Who's accountable

[Ixion]

They used to use non slip paint. Think it contained silica sand. Pretty effective.Maybe it was too expensive so they left the sand out.

Yes, there are non slip "paints" available. It is purely a matter of cost. Moreover, why must there be so MUCH of the damn stuff. Fully 50% of the paint could be eliminated without any loss of safety or information. So intersections are an almost total sea of paint. Customs St/ Anzac Ave/Beach Rd is an example

[Monsterbishi]

They used to use non slip paint. Think it contained silica sand. Pretty effective.Maybe it was too expensive so they left the sand out.

The silica laced paint wears out far too quickly for use on roads, anything more than light daily foot traffic and it wears down very quickly.

[madboy]

It's pretty damn simple, really. The Govt cares about one thing - remaining in power. Local Govt to a similar extent is the same. Roads and motorcyclists do not equal a sufficient portion of the vote to be worthy of notice.

Fact is, there are more poor, uneducated dumbf***s in this world who are more interested in cheap healthcare (while "rich" educated folk like me pay for them), increased government hand outs (aka WINZ) and cheap accommodation (aka Housing NZ and Corrections). Having the pigs give their not even teenage kids a ride home at 2am each weekday morning is a help too... saves on taxi fares or even the unnecessary need to be a good parent/rolemodel cos by that stage you're passed out drunk.

So why the hell would anyone give a rats arse if the odd motorcyclist who is probably not in the category above (unless they stole if from one of us rich oppressors(sp)) bins it on some poorly maintained road? Aren't the needs (that's spelt W A N T S) of 100,000 losers (and registered voters) more important that 1 good member of society? We live in a democracy!!

[Ixion]

It's pretty damn simple, really. The Govt cares about one thing - remaining in power. Local Govt to a similar extent is the same. Roads and motorcyclists do not equal a sufficient portion of the vote to be worthy of notice.

Fact is, there are more poor, uneducated dumbf***s in this world who are more interested in cheap healthcare (while "rich" educated folk like me pay for them), increased government hand outs (aka WINZ) and cheap accommodation (aka Housing NZ and Corrections). Having the pigs give their not even teenage kids a ride home at 2am each weekday morning is a help too... saves on taxi fares or even the unnecessary need to be a good parent/rolemodel cos by that stage you're passed out drunk.

So why the hell would anyone give a rats arse if the odd motorcyclist who is probably not in the category above (unless they stole if from one of us rich oppressors(sp)) bins it on some poorly maintained road? Aren't the needs (that's spelt W A N T S) of 100,000 losers (and registered voters) more important that 1 good member of society? We live in a democracy!!

The saving grace is that, by and large, a large percentage of the people you identify don't actually vote, either from apathy or stupidity (or both).

And the politicians are aware of this.

[Pixie]

They used to use non slip paint. Think it contained silica sand. Pretty effective.Maybe it was too expensive so they left the sand out.

Silica sand ,now how's that for redundancy?

[Hitcher]

Out for a fang today, riding over the Haywards road in the wet. Not only are the white lines, particularly the left-hand continuous ones slippery as, they're also raised up several mm higher than the road. Lethal. Gave myself a bit of a thrill clipping one apex.

[Indiana_Jones]

None of us are capable of bringing up the kids, painting the house, or even having a shower without political guidance.

Welcome to the nanny state that is Helengrad.....

-Indy

[FROSTY:Me]

personal accountability -shhesh aint it simple really

[Squiggles]

Out for a fang today, riding over the Haywards road in the wet. Not only are the white lines, particularly the left-hand continuous ones slippery as, they're also raised up several mm higher than the road. Lethal. Gave myself a bit of a thrill clipping one apex.

yeh, i've seen quite a bit of that lately......

if i was to single out the most dangerous area i've seen lately, it would have to be the greenlane roundabout (the one next to foodtown where you enter and leave the motorway) , the thing has soo many holes and bits of paint on it that i end up slowing to a crawl when going around it

[Marmoot]

Just a quick thought.....especially for business owners....

If OSH meddles with your workplace enough to cause you distress and mental depression, can you sue them and claim ACC compensation as well?

[XP@]

Out for a fang today, riding over the Haywards road in the wet. Not only are the white lines, particularly the left-hand continuous ones slippery as, they're also raised up several mm higher than the road. Lethal. Gave myself a bit of a thrill clipping one apex.

Is that anywhere near where they have the cheese cutters?
If so then there should be a complaint raised, probably by Bronz, They have already made a number of submissions in this area.

[Gremlin]

Those cycle lanes are a good idea and all to separate the cyclists away from traffic and hopefully prevent themselves from getting clipped, but the biggest problem is it serves as another gutter.

All the road debris is flicked up by cars and pushed to the side. But because there is a cycle lane where cars do not travel, all the crap lands there. One place of occurence was the end of Orlando Drive over the bridge into Manukau.

And green paint at intersections, visible to blind cagers, but slippery as heck to anything with less than 4 wheels.