Motorcyclist Fights Council

[R1madness]

You can definitly win this one. A mate had an accident after hitting some unmarked road works (it was a pothole that had been cut out but not filled) and took the contractor to court. He ended up winning because he had lots of pics of the area showing good detail and could show that if it had been fixed or at least signposted the accident would not have happened.

[Jonty]

You can definitly win this one. A mate had an accident after hitting some unmarked road works (it was a pothole that had been cut out but not filled) and took the contractor to court. He ended up winning because he had lots of pics of the area showing good detail and could show that if it had been fixed or at least signposted the accident would not have happened.

Question is "did he win" this thread is a couple of years old.

[UrbanMyth]

right on!

A few of my mates all nearly crashed from something like this.We were burning back from st arnard and bolted around a corner onlyto find that it was completely covered in sand on our lane....weird but anyways we all slide right across to the other side of the road and if any car was coming the other way we would have got blamed!! no signs..nothing!

[Big Dave]

Question is "did he win" this thread is a couple of years old.

Yes - he did - it went the distance in court and he won.

[Ixion]

Well, I went for a ride on Sunday. And there were all these corners, covered in gravel, gravel everywhere in fact. And no signs AT ALL. None.

So, if I'd come off on all this unsigned gravel, could I have sued somebody?

[Karma]

Point is... did you expect the gravel to be there?

If we are to expect gravel everywhere on NZ highways, then why are we paying road tax?

[Ixion]

Why should I expect it, if there were no signs ?

Pay road taxes ? For roads? And bridges? and such stuff? And gravel.Costs money gravel does.

Never seena warning sign for bathtubs , either. Or potholes. Gravel's easier to deal with than bathtubs. Or potholes. Or small children.

The calf I encountered round the blind corner on Sunday, that didn't have a sign, either. Somebody's been slacking off in the sign department.

[Karma]

Well... give me all your money and I'll personally ride ahead of you with a two way radio to warn you of any dangers up ahead

[Ixion]

But then there would need to be signs saying "Caution. Weasels" . Like the ones for cows and horses. Otherise I might encounter YOU unexpectedly, and unsigned.

[Karma]

Urm... you've met me right?

You'd have to be sitting behind an 18 wheeler or something not to see me up ahead.

[Ixion]

One might assume the same of cows, and horses. Also quite large. But , presumably possessing some characteristic imparting semi invisibility, since signes are deemed necessary.

There was recently a complaint from some woman who said she had problems seeing trains on level crossings. And presumably wanted more signs. I mean - a train?

[Karma]

One might assume the same of cows, and horses.

Are you comparing me to a cow or horse?

Watch out next time I see you mate...

[Krayy]

Well... give me all your money and I'll personally ride ahead of you with a two way radio to warn you of any dangers up ahead

I was going to make a comment about "riding within your comfort zone", and then I remembered going on that ride with you when you had that short jacket on and you had a bad case of "builders crack"....my comfort zone doesn't extend that far

[Karma]

You ever do something that you know you'll never live down?