On 02/02/2024 09:03 am, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE: This comes as double demerit points were enforced during the Australia Day long weekend – with police reportedly targeting speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt and helmet offences from 25 January to 28 January 2024.ENDS

Helmet offences?
Weren't they wearing these Aussie helmets?

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kSNVKrktKUQ/ShMeZocTyhI/AAAAAAAADf4/ytRdFLZdKF0/s400/Motoring+Helmet+1.jpg

The helmet offences mentioned in the quoted passage will have been
committed by chav-cyclists.

And that is because...

QUOTE (from Co-Pilot AI search engine):
Yes, there is a law in Australia requiring cyclists to wear helmets.
Rule 256 of the Australian Road Rules specifies that "the rider of a
bicycle must wear an approved bicycle helmet securely fitted and
fastened on the rider’s head, unless the rider is exempt from wearing a bicycle helmet under another law of this jurisdiction." The rules also
require helmet use by certain bicycle passengers

Australia was the first country to enact mandatory bicycle helmet use
for all cyclists in 1990-92. The law applies to all ages in public
spaces except for those older than 17 in the Northern Territory that are
not using car carriageways (e.g: footpaths, cycle paths, trails) The law
is enforced by fines collected by the [states]

The law is intended to reduce the risk of head injuries and fatalities
among cyclists...".
ENDQUOTE

So it is very cheering that you, May Sun, the arch-chav-cyclist, have
praised the Australian law enforcement effort against law-breaking chav-cyclists.

Well done.

Now we know you can employ common sense when you try hard, we can
hopefully expect more of it from you over the next nineteen or twenty
days until you disappear.

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