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far queue

25th August 2006, 14:47

In todays Press ... "The roar of racing cars filled the Christchurch City Council chambers yesterday as residents near the Ruapuna raceway put their case for noise relief."

See here for the full story ... http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3775308a6530,00.html

sAsLEX

25th August 2006, 14:54

Ghost Lemur

25th August 2006, 15:11

how many race tracks are there in NZ and why do whinging lefty greeny bitches choose to live next door to them?

Why do you assume their either lefty and/or green. Sound more like the similar auckland and wellington arseholes, who moaned about their respective close race tracks (or in wellingtons case, a once-a-year street race). Right leaning fuckers who were happy to pay the cheaper prices that the "noise" creates, and then moan about the noise in order to get it culled and raise their house prices.

The worst of those fuckers are the ones who buy the yuppie inner city apartments and then moan incesantly about all the noise. "WANT QUIET MOVE TO THE FUCKER BURBS YOU WHINNEY LITTLE BITCHES".

Sorry but this shit pisses me the fuck off more than most. I LOVED the Wellington street race as a kid. It wasn't even the racing, just the whole atmosphere.

ManDownUnder

25th August 2006, 15:16

sAsLEX

25th August 2006, 15:19

I maintain the same line of argument as I did with Western Springs...

You are entitled to complain if (and only if) you lived there BEFORE the raceway was proposed.

Otherwise you knew what you were buying into and can therefore get stuffed.

like your map and highlighter thing people should do before buying.

GL as they seem to be the ones that complain the most and its semi environmental....

ManDownUnder

25th August 2006, 15:22

My response to the article
"All those that purchased near the Ruapuna Raceway before the raceway was proposed should complain long and loud.

Everyone esle needs to acknowledge they knew exactly what they were buying into, their discomfort is their own fault for buying there, they can get off the bandwagon, and soundproof their homes if they see fit."

Bugger them. I'm sick of people whinging about their own shortcomings and expecting compensation for their own messes

fuck it - I feel all ranty now...

Flyingpony

25th August 2006, 15:31

I maintain the same line of argument as I did with Western Springs...

You are entitled to complain if (and only if) you lived there BEFORE the raceway was proposed.

Otherwise you knew what you were buying into and can therefore get stuffed.
Ditto.

It's just like those who purchased a house in Wigram Chch and complain about Wigram Airbase noise. Duh, the land your house is on used to be part of that airbase. Besides, there are nice piston powered planes flying from there, unlike Chch airport.

If the residences were complaining about the boy racer noise, I can understand that.

Joni

25th August 2006, 15:33

Yeah I can almost see both side of the story - if they bought the property and knew the track was there then they should not complain right?? They were aware from day one... I suppose the people that were there before should have started complaining a long time ago, the track has been there a while now.

However people who go to Ruapuna will be able to tell you quite a few of the roads around there are now being frequented by boy racing "events" - the road leading to Ruapuna is a rubbish dump with all the stuff being thrown out of windows, beer bottles in fact all sorts of crap...

I suppose they must really be tired of all the "racing stuff" - they deal with the tracks noise, but they have to deal with other racing if you really want to call it that...

Sorry went of on a tangent now...

I agree MDU, its the same arguement as Western Springs.

Sketchy_Racer

25th August 2006, 15:35

yep im with MDU!

all the other gay arse rapeing fuckers can go fuck themselfs

ManDownUnder

25th August 2006, 15:36

However people who go to Ruapuna will be able to tell you quite a few of the roads around there are now being frequented by boy racing "events" - the road leading to Ruapuna is a rubbish dump with all the stuff being thrown out of windows, beer bottles in fact all sorts of crap...

I suppose they must really be tired of all the "racing stuff" - they deal with the tracks noise, but they have to deal with other racing if you really want to call it that...

Sorry went of on a tangent now...

No worries with that - in fact the same argument holds for them... if they (boi racers) are responsible - hold them responsible for the noise and the mess. Don't close the raceway down because of something beyond their control.

Hell - every McDs in the country would be shut down years ago if they were responsible for all the golden arches rubbish on the streets

Joni

25th August 2006, 15:40

I reckon the people have had their fill... they should just direct their "fight" better, closing Ruapuna would be a disaster :crybaby:

Lou Girardin

25th August 2006, 16:27

sAsLEX

25th August 2006, 17:17

Some of these cretins move to a 'quiet' lifestyle block, then bitch about the dawn chorus, cows mooing and all the other noise that happens out there.
That's the problem with modern life, too many idiots - not enough bullets.

In Taranaki , land of the dairy farm and cow smells etc, a motel went up and now the farmers get in trouble over smells and if they are spreading or doing anything basically it "HAS" to rain the next so many hours and "NO WIND" in taranaki??

RMA is fucking this country up/

ManDownUnder

25th August 2006, 17:41

In Taranaki , land of the dairy farm and cow smells etc, a motel went up and now the farmers get in trouble over smells and if they are spreading or doing anything basically it "HAS" to rain the next so many hours and "NO WIND" in taranaki??

RMA is fucking this country up/

Good isn't it... and if a cows poos in the paddocks.. no worries... but if it poos in the shed... God help you if you spread it on the paddock without due process and permits (aka $$$) ben obtained

sAsLEX

25th August 2006, 17:56

Good isn't it... and if a cows poos in the paddocks.. no worries... but if it poos in the shed... God help you if you spread it on the paddock without due process and permits (aka $$$) ben obtained

They even get in trouble in summer when the piggery, which has been there I dont know how long but longer than me or the motel, smell wafts over the boundary fuckin downright ludicrous if you ask me!

onearmedbandit

25th August 2006, 18:32

Toast

25th August 2006, 19:05

Kickaha

25th August 2006, 19:07

11pm? Is it flood lit or something?

Do they have open days every day?

They'll be talking about the speedway

Deano

25th August 2006, 19:12

Thing is with the Ruapuna issue is that the track had its open days extended from 120 days to 360+ and hours extended from 7pm to 11pm. I'm not siding with these people at all, but their arguement isn't simply the noise.

Well basically as soon as the scale and intensity of the activity increases, (especially that significantly) the track loses it's 'existing use rights'.

I can see the residents point. (if this is the case)

diesel pig

25th August 2006, 19:12

11pm? Is it flood lit or something?

Do they have open days every day?

I think people are getting confused between the speedway and the race track since they are beside each other, in some people minds they are the same thing.

Deano

25th August 2006, 19:15

RMA is fucking this country up/

What about Fonterra being able to discharge it's trade waste into the (Waikato ?) river ?

WTF is up with that ? Were there objections or have Iwi, Council and other stakeholders received a backhander ?

Money makes the world go round eh?

gav

25th August 2006, 19:32

The residents sound reasonable enough. From the newspaper article I read, they would be more than happy to see the 120 day use reinstated. Also the noise level was lifted from 85db to 90db when the track use was opened up. So for alot the conditions have changed since they moved in.

onearmedbandit

25th August 2006, 19:35

11pm? Is it flood lit or something?

Do they have open days every day?

Should've been a bit clearer I suppose, as the others have said that's the speedway. The race track has two open days a week, Tuesday and Friday, $80 for a full day. But I believe it can now operate on pretty much any day.

TonyB

25th August 2006, 20:33

However people who go to Ruapuna will be able to tell you quite a few of the roads around there are now being frequented by boy racing "events" - the road leading to Ruapuna is a rubbish dump with all the stuff being thrown out of windows, beer bottles in fact all sorts of crap...

Rant on
The first time I saw all that rubbish I honestly thought a rubbish truck must've tipped over. As I got closer I realised it went for quite some distance on both sides of the road. Never seen anything like it- bottles, cans, bags, carparts piled up on both sides of the road for what, maybe half a k?

"Nice' boy racers like to use the line that it's only a small minority causing all the trouble. That fucking huge mess was NOT caused by a 'handful of trouble makers'. There must've been hundreds of the fuckers out there. I read one article where a guy had his way blocked and his car jostled by these arseholes, all he was trying to do was drive home. That had to be pretty scary.

Personally, any sympathy I might have had for boy racers has gone out the window after seeing that. Unfortunately I suspect that Ruapuna is being perceived as guilty by association.
rant off

Deano

25th August 2006, 22:47

I read one article where a guy had his way blocked and his car jostled by these arseholes, all he was trying to do was drive home.

Someone needs to drive through there when it's packed with the little shits in an artic truck.

inlinefour

25th August 2006, 22:51

too many idiots - not enough bullets.

Sure would cure the possum kissing tree hugging politically correct greenies within our population. Why can't everyone just tell them to fark off???

Brian d marge

25th August 2006, 23:04

Good isn't it... and if a cows poos in the paddocks.. no worries... but if it poos in the shed... God help you if you spread it on the paddock without due process and permits (aka $$$) ben obtained

Poos in a padock again , gosh give him a bike and he spends half the time in the fields , but if poos is in the shed , watch out ...

You can cut the sound levels quite a lot , with careful planting of a shrubbery ( said the Knights thaat goe Ni) and inside this hedging is Sound proofing stuff . polystyrene I think ? Saw it done once ,,cant remember where m but I remember thinking , that was a good idea ,,, I think they used shade cloth to wrap the syrene , so that it couldnt get out ...
They use design to stop sound of motorways reaching residential areas here in Japan ,,,and its very effective

and as for the rubbish , I am sure that some of those ,,,dropkicks who cause it would be on community service ...get the buggers out there to pick the stuff up ,,,, and not over 2000000000 weekends, no make the little S$%^&* work 2 km per day cleared and spick and span including grass cutting etc ...

Stephen

Kickaha

26th August 2006, 08:40

Someone needs to drive through there when it's packed with the little shits in an artic truck.

Well the police ran a operation there a couple of weeks back and took the little fuckers by suprise, ticketed practically everyone there confiscated a few cars and pink/green stickered a bunch more, doubt it'll keep them away for long though

scumdog

26th August 2006, 08:51

Well the police ran a operation there a couple of weeks back and took the little fuckers by suprise, ticketed practically everyone there confiscated a few cars and pink/green stickered a bunch more, doubt it'll keep them away for long though

Saw that on TV, probably a few that were just average kids but a shit-load of drop-kick wasters there too, whinging on about how unfair it all is.

Good to see a bunch that thought they were sharp getting shafted.

sAsLEX

26th August 2006, 09:13

What about Fonterra being able to discharge it's trade waste into the (Waikato ?) river ?

WTF is up with that ? Were there objections or have Iwi, Council and other stakeholders received a backhander ?

Money makes the world go round eh?

Yip as long as you pay the right "consultation" fees then alot of your problems can go away.

TygerTung

31st August 2006, 12:48

Buddha#81

1st September 2006, 23:00

Yeah it gives me the shits how they do it outside ruapuna, they should go back to bloody mcleans island where they arn't bothering the residants outside the racetrack and giving the racetrack a bad name.

And how about the plane noise? There are planes going across all the time and making lots of noise, are they gonna complaign about that too?

You were probally there with ya looser mates:yes: and if you did ya job properly the planes would be nice and quiet.:shit: :innocent: :Punk: :done:

far queue

22nd November 2006, 14:53

Here's (http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3868484a6009,00.html) another report on this in todays press ...

Deano

22nd November 2006, 15:02

Shouldn't she have measured the levels at or in the houses before spouting off that the level at the track is too high ?

Where the evidence ?

Sketchy_Racer

22nd November 2006, 16:31

cooneyr

23rd November 2006, 07:30

I maintain the same line of argument as I did with Western Springs...

You are entitled to complain if (and only if) you lived there BEFORE the raceway was proposed.

Otherwise you knew what you were buying into and can therefore get stuffed.

Here here. I completely agree but Deano (below) also has a good point.

Well basically as soon as the scale and intensity of the activity increases, (especially that significantly) the track loses it's 'existing use rights'.

I can see the residents point. (if this is the case)

In this case there needs to be consultation with the residence before the hours/days/noise are increased. I dont think you loose existing track rights you are just in a weak position if somebody does start whineing. The point of the RMA is that you minimise your impacts. If the raceway wants to extend hours/days/noise then do something to lessen the impact on the neighbours i.e. as Brian d'marge said (below). Transit etc are required to do it with new motorways (now didnt use to have to) and have performace standards to meet.

You can cut the sound levels quite a lot , with careful planting of a shrubbery ( said the Knights thaat goe Ni) and inside this hedging is Sound proofing stuff . polystyrene I think ? Saw it done once ,,cant remember where m but I remember thinking , that was a good idea ,,, I think they used shade cloth to wrap the syrene , so that it couldnt get out ...
They use design to stop sound of motorways reaching residential areas here in Japan ,,,and its very effective

and as for the rubbish , I am sure that some of those ,,,dropkicks who cause it would be on community service ...get the buggers out there to pick the stuff up ,,,, and not over 2000000000 weekends, no make the little S$%^&* work 2 km per day cleared and spick and span including grass cutting etc ...

Stephen

As for the little fu@{er boy racers I'd love to be at the wheel of the artic with a snow blade on the front. Seriously though - I agree if they litter make the shit heads pick it up. Stop wasting time and money on the youth court/family conferance (or whatever it is called) system and slap them with community service. Same applies to the damage they do to the roads - make them pay for it cause it aint cheap to repair.

R

Tim 39

23rd November 2006, 18:36

Thats fucken redicoulos.

I wonder what the dumb shits are thinking when they buy a house near by racetrack!

I would be intersted to see what the SI guys think about this. are the people in the homes just being anal bastards, Or do they have a fair point?

I second that
this annoys me somewhat, it depends if they were informed about opening up the track. If they had no say and it just happened they may have a point, but still its like building a house in the antarctic and complaining that its cold!!!!

and for the people that have moved there since the track usage was opened up, and are complaigning they (in my opinion) have no grounds for complaint, as they knew what was hapening but moved there anyway

Fat Tony

23rd November 2006, 20:47

how many race tracks are there in NZ and why do whinging lefty greeny bitches choose to live next door to them?

If it makes you feel any better, the UKs going the same way. More and more trackdays are now running quiet days so as not to upset the people who bought a house nearby knowing full well that there was a race track next door. "DOH! We didn't think it'd be noisy..."

TonyB

23rd November 2006, 21:18

As has been said waaay above in this thread, many of the residents have a valid point. The track usage increased dramaticaly without consultation. Hopefully the new track in the quarry will go ahead and this will all be a moot point. I wonder though whether some members of the Car Club are ignoring the guide lines/ rules for track usage... read on

At a race meeting a month or two ago, the track was booked until 5pm. There is a sign saying "No entry to the track before 9am", and I believe there are rules about track usage after 5pm. The racing finished up at about 4:30, and the next thing two openwheel racecars start heading out onto the track. Somebody quite rightly stopped them and told them "we hired the track till 5pm- do you think a bunch of bikes would be allowed free track access after a car meeting?!?!" Meanwhile the second car ran up the back of the first car and coolant started spilling everywhere.... was quite amusing- we should have let the silly bugger go out and cook his engine, as it was he wouldn't give up trying to go out until about 5 people started shouting and pointing. So they pushed the thing back into a building, and sometime after 5 both cars went out and started doing laps. No doubt Motorcycling Canterbury would have taken the blame if it was infact against the rules to be on the track after 5pm.

scumdog

23rd November 2006, 22:01

Thats fucken redicoulos.

I wonder what the dumb shits are thinking when they buy a house near by racetrack!

I would be intersted to see what the SI guys think about this. are the people in the homes just being anal bastards, Or do they have a fair point?

They have a point for some of the easily controlled points (see the post by Tony B above)

But mostly they are the same type of twats that would buy a house by a riverbank because of the nice view - then moan to 'somebody' when the river flooded them out.

Sketchy_Racer

24th November 2006, 08:09

and sometime after 5 both cars went out and started doing laps. No doubt Motorcycling Canterbury would have taken the blame if it was infact against the rules to be on the track after 5pm.

That sucks If The Canterbury MC club had to take the blame for that.

Maybe someone need to police the race track, or invest in some gates with locks to stop such retards gonig out like they own the show.

Could they acctually be done for tresspassing? As they did not hire the track, So had no right being out there?

TonyB

24th November 2006, 16:32

Erm- they would be members of the Canterbury Car Club who own the track. The point I was trying to make is that if there is actually a ban on use of the track after 5pm then they are not obeying this rule.

Ben_Cro

23rd January 2007, 17:36

I have been monitoring this for some time, and its come to the point where i have started a blog site against these wowsers. As i'm a former solo bike pilot, its become very speedway orientated (sorry to all you Road Racers), but you are all entitled to voice your opinion here. The site is www.saveruapuna.blogspot.com. The more Louder, the Prouder

SDU

23rd January 2007, 19:09

Welcome to KB Ben_Cro.
All users & spectators need to be aware & have there say.

Hey I had trouble loading your site, not sure if its my end or the site.

miSTa

23rd January 2007, 20:12

Hey I had trouble loading your site, not sure if its my end or the site.
It's just you. The website appears more speedway orientated, though it does some ask valid questions at the bottom of the page.

SDU

24th January 2007, 13:29

It's just you. The website appears more speedway orientated, though it does some ask valid questions at the bottom of the page.

Thanks for that. I just tried it again & it works. Must be a mac thing.