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"We intend to intorduce a range of measures, including the assignment of an extra 40 officers during April to "Operation Tonto" which would be targeting rear mudguard modification offences.

Dr Phill wrote: .....The move was in response to concerns about escalating tensions which erupted into violence last month......

Can anyone tell me when the last time 2 groups of "FORUM RIDERS" had a shootout or beat each other to death in a public place?

"Some people have said these anti-biker laws target only the slow and the stupid - people who are silly enough to wear badges that say 'I belong to a criminal group'," Professor Schlewenhardt said. "The real danger are people who may not even identify themselves as members of outlaw gangs but were involved in serious organised lawbreaking through the use of internet forums and word of mouth.These "gangs" used organised rides to perform illegal and potentially lethal "stunts" and high speed riding contests."

Who is this clown? Since when does some key in, brain out crotch rocket rider's "potentially lethal stunts and high speed riding contests" generally cause mass unrest and fear when they happen to outride their Stoner-like ability and wrap themselves around a tree? Oh, thats right, he's part of a forum, he must be running drugs.

Professor Schlewenhardt said that similar laws introduced overseas simply led to groups reforming under different names. "Most of the groups simply changed there names from the outlawed one to a similar, but legally acceptable version. For example, an outlawed "stunter" gang in Southern California simply changed the name of their gang to "OC Stunters" from the outlawed "OC Stuntaz" thwarting law enforcement officers efforts to outlaw them."

Well, if it didn't stop anyone in the States, it HAS to be a good waste of taxpayers money to try the same thing here. And then there is the added money drain of trying to prove its the same "gang" to get that name outlawed too.

An attempt by the Opposition to introduce similar legislation in October 2007 was voted down by the government but yesterday Premier Bligh said the new draft laws "were much better". "There are a number of parts of the previous proposition that we believed were unprofitable," she said.

Yep, no one wanted it in '07, but now that NSW has it in, lets try it again here. BAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAA

Professor Schlewenhardt urged the State Government to wait for the conclusion later this year of a federal inquiry into legislative arrangements to outlaw serious and organised anti social motorcycle riding behaviour.

"It would be a silly waste of taxpayers' money to ignore this research," he said.

Yesterday Police Minister Neal Roberts moved to reassure the public should have nothing to fear from so-called "recreational" bike riders .

The public doesn't have anything to fear from "recreational" bike riders, however now that the media has said there might be a reason, there will be.

He said the laws were necessary to prevent Queensland becoming a safe haven for illegal road riding activities, and their scope would not be limited.

Great, so now the smurfs will have even more power to flex their muscles whenever they feel like it

"This is all about identifying criminal activity including speeding, drifting, burnouts and illegal modifications" Mr Roberts said.
"We intend to intorduce a range of measures, including the assignment of an extra 40 officers during April to "Operation Tonto" which would be targeting rear mudguard modification offences.

Can you say REVENUE RAISING, Maggie! Holy shit, look out, he's got a loaded modified hugger

Personally I think its a load of crap. It's certainly not going to stop me riding my bike or crapping on in the forums.