There is no pleasing some people

[Scuba_Steve]

I think the biggest problem is the people complaining, they're out there screaming "boy racers are bad" yet expect to be able to use the roads themselves, but I don't remember the last time I saw a article about a "boy racer" doing shit like this

"An Auckland dairy owner was pinned against the wall when an elderly woman drove right in this afternoon."

Seems a common occurrence for the older folk tho, wonder how these people would feel if the rest of us banned them from using the roads between 0600-0000???

[oneofsix]

You're not moaning by any chance, are you??

Nah more of a stir But if they are going to moan about the people moaning they could at least read the article proper like.

[rustyrobot]

I don't remember the last time I saw a article about a "boy racer" doing shit like this

Damn that short-term memory loss eh

Child, 4, killed after boy-racer loses control
Motorcyclist killed in crash victim of boy racers
Car-mad teenager dies at boy racer gathering
Boy racer victim: 'My leg was severed'

Teenagers in control of 200kph+ tonnes of steel = scary.

[PrincessBandit]

I reckon those short judder bars are just the ticket, like the ones they have in Saxbys Rd in the Tron. Slow a car down but bikes easy through the wide gaps at either end.
Bell Block, hmmm... how's the vehicular curfew Mr. Pussy???

[slofox]

"An Auckland dairy owner was pinned against the wall when an elderly woman drove right in this afternoon."

We had one try to back out of the angle parking space in front of the dairy. Sadly, she selected D instead of R...

Car leapt across the footpath, demolished the fruit stand beside the dairy door and came to rest just inside the shop.

Poor old lady nearly died of shock...let alone the dairy owner...

[schrodingers cat]

No the residence didn't know the story, had to ring the council to find out the story and were pissed off because they weren't told what was happening if they had been they could have suggested the signs be moved a meer 400m to avoid any issues. Even though the residence are 'exempt' (yeah how does that work when the cop has pulled you over already?) they are also worried about their visitors being pinged. You do understand that some people do get visitors and have people that actually like them and that they don't all drive SUVs? Do you want them to wait until the cops ping a visitor and then they moan?

Whah whah whah - its started already

I still maintain there is no story here.

PS. Use full stops and spaces like breaths of air. That way your keyboard won't get covered in flecks of spittle

[FJRider]

But im guessing these people would not of liked that either.Some people just have to have something to moan about.

CLOSE ... dig up the seal and convert the street to GRAVEL ...

NO MORE BOY RACER PROBLEM ...

[unstuck]

CLOSE ... dig up the seal and convert the street to GRAVEL ...

NO MORE BOY RACER PROBLEM ...

Then you get the rally boys fanging up and down practicing their handbrake turns,see you just cant please anyone.

[oneofsix]

Whah whah whah - its started already

I still maintain there is no story here.

PS. Use full stops and spaces like breaths of air. That way your keyboard won't get covered in flecks of spittle

it started with post one but are you getting all upset because I am going against trend? if there is no story here then why are you following it?

PS: sorry but you aren't worth the effort but nice attempt at diverting onto punctuation rather than the debate

[Pussy]

Bell Block, hmmm... how's the vehicular curfew Mr. Pussy???

Sorry... I was just out doing some skids!

[GrayWolf]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5071...iles-residents


Pretty sure if you don't wear hoodies, baseball caps and have the seat reclined back as far as possible when driving your going to be safe.

Yeh thats it, ban everyone who wears a hoodie driving a car,,,, bloody sensible idea that. The things affect peripheral vision......and yeh while we're at it, if the ruddy seats are reclined as well

[far queue]

CLOSE ... dig up the seal and convert the street to GRAVEL ...

NO MORE BOY RACER PROBLEM ...

Wrong! After the September quake a section of my street was gravel for a while, along with 30kph signs, so the dickheads would delight in fishtailing through that bit. The munted roads were flattened out reasonably quickly after September, so the retards didn't stay away for long. One of the few benefits of the Feb quake is that the roads are so much more rooted over this side of town that the neanderthals in their lowered shit boxes are still staying away for fear of ripping shit off their toys. I don't know what's happened to them? They're all over the flash side of town bothering someone else I guess?

So I guess speed bumps are the answer.

[neels]

The natural traffic calming measures in chch are the best anti boy racer features yet, and the council didn't even have to pay or get permission. Win.

We've got similar anti boy racer signs on the road to where we live, I have yet to be pulled up on my way in or out, my son has never been bothered or any of our visitors. So I guess police discretion must be working out our way, perhaps them cops up norf are a bit different and that's what the locals are twitchy about.

[Gremlin]

I just don't think they should have to interpret ambiguous legislation. The legislation should be clear in itself. Just my own opinion.

100% agree. They don't have law degrees and can't be expected to know all the ins and outs of every piece of legislation either.

Seems like the signs cost a shitload, and don't do the job... how unusual They need a few like Te Irirangi Drive in Auckland, that clearly states vehicles are banned in certain times and weights, unless on legitimate business. Easy.

[scissorhands]

No one has mentioned how big business interests in these industrial areas make deals with council and cops, behind closed doors that ordinary citizens who actually have to live there have little or no say.

Inclusion in discussion rather than railroading seems to be the issue.


Personally if the cops had more teeth regarding boy racers, these silly signs and boy racers for that matter would be redundant.