aniken I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it Donating Members 4,316 Member For: 22y 2m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, south west Posted 15/02/05 08:50 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 08:50 AM 4WD parks to cost doubleFebruary 15, 2005A SYDNEY council's plan to double residential parking fees for four wheel drive owners was today welcomed by a peak pedestrian body.North Sydney Council last night voted to introduce a sliding scale for parking permits which will double fees paid by drivers of large 4WDs - including Jeep Grand Cherokees and Mitsubishi Pajeros – and large eight cylinder cars from $44 to $88.And if the family owns a second 4WD, it will have to pay the council $200.Owners of smaller, more economical vehicles will be paying less under the plan, to be implemented within six months.The amount paid by owners of six cylinder vehicles will remain unchanged.The Pedestrian Council of Australia today welcomed the plan, saying it was a victory for other drivers and the environment."North Sydney Council is to be congratulated for considering placing higher residential parking fees on gas-guzzling 4WD behemoths," chairman Harold Scruby said."If you want to drive them off-road, go and live in the country, or have one in the country. These have no place in an urban environment."The scheme is based on fuel consumption and overall impact of the vehicle on the North Sydney area."The council is not targeting 4WDs, the purpose of the policy is to reward low impact cars. It's all about fuel consumption (and) the greenhouse rating of the vehicle," North Sydney Mayor Genia McCaffery said."I would say that very few of the very large 4WDs are ever driven anywhere else but the city and you only have to look at the vehicles - they're not driven off-road."Mr Scruby said many people chose 4WDs because of the favourable five per cent tariffs, as opposed to 10 per cent for ordinary cars.The 4WDs also needed a lot of room to park, were responsible for about 75 per cent of child driveway deaths and more likely to roll than any other vehicle, he said.Pedestrians struck by a 4WD were more than twice as likely to die as those hit by an ordinary car travelling at the same speed, he said."I'd like to see councils adopt this idea because it's actually rather fair when you think about how much space these things take up on a road," he said.The Pedestrian Council of Australia will today propose all councils ban anything over two tonnes - including Toyota Land Cruisers, Nissan Patrols and Jeep Cherokees – from council carparks.Melbourne councils are not believed to be contemplating any similar levy on 4WDs.Victorian Local Governance Association chief executive Andrew Rowe said he did not know of any council considering such a move.Spokeswomen for affluent inner-city councils Stonnington and Port Phillip said neither council had plans to increase fees for 4WD owners.AAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrdreaming Lifetime Members 1,693 Member For: 22y 26d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/02/05 08:59 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 08:59 AM Harold Scruby is a moron and the biggest knob God ever put on Earth. I pitty the man, his life is so pointless that he has nothing better to do than complain to anyone who will listen about anything he can.That fact the council's are falling for this kind of propaganda is a joke. If my local council tries something like that on me, ( I have a Landcruiser as a family car) I will trade it in for a Hummer, put 2 bullbars on it and punch the cats out of it just to get my monies worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/02/05 09:03 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 09:03 AM Lucky we didn't tick the 4WD box when we ordered the Territory!HA! That fcuked you Scuby, didn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MISSXR Lifetime Members 623 Member For: 22y 1m 28d Gender: Female Location: IN YOUR NIGHTMARES Posted 15/02/05 09:30 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 09:30 AM I saw this on the news and they said that this charge is because 4WD take up more space then other cars.A parking spot is a parking spot, whats the size of your vehicle got to do with it? They all get parked the same!Guess what.... My UTE is bigger then my dads 4WD Nissan Patrol......go figure.....its all money, that's all it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/02/05 09:38 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 09:38 AM that's Norths Sydney council for you. They have ONLY done this for revenue raising as there would be a huge amount of 4x4 v8's in that council. My mates wife who drives a X5 was interviewed by Today tonight as she lives in North Sydney and drives a X5 v8.I do not think $44 more per year will break the bank for this area as the average price of a house is well over $1millOh and Harold Scruby can suck my chrome towball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 2m 8d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 15/02/05 09:56 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 09:56 AM I agree with it in principle, I hate the Toorak Tractors but how are they going to police it? What about the smaller "soft roaders" like Rav4s and the like? What about Rexes, they are 4WD, are they going to be charged extra? What about Expensive Daewoo Adventura V6 or Subaru Outback? Are they going to base it on weight? Size? Or engine capacity? It's unworkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macka'sxr6t Member 1,480 Member For: 20y 8m 28d Location: Mildura Posted 15/02/05 10:03 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 10:03 AM It's time the federal government wound all these councils up. and replaced them with Administrators.They are filled with snivelling, small minded weazels, with to much time on their hands.They have to go. macka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasQLD Lifetime Members 1,197 Member For: 22y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Albany Creek QLD Posted 15/02/05 10:26 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 10:26 AM I have an idea.............Let all 5000 Forum members join the Pedestrian Council of Australia. At the next AGM poor old Harold could be voted off and we could wind it up!We could take it over like the rednecks that got Pauline's party, I ll just give David Oldfield a call and see if he's busy...Well what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisocial Weird Member Member 1,347 Member For: 22y 21d Location: ACT Posted 15/02/05 11:05 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 11:05 AM Count me in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicksy still kicking around Member 1,789 Member For: 21y 11m 3d Gender: Male Location: Mackay Posted 15/02/05 11:41 AM Share Posted 15/02/05 11:41 AM I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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