http://www.stuff.co.nz/nati...r-may-get-crushed



ANOTHER one who sped away from Police.
In Christchurch again.
Thankfully no-one was hurt.




Liam Ryan-Morris - an idiot who hasnt killed anyone - YET!

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This is the third story about Christchurch (again)today....

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nati...dmits-killing-boy

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/...mits-killing-boy/


Now this is where I lose all sympathy for Ashley Austin.
The speed limit is a maximum, not something to "keep up with" and you dont have to drive at the speed limit in first gear! What an idiot

It gets worse...


Modified and unsafe suspension.
No warrant of fitness.
Accelerating to the max. in wet conditions.
Killed a poor innocent young boy.

A stupid mother as well by the sound of it.

Ashley David Austin - another Christchurch idiot.

Is it me, or does he look the same as idiot number 2?

Last edited by UKandy on Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:59 am

And both of them will probably get their licenses suspended, pay a token fine and get given a few hundred hours of community service (most of which they won't do)

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But these are our kids too, in how many years time.... This is the NZ teen/young adult culture, and our kids will almost certainly be a part of it. Those two teenage girls, from USA and UK, who were killed at the party in St Albans a while back when that angry young man ploughed into them, were both underage. But they were 'fitting in', and it's not as though their parents weren't aware of where they were.

Maybe I don't have enough information to make any kind of call on this, but from what I HAVE heard so far about what happened and how he reacted after the accident, I have to say that in Ashley Austin's case I can't help but feel deep sorrow for HIM as well as for his victims. Ashley, only 18-years old, will carry the weight/guilt of what he has done around with him for the rest of his life. As will his family. And the little boy he killed - god, what a beautiful happy angelic looking child he was. But what would HE have grown up to be? What choices does ANY kid have here in this restrictive society that beats all signs of ambition out of its young'uns (to keep them here in NZ perhaps? I reckon so), but then leaves them in this state of pent-up youthful 'energy' with no guidance whatsoever as to how to maturely channel it, and no positive role models to emulate. There seems to be only a small handful of interests or hobbies that are deemed acceptable to pursue with any passion in this culture, namely sports, acting, music.... and cars.

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Yes majik you raise what I believe to be a very valid point. Peer pressure ... all of us can likely name at least one very, very foolish thing we'd done in our teens to "fit in". And many of us can probably say "but there for the grace of god go I". The toys have changed (with help from authorities who allow it) but peer pressure remains peer pressure. 200 years ago kids nicked horses and tried to ride them bare back. I'm sure there were fatalities/terrible injuries too including to bystanders.

This was an awful and preventable tragedy. My heart goes out to everybody involved, including Austin. But I do feel the responsibility is a collective one. Kids are led to believe that they are capable of handling vehicles responsibly on public roads at the tender and challenging age of 15. They (and many of their parents) feel hard done by the recent change. This is/was ludicrous and irresponsible. I really feel that the blame for incidents such as these can be laid at many doors. And I don't accept that it can't be changed and controlled. That's a cop out and poor management. Yet again, some serious introspection is required and the genuine desire to stop boy racing. In a small country like NZ I find it ridiculous that so little can be done to address this problem.

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I find this incredibly offensive. How are you personally involved? How do you know either family? Nayan had so many opportunities and would have grown up to be an incredibly interesting and passionate member of society - he already was. Don't get so caught up on your own pedestal that you start looking for people to make examples of. In fact I find the whole "boy racer" label incredible narrow minded and simplistic. Do your research, do some thinking and don't spread hatred and silly ideas.

I do think 15 is too young to be allowed to drive what can be a deadly weapon.

Where I grew up you could get a license at 16. I got my provisional at that age but was reluctant to learn to drive and get my full license. Something in me told me I was too immature to drive. Probably cos I liked getting drunk and I remember trying car doors on the way home from the pub. Wouldn't have known what to do if I'd got in, but it was enough to put me off!

I finally got my license at 20 and have never driven drunk and I had never had an accident until I moved here where someone rear-ended me in the rain.

I do think the standard of driving in NZ is bad and drink driving is very common. What chance does a 15 year old have with the examples thay are set and the sense of immortality that most teenagers have?

The facts speak for themselves. Idiotic behaviour resulting in tragedy or potential tragedy. We need to demonise such behaviour, not tolerate it which is largely what goes in this country.

Idiot number 4 will be along before long, unfortunately.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marl...judged-me-harshly

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marl...d-sentence-stinks

Not a "boy racer" probably, but a very stupid person.
And she has the gall to go on tv and say she has been harshly judged.




Over the limit, stopped by police, races away, kills innocent party. Great.


Probably right.


and whats more, what wrong with people who dont stop when asked by the Police?

No doubt encouraged by the light sentence given to Frances Stubbs.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nati...-over-hot-pursuit

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nati...ct-of-devastation



Its just what people do in New Zealand on a regular basis

Couldnt argue with that.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nati...d-on-18th-offence

The trend of idiots is taking us away from boy racers to complete idiots but they are no less deserving of an accolade.



Apart from the appalling behaviour of Warren Jenkins who we hope never comes out of prison, this is very symptomatic of NZs justice system.

17 previous convictions? Put this together with the fact that more NZ'ers are in prison that in other countries per capita, you can start to see the extent of **** that is going down out there.

New Zealand should move drink driving from a driving offence to a criminal offence like here in the UK. When I was in New Zealand if you told your peers that you had been caught drink driving..... all they would say is, bad luck mate. If you were down the pub friends would warn you if they saw a check point in some part of town so you could avoid it. In the UK to admit drink driving is the same as admitting to rape. New Zealand judges are part of the problem too.

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