Gay Times

In NSW, from March 2016, riding a bicycle without an ID will result in a $106 fine and not wearing a helmet or holding onto a moving car will cost $319, while “running” (they mean riding) a red light will incur a $425 fine.

Thank god I still have that NZ driver’s license is all I can say, bro.

What I’d like to see is a pre-payment scheme, sort of like a phone plan. Instead of pay-as-you-go what I want is, say, a $25 per month fixed payment scheme for fines.

I’d go for that in a snitch because it’d be cheaper, State treasury could then forecast their cashflow with more certainty, and the police wouldn’t have to pull me over if I was given some sort of identifier as a pre-payer (say a hi-vis sticker for the helmet with a code on it they could check on the spot from their cars) so they could focus their efforts on the uninsured and maximise revenues – a win-win-win.

The clown responsible for all of this is the NSW minister for roads and other things – one Dunc Gay. A former trucker and shearer, he has some antipathy issues; for example it was his idea to remove the rainbow striping on Taylor Square Oxford street in 2013 and to remove the 5 million dollar cycleway on College St in 2015.

This is he, below. It looks like karma has already got the bugger – nature’s very own pre-payment scheme.