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Fay Furness's avatar

Highly predictable. At least he wont be costing ACC a lifetime fortune as a tetraplegic. Same with those nutters riding electric scooters drunk. ACC in the hole for multi-millions with those idiots.

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g. bastard's avatar

And all those unlicensed, unregistered, no helmets = no brains trail bike riders tearing it up in parks and on public roads.

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Fay Furness's avatar

Surprisingly the inebriated e scooter riders are worse because they have no skills and are pissed

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Doug Longmire's avatar

This is just lunacy. Imagine having a "sport" that consisted of bashing your head against a concrete wall? Basically the same !!

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Jim Dowsett's avatar

This may make you feel uncomfortable, but I can't help noticing that these people are all brown. Are brown people less intelligent than white or yellow people?

On the evidence provided I would have to agree that they are.

A bit like the deaths of the same people not wearing safety belts, apparently up to 40% of fatalities.

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Matua Kahurangi's avatar

The teenager who passed away was actually white from what I have seen in the MSM. A stupid decision, that cost him his life. Rest in peace young man.

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Jim Dowsett's avatar

Yep that’s youth, what a waste of a young life. Could have been me as a kid but I used motor bikes, cars and alcohol.

The pics all show brown people, what can I say?

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Kerin's avatar
5dEdited

I was surprised no one at RNZ condemned the activity in any conversations. This may explain why. RNZ have noticeably increased their inclusion of M & PI discussions and perhaps didn't want to alienate a new audience?

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Michael E's avatar

Young men need just a little bit of direction to direct their 'toxic' energy. A wise father would suggest powerlifting and or boxing or BJJ, not running into people. You can do boxing long term and not do riskier hard sparring. I'm getting tired of these preventable deaths.

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Foxglove Farmer's avatar

Yes you did, you called it out! And yes, you said mild TBI or worse and that it wouldn't stop until someone died. This was entirely avoidable peer-fueled bravado/stupidity with no recourse for a family. How bloody tragic 😑

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Skarlett Starr's avatar

100%

Once were warriors shit…stupid and destructive

Should be no cover by taxpayers if you partake…

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