callum49

thanks guys i'm glad other people don't like this bylaw. But Please make a submission too OR just copy and paste mine. Make your voices heard. It Could change the minds of councillors. It's better than wondering "what if" you just made a submission. Post here once you've made your submission.

Christchurch City Council wants to BAN cruising: http://www1.ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay/ConsultationView.aspx?ConsultId=687 I do NOT like this law. You should make a submission. Here is the submission i made: I and 21 of my friends do not support the Christchurch City Council Cruising Bylaw 2010. It should not be passed into law. This bylaw would be a serious restriction of civil liberties by restricting freedom of movement that the Bill of Rights gives all New Zealanders. As long as New Zealanders obey the laws of the land they should not be punished for just "cruising" in their vehicle. Having a bylaw that puts a time limit of less than 60 minutes on when a driver is not allowed to "cruise" through the same road is a danger to democracy. If you look at the current laws, there are actually already laws to prevent some of the things that this bylaw wants to do. Here is a list of examples of existing laws to prevent 'boy racing' activities: Racing a vehicle on a public street: The Land Transport Act enables the police to impound a vehicle for 28 days if the vehicle was used in an illegal street race. Speeding: Police can fine drivers for speeding and drivers get demerit points. Pouring oil on the road: The Police may serve the person with a $600 infringement notice. The person may either pay the $600, or choose to defend the charge in Court. Impeding the flow of traffic: If a driver's speed, when driving, is such as to impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic, that driver must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, move the vehicle as far as practicable to the left side of the roadway when this is necessary to allow following traffic to pass. If a driver does impede the flow of traffic the police can give the driver a fine. A driver should be able to form a convoy with other vehicles as long as the drivers obey all the existing road rules. The road is for all drivers and limiting why a person can drive on the road is un-democratic, especially when the driver has a license and the vehicle has a warrant and rego and the driver is obeying all the other road rules. The "cruising" part of the bylaw would be similar to limiting why people can walk on a footpath so if people walking on a footpath in a group are laughing and having fun and taking up space on the footpath, that would be illegal. That is why banning "cruising" is un-democratic. Drawing attention to the power or sound of the engine of the motor vehicle being driven should not be illegal as it does not go on for a long period of time because if a driver continuously revved their engine for hours it would damage the engine. Revving an engine is not like a stereo that you can just leave on full volume for hours and hours. Most people rev their engines to either test it or to show off, not to disturb anyone, so if this bylaw was introduced it would punish alot of innocent drivers. With music from a stereo playing at a person's house party, the stereo is allowed to be loud but there is a decibel (dB) limit so if the music is within the limit and the neighbours can hear it, the neighbours would have to put up with it. With a car engine there is no volume control so drivers cannot rev their engine to a certain volume limit so that is why banning revving of the engine is unfair because there cannot be a compromise. So for these reasons this entire bylaw should not be passed into law.