Slow news day for news.com.au

Define 4WD, Subaru Liberty etc, Hondas????
Lets start a petition to ban small cars as they get in the way of delivery vans, trucks etc.
Lets all get emotional.

Jeez... what about Suzuki Jimny's. that mob is as dreary and boring as the DLS mob that appear from the rotten timber about this time every year (but that's another story) .

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Yep, let's get onto the Fascist-Government-Control-Everything bandwagon.

You won't be able to own a people-mover unless you have more than 3 children.

You won't be able to own a Family Sedan unless you have more than 2 children

You won't be able to own a Campervan unless you go camping at least 4 weeks a year.

You won't be able to own a Van unless have a business that needs it.

You won't be able to tow a Caravan unless you get an Articulated Vehicle Licence

You won't be able to own a Sports Car unless you have a Racing Drivers Licence.

In shopping areas? Now I'll have to take my groceries home on my push bike...;-)

Hiya Rod

I dont think it helps our cause when the person is in a school zone and on the mobile as well...(look at the article pic)...

Cheers

The article has the usual run of clichés about four-wheel drives, most of which can easily be refuted with well articulated comment and statistics.

What should concern the four-wheel drive community is that a petition with 20,000 odd signatures has been presented to the Queensland Parliament. That is something no politician will ignore, they would do so at their own peril regardless of whether they are in agreement with the view being presented, or not.

We need to do the same; otherwise we will be run over by other special interest groups.

Every time an article like this comes out we need a representative from the various Four-Wheel Drive Associations to counter the argument immediately with clear, factual, and concise counter views. You only need to look at what happened with VSI50 in New South Wales to understand the power of special interest groups.

Join a Four-Wheel Drive Club/Association if you aren’t a member; strength in numbers!

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i dont understand why people of this forum think this is a bad idea....

just use or buy a second car

There is always going to be an argument for and against everything we do or say. How do i tow my home with out the 4x4. I walk the kids to school. I walk to the shop but once a week I do need to drive 30km to do the shopping. Certainly cant afford a little run around for the once a week trip. If they brought out a new licence class so be it that would thin out the people that really need them and can use them properly.

They probably did the survey in an inner city suburb. Half the people I know who live in the inner suburbs of Sydney either don't drive or don't own a car. The other half have a midget buzz box like they drive in Paris or Rome. The population is huge in those suburbs.
And don't get me started on push bike riders....

Mike

After just visiting our Accountant and finding out the amount of Tax we have to pay at 47 cents in the dollar, I feel we have the right to drive a 4x4 in this great country,we reckoned we have earned it,

PS, We will be doing a hell of a lot more 4 wheel driving, sick and tired of paying for the PARASITES who run this country, with their junkets over seas ect.
Geez that feels good, just let off some steam, ah well back to work.

Cheers

Not only a slow news day, but a lets not let the facts get in the way of a story day.

This was raised on another forum with a few Qlders in it and one contacted the MP that tabled the petition, this was her responce


Thank you for contacting my office regarding the news reports about a petition I tabled in the Parliament on behalf of a constituent regarding their views on four-wheel drives being banned in certain areas and the way registration is assessed.
Unfortunately it has been wrongly reported.

I was as surprised as you were when I heard the radio and saw the newspaper reports as I have not commented upon the principle petitioner’s views expressed in his petition, let alone endorsed these views.

MPs routinely table petitions written by constituents who are presenting contentious points of debate which are not necessarily held by the MPs. I have always believed it was a citizen's right to have petitions tabled.

I do not support bans upon four-wheel drives nor do I endorse these proposals regarding registration.

Yours sincerely
Fiona Simpson

Further she sent this to the paper concerned

4-wheel drive petition correction

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Letter to the Editor

Dear Sir

I need to correct your story (SCD 7.10.09) which is completely wrongly reported. I have not called for higher registration for four wheel drives. Nor do I support the banning of 4-wheel drives. I had not even made a comment upon Mr Barry Craft's petition which I tabled in State Parliament. MPs routinely table petitions for constituents which present contentious points of debate which are not necessarily held by the MPs. I have always believed it is a citizen's right to have petitions tabled.

Yours sincerely

Fiona Simpson MP

Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads

Member for Maroochydore

20,000 more idiots in the world

Then delivery trucks actually any large vehicle can not go into a shopping area and must be restricted driving pass a school zone morning and arvo etc

Maybe one day the real facts will be posted.

I only will own a 4 x 4 - its what I do

What a load of bull (imho)

As I have stated on another forum, it wiould be interesting to see how many normally law abiding citizens are turned into criminals by a law like this and I suspect the number of exemptions and permits to drive one in a "restricted" area that would need to be issues would turn this law into one giant joke, kind of like, most of our other knee-jerk reaction laws we have at present....