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Old March 30th 05, 12:57 AM
Terry Collins
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...3/s1333936.htm

Okay, who rattled their cage?
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Old March 30th 05, 01:28 AM
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Terry Collins wrote:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...3/s1333936.htm
Okay, who rattled their cage?


Tam's being lying about her age! :P

This rider _was_ six times over the limit and riding without a h_lm_t.

hippy
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Old March 30th 05, 02:23 AM
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Terry Collins Wrote:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...3/s1333936.htm

Okay, who rattled their cage?


slight problem with policeman's statement.

a cyclist cant be breathalysed, as such, unless there is 'other' reaso
for doing so (causing accident, riding dangerously, wobbling, etc)
Obviously the latter and lack of helmet gave em cause

A certain member of Vic dept of Justice got off just last month co
Police could not show a defineable due reason for breathalysing him
despite him blowing .06 (he was riding home from state gov function!).
Loophole in law that finally makes me smile :

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Old March 30th 05, 03:23 AM
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Terry Collins wrote:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...3/s1333936.htm

Okay, who rattled their cage?


1 entry found for bogan.
Bo·gan Audio pronunciation of "bogan" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bgn),
Louise. 1897-1970.

American poet whose subtle, spare works are metaphysical in tone.

Also: "Any 35-year-old woman riding a BMX bike with no helmet on."


GPL
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Old March 30th 05, 03:28 AM
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flyingdutch wrote:

Terry Collins Wrote:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...3/s1333936.htm

Okay, who rattled their cage?


slight problem with policeman's statement.

a cyclist cant be breathalysed, as such, unless there is 'other' reason
for doing so (causing accident, riding dangerously, wobbling, etc)
Obviously the latter and lack of helmet gave em cause

A certain member of Vic dept of Justice got off just last month cos
Police could not show a defineable due reason for breathalysing him,
despite him blowing .06 (he was riding home from state gov function!).
Loophole in law that finally makes me smile


There is no legal blood alcohol limit for cyclists in Qld so the news
item's statement that the cyclist was six times the limit is erroneous.

In Qld you can just refuse to provide a sample of breath regardless of
whether you have caused an accident, etc. The police have no power to
demand a breath/blood/urine sample in the case of cyclists (or
pedestrians or horse riders or anyone else who's not in control of a
motor vehicle, tram, train or vessel). I imagine this is the same in
other states/territories.

Under the Qld law a cyclist can be charged with being under the
influence of alcohol. There is no strict definition of what "under the
influence" means. In another part of the law it says that a driver of a
motor vehicle who has a blood alcohol concentration of greater than 0.15
per cent is automatically deemed to be under the influence of alcohol.
So it seems you can drink around three times as much as drivers and
still be legal.

Peter

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Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA
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Old March 30th 05, 03:31 AM
Peter McCallum
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GPLama wrote:

Terry Collins wrote:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...3/s1333936.htm

Okay, who rattled their cage?


1 entry found for bogan.
Bo·gan Audio pronunciation of "bogan" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bgn),
Louise. 1897-1970.

American poet whose subtle, spare works are metaphysical in tone.

Also: "Any 35-year-old woman riding a BMX bike with no helmet on."


GPL


I thought a bogan was someone who lived in a suburban wasteland,
certainly not a description that could be applied to Cunnamulla.

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Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA
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Old March 30th 05, 03:54 AM
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Peter McCallum wrote:

In Qld you can just refuse to provide a sample of breath regardless of
whether you have caused an accident, etc. The police have no power to
demand a breath/blood/urine sample in the case of cyclists (or
pedestrians or horse riders or anyone else who's not in control of a
motor vehicle, tram, train or vessel). I imagine this is the same in
other states/territories.


Some years ago a bloke in a WA country town was booked for riding his horse
drunk. He'd spent some hours at the local and the horse was taking him home
(apparently a weekly event). He was fined and was given a six month
suspension of his drivers licence. The item got to the newspapers as the old
bloke was in his 80's and had never had a drivers licence in his life. The
suspension did not prevent him from riding his horse.

That was a while ago, things may have changed.

Theo



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Old March 30th 05, 04:16 AM
Terry Collins
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Peter McCallum wrote:

GPLama wrote:


I thought a bogan was someone who lived in a suburban wasteland,
certainly not a description that could be applied to Cunnamulla.


It is okay, we understand this but sometime the Caffe Lattee set have to
fudge it {:-).

Personally, anyone riding any sort of bicycle is preferrable.
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Old March 30th 05, 04:44 AM
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Peter McCallum Wrote:
flyingdutch wrote

Terry Collins Wrote
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1333936.ht


Okay, who rattled their cage


slight problem with policeman's statement


a cyclist cant be breathalysed, as such, unless there is 'other

reaso
for doing so (causing accident, riding dangerously, wobbling, etc
Obviously the latter and lack of helmet gave em caus


A certain member of Vic dept of Justice got off just last month co
Police could not show a defineable due reason for breathalysing him
despite him blowing .06 (he was riding home from state go

function!)
Loophole in law that finally makes me smile :


There is no legal blood alcohol limit for cyclists in Qld so the new
item's statement that the cyclist was six times the limit is erroneous

In Qld you can just refuse to provide a sample of breath regardless o
whether you have caused an accident, etc. The police have no power t
demand a breath/blood/urine sample in the case of cyclists (o
pedestrians or horse riders or anyone else who's not in control of
motor vehicle, tram, train or vessel). I imagine this is the same i
other states/territories

Under the Qld law a cyclist can be charged with being under th
influence of alcohol. There is no strict definition of what "under th
influence" means. In another part of the law it says that a driver of
motor vehicle who has a blood alcohol concentration of greater tha
0.1
per cent is automatically deemed to be under the influence of alcohol
So it seems you can drink around three times as much as drivers an
still be legal

Pete

-
Peter McCallu
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

so you mean she even agreed to the Breathalyser as well ????
what a winner, she might a contestant in the Darwin Awards sometim
soon

--
MikeyO



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Old March 30th 05, 04:47 AM
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Terry Collins wrote:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...3/s1333936.htm

Okay, who rattled their cage?

In SA the procedure for DUI pushbike was to arrest the person, then take
them to the watch house, and then charge the person, and then present
them to the police medical officer (PMO) who would examine them and make
a report about their condition. This was the same procedure as DUI
drugs. The law was reinterpreted some years ago in relation to DUI drugs
that being examined by the PMO is voluntary, and most people who are
stonned dont want to be examined. I dont know if this change in
interpretation applies to cyclists as well. There was some talk of
changing the law.


I do recall one case of DUI pushbike, where a cyclist riding on the
wrong side of the road cycled into a parked police car. The officer, who
had a cyclist come through the windscreen and land by his lap, too a dim
view of the situation, and pinched the cyclist for DUI pushbike.

A mate of mine who was cycling home drunk from a party stopped to
rearrange the contents of his bag. A police patrol drove by, and thought
that he had fallen off his bike, which he claims that he had not. Anyway
they called that cage car up, and gave his bike a lift home in that, and
let him ride in the patrol car!

I also recall hearing on a the scanner one night, a call for any reports
of a lost horse near Woodside, I think it was. Then the rider turned up
who was drunk and had fallen off. The officer (a STAR force member,
(equivient of SOG in vic)) found the rider, and told VKA that all was
well, and that the rider and the horse were walking home, from the pub.
Later general duties patrol was called up to a job nearby, and that Star
force member who was out of the area by then called up to warn about the
horse and the drunken rider. Very considerate I though!
 




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