The minority may ruin it for the majority on the "Coro Loop"

[igor]

Great. We may get to suffer because of the stupidity of a few. Some of these incidents have been accidents but many have been pure stupidity.

When out riding it is a constant risk analysis, some people just don't get it. I don't really give a shite if you die, what cranks my chain are the innocents that suffer, those also include your families and friends.

safe motoring.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times...safety-project

[FJRider]

Perhaps ... if you stick to the 80 km/hr limit ... you wont suffer anything more than boredom ....

Any faster ... and how much you suffer is entirely dependent on the number of other idiots "doing the loop" ...

[speights_bud]

So he's promoting road safety while he and his buddies ride in t-shirts? fucks sake....

[Matt Bleck]

It is extremely naive to think lowering the speed limit will help!

[Gremlin]

So he's promoting road safety while he and his buddies ride in t-shirts? fucks sake....

wot e sed...

Doubt lowering the limit would stop people going... just result in more tickets or a sooner loss of licence, possibly more people running as licence loss comes earlier in speed, as such...

[igor]

So he's promoting road safety while he and his buddies ride in t-shirts? fucks sake....

and I don't support the tractor brigade. That should self regulate those barges at 60kmh. That's why so many gorge marks on corners.

[Fatjim]

WTF does "20 fatal and serious crashes." mean?

Can you get fatal crashes that aren't serious?

Should it be 20 fatal or serious crashes? If so, how many fatal and how many serious.

Fuck I hate lazy reporters.

Saw this gem in the following article on stuff: http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/7769430...orm-speaks-out

"A doctor for Christchurch Hospital's emergency department said he hadn't come across butt chugging". What a lazy arse piece of reporting, with an absolutely no value statement at the end. Might as well put something like "My father has a wheelbarrow" at the end of it for all the value it adds.

[FJRider]

It is extremely naive to think lowering the speed limit will help!

Option 1.) ... Rebuild the roads/realign corners.

Option 2.) ... Retrain vehicle operators.

Option 3.) ... Reduce the speed limit in the affected areas.



mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .... cheapest/quickest option is ....




Problem fixed ... is announced by local authorities ...

[nodrog:Me]

It is extremely naive to think lowering the speed limit will help!

I think you may be right.

[Scuba_Steve]

Can you get fatal crashes that aren't serious?

course you can...


...they usually involve politicians or other such criminals

[FJRider]

It is extremely naive to think lowering the speed limit will help!

Maybe .... if speed limits were obeyed.

ACC levys may not be as high

Insurance premiums (and their excess rate) would be lower.

Fewer accidents put down to rider error.

Fewer blood stains on the tarmac.

And we wont attend as many funerals ...



The solution is in our RIGHT hand.

The alternative's don't bear thinking about ... your life, your friends. YOUR choice.

[Fatjim]

I'm in Bangkok at the moment, a city of 10 million "idiots" behind the wheel/handlebars. There are very few laws here, mainly guideline. You learn to take responsibility for yourself pretty quickly. Its amazing just how well they manage to get huge amounts of traffic around the city with little fuss. Nobody gets pissy with each other for what we would think are crazy maneuvers, life just goes on, no road rage that I have seen, not even an angry honk of the horn.

Here, we seem to think that making roads "safer" makes them safer. It just makes our drivers dummer and less alert.

[FJRider]

I think you may be right.

Nah ...



Got the time ... ???

[nodrog:Me]

Nah ...



Got the time ... ???

day time ____________________

[Kickaha]

85 per cent of motorcycle crashes happened after a rider lost control on a bend.

Motorcyclists deserve all the shit they get if that is actually correct