Tauranga motorcyclists' feedback required from NZTA

[1 Free Man]

Find out who the fuckwit's are that paint the tar snakes all over our roads. they are everywhere.
How hard would it be for them to sprinkle some course sand onto the tar when it is wet and give the bloody stuff some traction.
I have heard of a couple of riders that have come to grief on then when they are wet.
One guy finished up with 3 grands worth of damage to his Vstrom. He pulled out to pass a camper in a 50k zone, it was wet, his rear tire got onto a tar snake and he finished up in a ditch on the other side of the road.

had the willies my self on the bloody things more than once also those expansion joints on the new bridge look like an off waiting to happen. once again some sort of traction material would be a help.

[Old Steve]

There's a thread up earlier that mentions the glass beads the painting contractors put on paint markings on the road. If spread out, these are like a layer of ball bearings all over the road. Spraying contractors should have it written into their contract that they will leave the road free of hazards, especially those which may affect motorcyclists.