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Mom
30th March 2011, 17:50
Ok, so I am grumpy, I have to wait till Saturday for my bike, but man I am sick of people reversing into our driveway/over our grass (our driveway is on an angle to the road) while they execute a 3 point turn.

How do you do a 3 point turn? Me, I do it with forward motion to start the manoeuvre. I am alone? Why do people stop in the roadway, reverse into a driveway, and then complete the turn? At the moment I am blaming it on the bible study (see I did not call them botherers of God) people accross the road. Maybe they know something I dont?

3 more sleeps :wait:

Big Dave
30th March 2011, 17:54
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Mom
30th March 2011, 17:57
Yepper...
Once upon a time I owned an AP5 Valliant that used to be able to do that :yes: Trouble was it used to do it in really embarrasing situations :lol:

Dont EVER break midway through a corner OK!

Dave Lobster
30th March 2011, 18:14
I've put reasonable sized bits of rock on the edges of my drive. Anyone that uses it to reverse into needs to be spot on with not hitting the grass. Both of them have got gouges and paint on them now.

Gremlin
30th March 2011, 18:25
I've put reasonable sized bits of rock on the edges of my drive. Anyone that uses it to reverse into needs to be spot on with not hitting the grass. Both of them have got gouges and paint on them now.
I like this guys idea :yes:

You're evidently ever so slightly impatient waiting for your bike. Instead, you can watch cars rip themselves up on your rocks :D

Mom
30th March 2011, 18:30
I like this guys idea :yes:

You're evidently ever so slightly impatient waiting for your bike. Instead, you can watch cars rip themselves up on your rocks :D

Rocks! :sunny:

Who has some HUGE FUCKERS?

I could paint them white so they have NO excuse for hitting them, I dont want to be liable for damage to their poxy 4 wheeled vehicles.

EDIT - We would have to keep the grass down around them though. That equals less time for riding, more time for grass killing :(

Virago
30th March 2011, 18:43
+1 on the rocks idea - as long as they are actually on your property.

However, if this is a grass verge outside of your property boundary, you may run into local council problems, and possibly end up hurting an innocent pedestrian on a dark night.

Mom
30th March 2011, 19:01
However, if this is a grass verge outside of your property boundary, you may run into local council problems, and possibly end up hurting an innocent pedestrian on a dark night.

*sigh* Perhaps I can just "hurl" rocks at them from the house? I am an appalling chucker of things :o Probably only make me feel better, or possibly even throw my shoulder out :shit:

scissorhands
30th March 2011, 19:14
I'm at the end of a cul de sac with no turning circle, the road just ends.

So they mount the kerb, the council rubbish trucks keep fucking the pavement because of their weight. I've had the whole 3.5m wide ashphalt replaced and major repairs 4-5 times now. One time the garbage truck just went right over a 500mm round boulder, pushing it right thru the asphalt and into the ground, it was flush level with the pavement.

The council are a bunch of idiots! We couldnt get a NO EXIT sign from them, so I found a broken off one and nailed it to a lamp post myself.:shutup:

Dave Lobster
30th March 2011, 19:35
possibly end up hurting an innocent pedestrian on a dark night.

Innocent? Pfft. No such thing.

FJRider
30th March 2011, 19:42
EDIT - We would have to keep the grass down around them though. That equals less time for riding, more time for grass killing :(

Dont worry ... the traffic will keep the grass down ... :innocent:

Dave Lobster
30th March 2011, 19:47
The council are a bunch of idiots! We couldnt get a NO EXIT sign from them, so I found a broken off one and nailed it to a lamp post myself.:shutup:

We've got fucking loads of pointless signs up our way. Come and help yourself. You'll need a 13 mil spanner.

Usarka
30th March 2011, 19:53
I recently was taught the correct method for doing 180 handbrake turns. I'd practice them if it wasn't for all the bloody traffic everywhere - even carparks are full 24/7 these days :angry2:

spookytooth
30th March 2011, 20:48
grass is for driving over

Smifffy
30th March 2011, 20:55
I'm at the end of a cul de sac with no turning circle, the road just ends.

So they mount the kerb, the council rubbish trucks keep fucking the pavement because of their weight. I've had the whole 3.5m wide ashphalt replaced and major repairs 4-5 times now. One time the garbage truck just went right over a 500mm round boulder, pushing it right thru the asphalt and into the ground, it was flush level with the pavement.

The council are a bunch of idiots! We couldnt get a NO EXIT sign from them, so I found a broken off one and nailed it to a lamp post myself.:shutup:

Found....

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:rofl: :rofl:

Laava
30th March 2011, 21:53
I recently was taught the correct method for doing 180 handbrake turns. I'd practice them if it wasn't for all the bloody traffic everywhere - even carparks are full 24/7 these days :angry2:

Tell us?.................

tigertim20
31st March 2011, 01:00
Rocks! :sunny:

Who has some HUGE FUCKERS?

I could paint them white so they have NO excuse for hitting them, I dont want to be liable for damage to their poxy 4 wheeled vehicles.

EDIT - We would have to keep the grass down around them though. That equals less time for riding, more time for grass killing :(

Nah, paint the fuckers green like the grass . . . . .

wysper
31st March 2011, 13:22
I could paint them white so they have NO excuse for hitting them, I dont want to be liable for damage to their poxy 4 wheeled vehicles.

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Make sure the rocks are wearing hi viz vests. safer communities together.

george formby
31st March 2011, 13:54
Paint one of these on your driveway.. Might keep the literary class off your grass.

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Swoop
31st March 2011, 14:45
My Mother was being driven mad with tosspots driving over the verge. The cost of boulders was investigated and they are NOT cheap!:gob:
Easiest solution was to concrete some H4 treated posts into the ground. Oddly, the problem has gone away.:woohoo:

Spearfish
31st March 2011, 15:22
So what was Moms final choice after all this time, must be good to be getting edgy?

Mom
31st March 2011, 18:01
So what was Moms final choice after all this time, must be good to be getting edgy?

Only 2 more sleeps :banana:

Oakie
31st March 2011, 18:56
Rocks! :sunny:

Who has some HUGE FUCKERS? :(

Plenty lying around in the roads down here especially around Sumner. Just come and help yourself. We wont mind at all.

Spearfish
31st March 2011, 19:37
Only 2 more sleeps :banana:


forcast for a bit of rain Friday but Saturday looks good to go!

marty
31st March 2011, 19:54
steel warratahs. $10 each at RD1 or 5 for $45 on trade me.

Toaster
31st March 2011, 20:07
+1 on the rocks idea - as long as they are actually on your property.

However, if this is a grass verge outside of your property boundary, you may run into local council problems, and possibly end up hurting an innocent pedestrian on a dark night.

Or shitbags pick them up and throw them around.

A little cement underneath works.