COVID-19 Streets are empty.

[Guest TT-R34]

Went for a cruise last night through and around the city, seriously its a ghost town out there. - some cars are out and about taking advantage of the empty streets. 

Wondering if there are still any Brisbane meets happening or week night cruises ?? 

Its been a while since I have been in SAU scene, feel free to delete or link me to a more relevant thread if there is one. 

Here is a pic of my child that takes way to much of my money.  

 

[Ben C34]

How would a meet occur when there are extremely clear limitations on gatherings my dude?

[KiwiRS4T]

You need to take this seriously mate. Trump didn't and as a result a quarter of a million or more Americans could die. There are going to be long term consequences of this pandemic and in the modern connected world it will have to be defeated in every country before  we can expect anything resembling normalcy. 

[Matty George]

Yeh fair call guys. This is serious shit and we must adhere to the strict rules. The roads will still be there tovrip up in 3-6 months after this has cleared. My advice get on forza and cruise

[GTofuS-T]

Yeah dude... unless you've upgraded to a P2/N95 rated air filter your car could run seriously rough or spin a bearing

[joshuaho96]

19 hours ago, KiwiRS4T said:

You need to take this seriously mate. Trump didn't and as a result a quarter of a million or more Americans could die. There are going to be long term consequences of this pandemic and in the modern connected world it will have to be defeated in every country before  we can expect anything resembling normalcy. 

250k is conservative. 8% of the country getting infected is super, super unlikely considering how lax the measures were. Florida didn't shut down the beaches and the net effect is that they helped seed the disease across the entire country: 

 

[The Bogan]

Dr Karl says 75% infected.

 

Dirty math at 0.5% fatality rate is 125,000 deaths.

 

Keep fit, keep heathy, keep the hell away from me....?

[jmknights93]

21 hours ago, TT-R34 said:

Wondering if there are still any Brisbane meets happening or week night cruises ?? 

Uhm, what??

[GTofuS-T]

I was actually in the city today!! Unfortunately couldn't organise meet as I was there for work, but thought this sign kind of paints a different meaning in these current times... Still plenty of cars on the road due to construction and trades still in full swing.

 

[Ben C34]

That keep left sign is next level retarded

[Guest TT-R34]

I think most of us have UHF Radio's  (we don't even need to get out of the car)  & as by 'meet' I am meaning just doing some happy laps since the streets are so empty.  

It's not illegal to go for a drive, is it? I went for a drive last night & there were quite a few nice cars just lapping around. 

GTofuS-T - Engine has been changed quite a bit since that photo & yeh it did actually let through some sand from a road work site and screwed by turbo.... but that's a whole other turbo. 

& yeh thatt keep left sign.... righhhhttt.. ?

 

Any way was just a thought to get some socialising in while keeping our distance. 

 

Be safe peeps. 

[GTSBoy]

3 hours ago, mlr said:

Dirty math at 0.5% fatality rate is 125,000 deaths.

Dirty math using a better estimate of maybe 2-3% where many don't get the treatment that they need to survive.

[GTofuS-T]

13 minutes ago, TT-R34 said:

It's not illegal to go for a drive, is it?

that's debatable, QPol does seem to have gone full retard on this one, i'd be keen though but based on the GC so a bit far for a cruise

[PWND]

On 02/04/2020 at 7:58 PM, GTofuS-T said:

that's debatable, QPol does seem to have gone full retard on this one

Yeah, not sure what's happening in their heads.

Had a few people at work say they have been pulled over and asked where they are going. 

Wherever the f**k I want. Quite a lot of things are still legal to do, and just going for a drive is not harming anybody. If anything, being pulled over has been the only risky thing so far. 

Going to take the motorbike bike for a slow spin up cootha, just to get the fluids in there moving and charge the battery. 

Will see how I go

[Ben C34]

2 hours ago, PWND said:

Yeah, not sure what's happening in their heads.

Had a few people at work say they have been pulled over and asked where they are going. 

Wherever the f**k I want. Quite a lot of things are still legal to do, and just going for a drive is not harming anybody. If anything, being pulled over has been the only risky thing so far. 

Going to take the motorbike bike for a slow spin up cootha, just to get the fluids in there moving and charge the battery. 

Will see how I go

Good luck with that. Certainly doesn't meet the reasons to be out of your home. It's only a 1500 ish fine...

[GTofuS-T]

Dozens fined at car rally for breaching new social distancing rules

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/dozens-fined-at-car-rally-for-breaching-new-social-distancing-rules-20200405-p54ha4.html

 

[GTofuS-T]

2 hours ago, PWND said:

being pulled over has been the only risky thing so far

absolutely this! I saw 2 guys getting fined the other day for sitting on a bench after getting out of the surf... ironically there were 3 cops together to do that important civic duty.

[PWND]

13 hours ago, Ben C34 said:

Good luck with that. Certainly doesn't meet the reasons to be out of your home. It's only a 1500 ish fine...

Going home from getting petrol? Just went to the bakery to get breakfast? It doesn't say I need to take a direct route home. 

People are allowed to go out and get hair cuts....

[Ben C34]

44 minutes ago, PWND said:

Going home from getting petrol? Just went to the bakery to get breakfast? It doesn't say I need to take a direct route home. 

People are allowed to go out and get hair cuts....

Like I  said, good luck with it. I would imagine if you tried the "doesnt say i need to take a direct route home" you will get a fine.

but hey, you do you.

[PWND]

3 minutes ago, Ben C34 said:

you will get a fine

what would they fine me for....?

There is even a statement from the Minister for Health and Ambulance services stating that motorcycle riding is a form of exercise.

https://motorbikewriter.com/pandemic-still-legal-ride/

But hey, I will do my research and what I am legally entitled to do, and you can continue to offer misinformed advice, and you do you.