05:18 PM
In a popular, wealthy downtown area here in the suburbs of chicago. Supposdley it is illegal to "cruise" meaning passing the same street more than three times.
I dont know about if the plates have restriction...but i pay for my liscense, i pay for plates and i pay my taxes for the streets, if i want to drive up and down the same street until i run out of gas, than fill up and drive some more, than i will.
Cops think they have all the power in the world.
I dont know about if the plates have restriction...but i pay for my liscense, i pay for plates and i pay my taxes for the streets, if i want to drive up and down the same street until i run out of gas, than fill up and drive some more, than i will.
Cops think they have all the power in the world.
slave
11-05-2003, 05:23 PM
Lets face it, if they cant drive fast on a Friday night, they'll do it on Monday near midday to get their fix.
Ace$nyper
11-05-2003, 05:33 PM
OMG thats a odd one. LOL!!! what are they one and where can i get some to sell?
Toksin
11-05-2003, 06:28 PM
Lets face it, if they cant drive fast on a Friday night, they'll do it on Monday near midday to get their fix.
That's exactly right. Fucking well said mate.
That's exactly right. Fucking well said mate.
Sean
11-05-2003, 07:11 PM
The report also found that restricting L- and P-plate drivers to only one passenger could reduce the crash rate by between seven and 42 per cent.
There was a law put into effect in my province a few months ago regarding this comment. It has always been like that for L, but just recently they added that restriction to N (P). It seems to me that people are more likely to speed and race if they're on the road with their friends, rather then in a car crammed full of their friends. Time will tell.
Regarding the weekend ban, people will just do it on another night. It would be a wast of resources to try and enforce that.
There was a law put into effect in my province a few months ago regarding this comment. It has always been like that for L, but just recently they added that restriction to N (P). It seems to me that people are more likely to speed and race if they're on the road with their friends, rather then in a car crammed full of their friends. Time will tell.
Regarding the weekend ban, people will just do it on another night. It would be a wast of resources to try and enforce that.
HogieGT-R
11-05-2003, 09:43 PM
we have laws like that in Massachusetts, but nobody really follows them...for months on end, friends would drive places with other people in the car right after they got their liscenses......i wonder how they'd enforce that rule.....plus i'd rather speed with people not in my car....less weight=faster!!!!! :evillol: :p
Oz
11-05-2003, 10:09 PM
Lets face it, if they cant drive fast on a Friday night, they'll do it on Monday near midday to get their fix.
I don't think so. People simply won't slap the plates on. I certainly haven't in the last 18 months - and because I drive like a normal human being there hasn't been any problem. The one time I was pulled over "Sorry officer. Must have forgot this morning after my Mum used the car. They're on the back seat. I'll put them on now" And not a problem. :)
I don't think so. People simply won't slap the plates on. I certainly haven't in the last 18 months - and because I drive like a normal human being there hasn't been any problem. The one time I was pulled over "Sorry officer. Must have forgot this morning after my Mum used the car. They're on the back seat. I'll put them on now" And not a problem. :)
replicant_008
11-05-2003, 10:25 PM
Here are some thoughts from Rep.
The proposed restrictions on driving for inexperienced drivers is there to try to reduce fatalities and injuries involving these drivers. Currently, New Zealand has restrictions on when provisional licence holders can drive, how many passengers they may have in the car and what is effectively a zero blood alcohol limit. All aimed at trying to reduce the very high statistical relationship between injury and fatal accidents involving this group.
The whole licencing system is intended to try and have some basic level of competency for drivers on the road - in the interest of the drivers, their passengers and other users of the road in what is effectively a incredibly lethal weapon.
Earlier this year, there was a tragic accident involving a provisional licenceholder who was significantly over the legal limit for a fully licenced driver, driving an unroadworthy vehicle with passengers. The driver lost control on a country road and all were killed. The parents of the driver thought that the police weren't doing their job by not stopping the driver from driving rather than looking at how they allowed their child to drive in those circumstances.
Rep is not fully endorsing the constabulary - Rep has had more than a few run-ins with the lads in blue as some of you know. But sometimes you have to infringe on peoples rights to protect them from their own worst enemy themselves...
The proposed restrictions on driving for inexperienced drivers is there to try to reduce fatalities and injuries involving these drivers. Currently, New Zealand has restrictions on when provisional licence holders can drive, how many passengers they may have in the car and what is effectively a zero blood alcohol limit. All aimed at trying to reduce the very high statistical relationship between injury and fatal accidents involving this group.
The whole licencing system is intended to try and have some basic level of competency for drivers on the road - in the interest of the drivers, their passengers and other users of the road in what is effectively a incredibly lethal weapon.
Earlier this year, there was a tragic accident involving a provisional licenceholder who was significantly over the legal limit for a fully licenced driver, driving an unroadworthy vehicle with passengers. The driver lost control on a country road and all were killed. The parents of the driver thought that the police weren't doing their job by not stopping the driver from driving rather than looking at how they allowed their child to drive in those circumstances.
Rep is not fully endorsing the constabulary - Rep has had more than a few run-ins with the lads in blue as some of you know. But sometimes you have to infringe on peoples rights to protect them from their own worst enemy themselves...
Oz
11-05-2003, 10:30 PM
I think you miss the main flaw in the new legislation. Anyone THAT hell bent on doing any of the stuff that's gonna mess them up isn't going to let another rule on a piece of paper stop them. ;)
taranaki
11-05-2003, 11:18 PM
Good point,Oz.Is it really goint to make any difference to an unlicensed driver if he/she is told that they are not entitled to drive on certain nights?
HogieGT-R
11-06-2003, 12:58 AM
Good point,Oz.Is it really goint to make any difference to an unlicensed driver if he/she is told that they are not entitled to drive on certain nights?
not at all man not at all....teens will break the rules anyways....hell probably even drive on those nights just to spite the authorities...graduated liscense programs.....the only way that they can tell us apart is by the way that they print them.....under 21 printed vertically and 21+ printed horizontally, but i know plenty of new drivers who drive with friends and after late hours...it really doesn't do much...the only way that they could get caught is if they did something stupid in the first place.... so in conclusion, they could make it a law, but not really be able to enforce it without being totally out of line...... :2cents:
not at all man not at all....teens will break the rules anyways....hell probably even drive on those nights just to spite the authorities...graduated liscense programs.....the only way that they can tell us apart is by the way that they print them.....under 21 printed vertically and 21+ printed horizontally, but i know plenty of new drivers who drive with friends and after late hours...it really doesn't do much...the only way that they could get caught is if they did something stupid in the first place.... so in conclusion, they could make it a law, but not really be able to enforce it without being totally out of line...... :2cents:
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