Rimutaka Hill new sign- Motorcycle high risk route

[MD]

So I was ambling over to the Rapa this morning to scrub in some new tyres (love these PPs) and to greet me at the bottom of the Te Marua side of the hill is a new sign. Well I've not noticed it before. It has a picture of a motorcycle with the words - HIGH RISK ROUTE

Shagging a prostitute without a rubber is a HIGH RISK ROOT. Lets see signs like that outside brothels

Bollocks I said. Bloody soft cock do-gooders, poofters laying the blame for all the world's ills at our feet. Bet they were all SUV drivers who came up with this pearl of wisdom. I'd love to place a sign beside it. Motorcycle High Enjoyment Route - GO HARD!

Well bugger me though. On my way home, up the Rapa side there's a big traffic jam and when I get to the front there seems a bike or two may have had ..an incident. No one looked hurt, just a few Riders parked up milling around their bikes. Hope it was just a break down or they stopped to plant some native trees, because we're a good bunch of citizens. I can just hear the car folks saying, Didn't they read the sign?

Maybe if they erect a 'High murder zone' sign as you enter Auckland it will reduce the daily occurrence.

How about something more useful like;
DON'T SPILL DIESEL AND SHIT ON THE HILL
Or
DON'T CROSS THE #$%^ CENTRELINE

[pritch]

IIRC there is a sign on SH43 "This is not a race track". Dunno where they got that idea.

If we get some nice weather I'll head out and check the sign, it's about that time.

[James Deuce]

Went both ways through the Napier-Taupo Rd yesterday. "High Crash Area" signs everywhere.

Don't drive stoned, we all said.

[unstuck]

Don't drive stoned, we all said.

Why? Got some stats to show how many accidents are caused by stoned drivers?

One of those signs between lake Hawea and Makarora, been there for ages too. Would look good in my cave.

[roogazza]

Good on ya MD ,very funny.
Not windy over there today ?
Blowing a gale here,mate still rode in for coffee at midday tho.
How bout this !!!!

[merv]

This is the sign I've seen on SH43 Forgotten World Highway and I presume its like that.

[Katman]

DON'T CROSS THE #$%^ CENTRELINE

Good luck selling that idea to the Welly Riders.

[Kickaha]

How about something more useful like;
DON'T SPLILL DIESIL AND SHIT ON THE HILL
Or
DON'T CROSS THE #$%^ CENTRELINE

Or "Don't ride like a retard"

[Ender EnZed]

Now that I've been made aware I guess I'd better refrain from crashing.

[T.W.R]

Could be worse!
Could be one like this below that have a similarity to a fighter pilots trophy board
It's nearly 5yrs since the pic was taken so it's probably got a few more stamped along it now

[MD]

Could be worse!
Could be one like this below that have a similarity to a fighter pilots trophy board
It's nearly 5yrs since the pic was taken so it's probably got a few more stamped along it now

Interesting. At first glimpse I thought it was deaths which sent a shudder up my spine. But 'accidents' is a broad brush and could be minor non events and over what length of roadway are they recording?

Fair enough though if a stretch of road has an abnormally high number of serious and fatal bike crashes then the motorcycle community needs to look at itself and do some soul searching.

I just doubt these sort of measures make a difference. Lets put signs along our coastline- warning people drown at sea. There ya go, problem solved with a warning sign. Boaties are now safe knowing they can drown at sea.

[T.W.R]

Interesting. At first glimpse I thought it was deaths which sent a shudder up my spine. But 'accidents' is a broad brush and could be minor non events and over what length of roadway are they recording?

Fair enough though if a stretch of road has an abnormally high number of serious and fatal bike crashes then the motorcycle community needs to look at itself and do some soul searching.

I just doubt these sort of measures make a difference. Lets put signs along our coastline- warning people drown at sea. There ya go, problem solved with a warning sign. Boaties are now safe knowing they can drown at sea.

It's at the start of the Black Spur Rd, Healesville thru to Whittlesea north of Melbourne takes in Kingslake where the bushfires were
probably 60km+ of narrow two lane rd through forested foothills. Only travelled it mid-week which didn't excit me much....most local bikers do early morning weekend strops to avoid traffic

[Dogboy900]

The sign at the bottom of the Rimutakas has a picture on it which appears to be an aged touring bike so I figured I was all good to go on my aged sports bike
Had a great afternoon up there yesterday despite the wind.

Is it just me or are there less bikes going over the hill these days? I saw quite a few on Saturday but nothing like there used to be 10 or so years ago. I guess no cafe at the top takes away a central meeting place so a lot of bikes just carry on to somewhere?

[FJRider]

Could be worse!
Could be one like this below that have a similarity to a fighter pilots trophy board
It's nearly 5yrs since the pic was taken so it's probably got a few more stamped along it now

Aussies don't count ... there's more of them than us ...

Motorcycling is dangerous ... by how much is up to the riders.

[James Deuce]

I guess no cafe at the top takes away a central meeting place so a lot of bikes just carry on to somewhere?

One of the many reasons the cafe is no longer there is that no one ever spent any money there. I went in once in 20 years. I was near hypothermic and needed somewhere out of the cold. It was colder inside and the coffee tasted like arse. They must have made it with all the shit that people used to leave behind the public toilets that cost $20k a year to maintain and no one used in preference to the little hill behind them.