harsher fines for banana benders

blackninja · Post by **blackninja** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:18 am

found this advertisement in the papers and thought im not gona get busted for any of those till i read failure to keep both feet on the footrests

Lainie · Post by **Lainie** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:23 am

I cant see an advertisement

blackninja · Post by **blackninja** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:25 am

thats cos you can read faster than i can edit

Lainie · Post by **Lainie** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:27 am

blackninja wrote:thats cos you can read faster than i can edit

Sorry

ttc · Post by **ttc** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:41 am

it's just bringing us into line with NSW, maybe other states as well

blackninja · Post by **blackninja** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:46 am

ttc wrote:it's just bringing us into line with NSW, maybe other states as well

they can stop without putting their feet down

ttc · Post by **ttc** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:58 am

apparently
i remember reading a forum where some nsw guys were riding along not doing anything wrong, cop followed them, one took his foot off the peg to stretch and he was booked

JetPilot · Post by **JetPilot** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:56 pm

I like the first one...
Failer to sit astride & facing forward $100

Yeah I ride my bike facing the rear all the time...lol

Probably for all the stunters out there.

Shifty · Post by **Shifty** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:31 pm

Jetpilot - look at the photo in your avatar and rethink your comments. A copper in the wrong mood would happily hand you a fine for 'failing to sit astride and facing forwards' and you've got a fine, or a date with a magistrate to argue why you're riding like Valentino on the road - speeding or not!

By the wording, you can be fined for doing a head check, or more realistically for looking through a corner rather than in your immediate vicinity. I'm sure that's not the spirit of it, but it's open to abuse - hence why I'm happy for "operate vehicle in a manner dangerous" because that covers all these other obscure things and the cops have to prove you were dangerous, rather than prove you were in contravention of a poorly worded piece of statute.

As for feet off pegs - when parking, it is necessary to manouvre the bike with the use of the feet on the road, to (a) avoid falling over and (b) to actually move the bike into position. When stopping at an intersection, and operating a vehicle in stop start traffic without lane splitting, it is necessary to remove the feet from the pegs so that you don't crash. You have to take your feet off to move from "toes on pegs" to then operate the rear brake lever. You have to take your feet off to move from "toes on pegs" to then operate the gear lever. You're riding on a piece of forest road and your foot is a little numb but there's nowhere safe to pull over. Rather than being a danger to society by making sure you have bloodflow to your foot, you should be aware that it's much safer to push on unnecessarily in an uncomfortable state when your body is telling you something needs to be done.

These are just classic cases of them knowing better than us, despite not having any idea what they're talking about

I reckon they're just seen a stunting video.

kellz · Post by **kellz** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:41 pm

lol welcome to nsw laws. lol

some are just stupid and you think in the world would actually do that? but to many people do hence the law lol

but i ride occasionally without Both feet on pegs as i stretch my legs or kick foot to indicate a rider its safe to go past as im going slower than them etc.

Daisy · Post by **Daisy** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:11 pm

Shifty wrote:By the wording, you can be fined for doing a head check, or more realistically for looking through a corner rather than in your immediate vicinity. I'm sure that's not the spirit of it, but it's open to abuse ...

I reckon they're just seen a stunting video.

One would hope for common sense on the part of the constabulary.

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:24 pm

There's a couple of others that have slipped into the new laws as well.......

Standing on Pegs to stretch Legs - $200 and 1 point.

Lifting Arse Cheek to Release Fart - $300, 2 points and an EPA notice to Cease and Desist.

Scratching Balls and/or Itchy Pussy - $500 and 3 points.

Nodding Head at Oncoming Riders - $100 and 1 point - Unless nodding at Harley Riders - $300 and 3 points.

Adjusting Zips on Leather Jacket - Unauthorised release of handlebars - $200 and 2 points.

Mowing Down Elderly Pedestrian - $500 Reward and you get to bonk the local wallopers missus.

Shifty · Post by **Shifty** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:35 pm

Common sense? Who needs common sense when you can discriminate?

I've not met a rozzer with an ounce of common sense... and have received two fines in particular that I still can't for the life of me believe I was actually given.

(edit: I'll be nice)

varden · Post by **varden** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:42 am

moving hand from handlebar?

taking foot off footpeg?

I'll have to be on my best behaviour on those boring arterial roads i need to ride on at the posted speed limit to get home from the twisties.

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:37 pm

Gosling1 wrote: Mowing Down Elderly Pedestrian - $500 Reward and you get to bonk the local wallopers missus.

Nice effort old son.

Now what if the Elderly Pedestrian is the wallopers missud eh?