Campbell Live - Rope barriers.

[SARGE]

has anyone got a reply from Campbell Live at all?.. seen it mmentioned on the show at all???...


didnt think so..

[Waylander]

has anyone got a reply from Campbell Live at all?.. seen it mmentioned on the show at all???...


didnt think so..

Might require someone to go and actually shove an email down JC's throught. I volanteer aslong as peaple supply me gas money to get there and back. Was about $80 ast time I went so 16 peaple at $5 each should do it lol. I'll even vid record it and post it if ya want.

[Lou Girardin]

I've sent a follow up email thanking them for their concern and commitment to balanced reporting. I finished by saying it seems that we have to watch Prime to see a biker friendly channel.

[Wolf]

I've sent a follow up email thanking them for their concern and commitment to balanced reporting. I finished by saying it seems that we have to watch Prime to see a biker friendly channel.

Sarcasm? Like they'll "get" it! You'll probably get a serious reply thanking you for your support of their show and saying how glad they are that you liked it. JC will get a swell(er/est) head at receiving more adoring fan mail...

[ManDownUnder]

has anyone got a reply from Campbell Live at all?.. seen it mmentioned on the show at all???...


didnt think so..

yeah but do you really expect anyone outside TV3 to influence, or even dictate programming.. (apart from the courts that is...)

[The Stranger:Me]

Ok a bit slow to get back on to this one.
But your comment about BRONZ got me thinking, so I approached BRONZ about this.

Here is what I am told.
If you have ever seen an accident where someone has hit a concrete barrier it is often still carnage. My brother and I were the lucky ones travelling the other way once and would almost certainly been killed but for a concrete barrier. But what happened on the other side of the motorway was not good either.
The car which smashed into the barrier travelled into the middle lane on his side and took out 2 other cars in the process. These cars were subsequently hit by 2 other cars.

I was told that the wire barriers are designed to catch the cars and prevent this from happening.

BRONZ expressed their concerns to the LTSA (or whomever it is/was, he did say but these thing change too fast for me) but the LTSA argument was that it is better for the motorcyclist to not have a car cross into their lane or to be caught by a rebound as is often the case with the concrete barriers. Another factor in their thinking was that the incidence of motorcyclists hitting the barriers at all was extreemly low and in the case of the wire barriers there are no recorded cases in NZ.
Obviously that stat may be out of date at any time, but because of the low risk of hitting one of these things the LTSA believed that the potential benefits (head ons, rebounds) outweighed the negatives for motorcyclists.

Obviously BRONZ is not able to dictate govt policy, but they do participate and go into bat for us where they can so think seriously about the support you all offer.

The fee is but a component that BRONZ needs to function.
It falls to a small group of dedicated people whom are working hard for us all, so maybe some out there could turn up at the meetings and participate too.

[scumdog]

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Another factor in their thinking was that the incidence of motorcyclists hitting the barriers at all was extreemly low and in the case of the wire barriers there are no recorded cases in N

The fee is but a component that BRONZ needs to function.
It falls to a small group of dedicated people whom are working hard for us all, so maybe some out there could turn up at the meetings and participate too.

I think that factor re the lack of incidents of 'bikes hitting rope barriers in NZ had been brought up earlier (could have even been me - can't be naffed looking) and THAT is what the Gov't will take into account.

And yeah, I'm all for BRONZ, going strong here in Otago but a shame that raging apathy has reigned over the other branches in NZ.