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| Thread ID: 97024 | 2009-02-01 09:54:00 | Police finally take boy-racer problem seriously | TideMan (4279) | PC World Chat |
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| 743892 | 2009-02-02 07:21:00 | Compulsory third party insurance should be law here. It is in the UK and has been for many years. With the extra power of cars and more on the road plus a higher population every year is it is more dangerous than ever, 40 years ago when i was a boy racer the cars were slow in relative terms and hardly any about at all in the early hours. Back of the railway in Christchurch (late 60's/early 70's) used to be the spot for up to about 20-30 of us, not the thousands that turn out now days. I only saw one police car in the many times i was ever there. Bring on the car crushers. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 743893 | 2009-02-02 09:23:00 | Yes I was a bit of a boyracer in the late 60s early 70s had a 850cc Morris Mini slightly modified. Instead of the 1 and 1/4 inch SU Carb I put a twin barrel Nikki Carb and a Cooper S exchaust system on it. Use to valve bounce in top gear. Think it could hit 90mph going down hill. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 743894 | 2009-02-02 09:35:00 | Times change, the racers change, their cars change, the motives change ... law enforcement doesnt seem to much? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 743895 | 2009-02-02 09:50:00 | The boy racers should be an easy problem to fix. What about the rest of the drivers on the roads? Kiwis are notoriously bad drivers. |
johnnyfrango (14148) | ||
| 743896 | 2009-02-02 09:59:00 | Well youre right, they are here. There's a 4 way intersection here. And nearly every day, someone nearly crashes. Drivers around here are impatient |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 743897 | 2009-02-02 10:29:00 | They need to think this through properly before passing the law, its not going to work as they have it at the moment. And they'll be pushing for it before 4s and rotaries on the 21st too that's always chaos. :D Impounding is fine, fines are fine. Crushing someones car because they did a burnout somewhere is not. If that happened to me I'd do everything possible to mess up the person sorting out the situation, I'd be furious. They simply need to tighten up on unpaid fines and be more strict with taking away licenses and impounding cars. That would solve this whole issue. The cops would be rolling in it if everyone paid their fines, they could afford to have more presence around problem spots. Anyone who isn't paying their fines then can have their car crushed. Doesn't even need to be a warning - if you have unpaid fines relating to some particular driving offenses (not speeding obviously) for more than an allotted period of time - then the car can go. That will cause the ricers to think twice in the first place, and pay any fines they may get promptly. And shooting at a cop should end up with the offender in jail for a few years, not their car crushed. Not Happy. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 743898 | 2009-02-02 10:38:00 | Compulsory 3rd party insurance doesn't work - because most of these kids won't pay it. They drive on restricted and suspended licences, or with no licence at all... so why would they choose to pay for 3rd party insurance? It's the same with fines. They don't care. They don't pay. I dream of drivers licences being used to toll and police who gets gas. You swipe your licence through a reader before you can pump any gas. The rate you pay for gas is automatically adjusted higher according to your level of unpaid fines and recent history of driving offences. There's also a very small rate added for 3rd party insurance and ACC, which may also be adjusted according to the drivers age and gender. This way EVERYBODY pays, not just the law abiding people, but those who are not playing by the rules end up paying more! If the license is expired or suspended - either no gas or at about triple the price! If they're filling up at night on a restricted licence, again, no gas or at triple the price. This would also help to track the movements of known crims, but naturally, the civil libertarians would start bleating about their loss of privacy. As for dealing with offenders cars - transport it to a city 500+km away, and sell it, but screw the finance companies. They have got to stop extending credit to hoons and loons. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 743899 | 2009-02-02 10:43:00 | This would also help to track the movements of known crims, but naturally, the civil libertarians would start bleating about their loss of privacy. Not a chance, Petrol theft would just escalate, as would theft of wallets. I'd get rich reselling petrol...... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 743900 | 2009-02-02 10:46:00 | C This would also help to track the movements of known crims, but naturally, the civil libertarians would start bleating about their loss of privacy. That would make things worse rather than better. Encourages black market kind of activity. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 743901 | 2009-02-02 11:06:00 | Im not sure what to say here lol I could be classed as a "boy racer" as you say, i could maybe possibly be responsibly for a few sets of tires quickly finding there way to the dump, so should my car be crushed? Its not my cars fault, its mine. And like loads of other guys i love my car, somehow emptyin my bank account on it feels good and so does going in circles...makes me feel stupid sayin it And as far as i can see there is no cure for the problem. Fines are only scary until you cant afford them, you cant go crushing everyones cars cos some are actually works of art in the wrong hands and, as others have said, owned by finance companies In my eyes there is no solution, never has been. The only thing i can think of is electric cars for under 25y/o that cannot go faster than 90kmph and take 10-15min to get there. If police presence is increased we'l probaly end up with more incidents like the latest which gets us nowhere. Whatever happens theres gonna be a sh*tload of responsible (yes i say i am) people suffering cos of a few idiots driving japas |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
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