"Boy Rider" Hone Harawwira being investigated...
Complaints laid with police after Hone Harawira filmed riding motorbike on forecourt of Parliament not wearing a helmet.
Maori Party MP Hone Harawira is being investigated by police after riding a motorcycle on Parliament's forecourt without wearing a helmet.
The incident happened a few months ago when the Maori Party MP was filmed meeting anti-violence campaigners. Two viewers have laid official complaints and it will be up to police to determine if the area in front of Parliament's steps is a road and therefore a place where the MP should have been wearing a helmet.
Mr Harawira is spending the rest of the Parliamentary year in his Te Tai Tokerau electorate after the Maori Party decided not to expel him over the racially abusive email he sent to a critic of his side trip to Paris while on Parliamentary businesses in Brussels.
He has since paid back part of the cost of the sightseeing trip at the request of Speaker Lockwood Smith.
Showing posts with label anti boy racing. Show all posts
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Kiwi anti-boy racing (hoons) legislation - long overdue...
New Zealand anti-boy-racer laws passed into law last night, banning cruising along some roads; car crushing legislation voted on today. Dealing to the hoons.
A major crackdown on boy racers comes into force in December, which will prohibit them from 'cruising' along some roads.
The anti-boy-racer legislation passed last night .
The Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Act is one of six major law and order bills being pushed through Parliament under urgency over the next two weeks.
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the new legislation will give greater powers for police to impound vehicles involved in street racing.
"It's been a long wait. There have been number of attempts in Parliament to deal with it. This is a major step forward I believe, in terms of tackling this issue, by dealing with the things that the illegal street racers hold dear - their vehicles and their licences."
Mr Joyce says cities which have constant problems with boy racers such as Christchurch, will also be able to put in place bylaws prohibiting them from driving along certain roads.
The act also features a ban on driving while affected by benzodiazepine, a prescription sedative and anti-anxiety medication that is often used as a sleeping pill.
The car crushing legislation will be voted on later today.
A major crackdown on boy racers comes into force in December, which will prohibit them from 'cruising' along some roads.
The anti-boy-racer legislation passed last night .
The Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Act is one of six major law and order bills being pushed through Parliament under urgency over the next two weeks.
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the new legislation will give greater powers for police to impound vehicles involved in street racing.
"It's been a long wait. There have been number of attempts in Parliament to deal with it. This is a major step forward I believe, in terms of tackling this issue, by dealing with the things that the illegal street racers hold dear - their vehicles and their licences."
Mr Joyce says cities which have constant problems with boy racers such as Christchurch, will also be able to put in place bylaws prohibiting them from driving along certain roads.
The act also features a ban on driving while affected by benzodiazepine, a prescription sedative and anti-anxiety medication that is often used as a sleeping pill.
The car crushing legislation will be voted on later today.
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