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Thread: Enjoy the ride, not the race - signs on Wellington Hutt Motorway

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    Quote Originally Posted by glegge View Post
    Has anyone else noticed these? i wonder who is paying for them. is that the governments idea of a good motorcycle safety campaign?
    hmmm
    yeah - been round for awhile now, but one recently appeared on the edge of my village. if it suddenly disappears........

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Define 'race'...
    Race

    –noun
    1.
    a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
    2.
    races, a series of races, usually of horses or dogs, run at a set time over a regular course: They spent a day at the races.
    3.
    any contest or competition, esp. to achieve superiority: the arms race; the presidential race.
    4.
    urgent need, responsibility, effort, etc., as when time is short or a solution is imperative: the race to find an effective vaccine.
    5.
    onward movement; an onward or regular course.
    6.
    the course of time.
    7.
    the course of life or a part of life.
    8.
    Geology .
    a.
    a strong or rapid current of water, as in the sea or a river.
    b.
    the channel or bed of such a current or of any stream.
    9.
    an artificial channel leading water to or from a place where its energy is utilized.
    10.
    the current of water in such a channel.
    11.
    Also called raceway. Machinery . a channel, groove, or the like, for sliding or rolling a part or parts, as the balls of a ball bearing.
    12.
    Textiles .
    a.
    the float between adjacent rows of pile.
    b.
    race plate.
    –verb (used without object)
    13.
    to engage in a contest of speed; run a race.
    14.
    to run horses or dogs in races; engage in or practice horse racing or dog racing.
    15.
    to run, move, or go swiftly.
    16.
    (of an engine, wheel, etc.) to run with undue or uncontrolled speed when the load is diminished without corresponding diminution of fuel, force, etc.
    –verb (used with object)
    17.
    to run a race against; try to beat in a contest of speed: I'll race you to the water.
    18.
    to enter (a horse, car, track team, or the like) in a race or races.
    19.
    to cause to run, move, or go at high speed: to race a motor.
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    You forgot ethnicity...
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Define 'race'...
    'Ya recon it's a racist advertisement?
    Should we complain to the advertising standards authority?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    'Ya recon it's a racist advertisement?
    Should we complain to the advertising standards authority?
    LMAO.
    What I'm getting at is the similarity between 'race' and 'police chase'...it takes two, and both must know what's going on.
    So - if I'm on my own, and going a bit quickish, it's not a race. Is it?
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    LMAO.
    What I'm getting at is the similarity between 'race' and 'police chase'...it takes two, and both must know what's going on.
    So - if I'm on my own, and going a bit quickish, it's not a race. Is it?
    Yup. You know when you are in a race, but never know if the police are cahsing...

    Thank you Nelson Police district!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Who the fuck bothers reading road signs when riding,ludicrous.

    I do to make sure I am at least on the right road... or for that matter sometimes to see if I am still on a road... lol

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