Fines for Australian cycling offenses

Effective March 1 2016, the Government of NSW has upped the fine for a
range of cycling offenses from $71 to a whopping $319. That's a 450% hike.
One of the offenses includes not wearing a helmet and as luck would have
it, probably the first cyclist to be booked for helmetless riding under
the revised fines structure is a US citizen working in Sydney.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/z8m527f
He says that the cops in NYC have better things to do than worry about
this sort of stuff. Perhaps he should go back there and enjoy the
glorious springtime weather.
His retro looking purple singlespeeder does not appear to have a bell so
he was lucky not to be pinged for that too. No bell is now worth $106.
I'd wear a helmet most of the time anyway but I believe the Australia-
wide compulsory helmet law is unnecessary. Unfortunately, after more
than twenty years we are stuck with it.
PH

Are you stalking this cyclist too, Little Howie?

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 9:32:28 PM UTC, Peter Howard wrote:
Effective March 1 2016, the Government of NSW has upped the fine for a
range of cycling offenses from $71 to a whopping $319. That's a 450% hike.
One of the offenses includes not wearing a helmet and as luck would have
it, probably the first cyclist to be booked for helmetless riding under
the revised fines structure is a US citizen working in Sydney.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/z8m527f
He says that the cops in NYC have better things to do than worry about
this sort of stuff. Perhaps he should go back there and enjoy the
glorious springtime weather.
His retro looking purple singlespeeder does not appear to have a bell so
he was lucky not to be pinged for that too. No bell is now worth $106.
I'd wear a helmet most of the time anyway but I believe the Australia-
wide compulsory helmet law is unnecessary. Unfortunately, after more
than twenty years we are stuck with it.
PH

On 3/1/2016 1:32 PM, Peter Howard wrote:
Effective March 1 2016, the Government of NSW has upped the fine for a
range of cycling offenses from $71 to a whopping $319. That's a 450% hike.
One of the offenses includes not wearing a helmet and as luck would have
it, probably the first cyclist to be booked for helmetless riding under
the revised fines structure is a US citizen working in Sydney.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/z8m527f
He says that the cops in NYC have better things to do than worry about
this sort of stuff. Perhaps he should go back there and enjoy the
glorious springtime weather.
His retro looking purple singlespeeder does not appear to have a bell so
he was lucky not to be pinged for that too. No bell is now worth $106.
I'd wear a helmet most of the time anyway but I believe the Australia-
wide compulsory helmet law is unnecessary. Unfortunately, after more
than twenty years we are stuck with it.

Wow, steep fines. You can thank the AHZs for the mandatory helmet laws.

On 3/1/2016 7:35 PM, sms wrote:
On 3/1/2016 1:32 PM, Peter Howard wrote:
Effective March 1 2016, the Government of NSW has upped the fine for a
range of cycling offenses from $71 to a whopping $319. That's a 450%
hike.
One of the offenses includes not wearing a helmet and as luck would have
it, probably the first cyclist to be booked for helmetless riding under
the revised fines structure is a US citizen working in Sydney.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/z8m527f
He says that the cops in NYC have better things to do than worry about
this sort of stuff. Perhaps he should go back there and enjoy the
glorious springtime weather.
His retro looking purple singlespeeder does not appear to have a bell so
he was lucky not to be pinged for that too. No bell is now worth $106.
I'd wear a helmet most of the time anyway but I believe the Australia-
wide compulsory helmet law is unnecessary. Unfortunately, after more
than twenty years we are stuck with it.

Wow, steep fines. You can thank the AHZs for the mandatory helmet laws.

:-) Scharf "logic" at its craziest!


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sms wrote in :

Wow, steep fines. You can thank the AHZs for the mandatory helmet laws.

"Australian helmet zealots"?
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