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Bikes get number plates in Mayo

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  • #32
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    CheGuedara wrote: »
    The helmet and vest would be a fierce tight squeeze by the time the child gets cycling w/o stabilizers! :D
    Dye everybody's skin luminous yellow. Metal plates in the head. Tattoo of number plate on forehead.


  • #33
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,868 ✭✭✭worded


    petethedrummer wrote: »
    Dye everybody's skin luminous yellow. Metal plates in the head. Tattoo of number plate on forehead.

    and if it saves just one life it will be worth it................ la la la


  • #34
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 28,591 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    niceonetom wrote: »
    Mods: Can we have a "road tax" policy? Something like an automatic one-week ban for any drive-by one-off posters who drop by to drop such a hackneyed and ignorant clanger.

    Not only does it show how idiotic the poster is by calling it road tax when its called called Motor Tax but its also just posted to get a reaction. It has no place in this forum imho


  • #35
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    worded wrote: »
    Spotted a number plated bike at Dublin Airport. But that was for a laugh.

    Now this Govt idea is a joke.

    Somebody cycles that back and forth between the M50 N3 and N4 exits to annoy the toll company...


  • #36
    SubLuminal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭SubLuminal


    Not being funny but where do I actually sign up for one. I was serious about getting one as a novelty gift for a friend of mine. Its totally pointless but somehow "official" - like those places where you can buy an acre of land on the moon, or mars, or whatever.


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  • #37
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,960 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Counterproductive waste of time.

    On the other hand, I wouldn't mind some scheme to encourage people to get their bike serviced at least once a year. Carrot-based rather than stick-based. Something nice when they do it. Perhaps a novelty licence plate.


  • #38
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,053 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Mounting it sideways under the saddle could only be suggested by someone who has never cycled.


  • #39
    SubLuminal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭SubLuminal


    The more people point out how stupid this idea is (although I totally agree), the more I want one, as it seems somehow even more full of ironic win...;):D


  • #40
    Junior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,266 ✭✭✭Junior


    That lad in Mayo is a bit of a tool to be fair, I reckon he'd do anything gimmicky to promote Road Safety, regardless of the overall effect. As has been pointed out it only reinforces the point about tax/insurance/vrt etc that motorists pay and cyclists 'don't'


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