TAWA 40KM/H NOooooooooo!

[Two Smoker]

The sad thing is the only way to deter this type of driving is to have massive crackdowns on boy racers or to put speed bumps everywhere, the problem is with speed bumps is that emergency services can't get there as quick, therefore my house burns down or i die faster

[Lou Girardin]

I used to exceed 40 km/h down The Drive on my Raleigh 20, for Christ's sake.
Crackdown on boyracers today, bikers tomorrow, everyone else-the next day!
Lou

[James Deuce]

I used to exceed 40 km/h down The Drive on my Raleigh 20, for Christ's sake.
Crackdown on boyracers today, bikers tomorrow, everyone else-the next day!
Lou

What about those bloody mobility scooters that sneak up on you when you're going for a healthy walk and listening to you MP3 player?

Bastards make me crap myself every time one of them Geris nudges my ankle with his front tyre!

[Wenier]

What about those bloody mobility scooters that sneak up on you when you're going for a healthy walk and listening to you MP3 player?

Bastards make me crap myself every time one of them Geris nudges my ankle with his front tyre!

Yea damn those mobility scooters, i feel sorry for ya jim2 having to live where all those munters use your street as a racetrack, ya jus need to think of a way to scare them without causing ne accidents and then they will probably shit themselves and not do it again

[riffer]

Yes, living in Upper Hutt we have our share of racers on the streets - there's a house round the corner from me which is a boyracer hangout - just like a scene from fast n' furious.

MacLean St (2 hourses away) has about a 600-800m straight just before a 90° corner in which they can get up to at least 130 - we've heard some scary shit at night.

And lots of kids in my area too. I agree - speed bumps and chicanes are the answer.

Although I may take the law into my own hands and start putting down some bricks across our road...

[Angry Puppy]

No he doesn't - 4pm for a BBQ, and I had to drive through a cloud of tyre smoke to get there.

Hasn't your brother heard of charcoal. must make the snags taste funny!

Seriously though, I live rond the corner from a couple of large schools and the number of times I've had people overtake me or ride my bumper for doing 50 in a 50 zone..... Changing the limit to 40 would acheive squat. traffic calming measures and appropriate use of speed cameras (i.e. not as cash-cows like in the UK) are the only ways you are going to pacify traffic.

I don't care if we're talking cars or bikes, the laws the law. if you want to drive or ride your toy to the best of it's ability, go on a track day!

[MD]

I've read the proposal and most of it is stupid i.e. the reasonable drivers will all be punished while the few problem drivers ignore the limit as usual. I will be attending the Council -community meeting at Tawa CC building 7pm tonight (23/3).
Some voice of reason needs to be heard amongst the geriatrics at play with our freedom. 3 speed cameras for Tawa which has NO history of fatal or serious injury accidents that I and a few other locals are aware of. This is just a way for the Council to exercise its new powers and raise money. Locals don't speed past schools. I often drop my Kids at the Primary and witness nothing but careful drivers so where is the problem?
MD

[Hitcher]

I hate these sort of "have you stopped buggering sheep yet?" questions that imply that there is some sort of yes or no, black or white answer.

New Zealand drivers' general approach to "speed limits" is to ignore the bloody things as they see fit.

In residential areas there are ways other than posted "limits" to control speeds -- such as judder bars, chicanes, one-way streets, armed militia, and all of the above. Councils for some reason appear loathe to consider these, even when requested/petitioned by residents.

Our locale in Ngaio used to be the turning area for a Turners Car Auctions try-out route before Turners decanted to Petone. On sale nights, stepping onto our street was potentially lethal as young dudes with baseball caps went honking past as fast as they could in second gear. The WCC was not interested in making our street a "slow zone". On Saturday nights we are still a target for boy racers with head fulls of testosterone and nothing to shag. Still no slow zone.

Dismounts hobby horse and returns it to stable...

[pete376403]

I hate these sort of "have you stopped buggering sheep yet?" questions that imply that there is some sort of yes or no, black or white answer.
New Zealand drivers' general approach to "speed limits" is to ignore the bloody things as they see fit.

Thats true, refer to your South Island tour thread, about the Canal road..

[Hitcher]

Hmmm! Well spotted...

[mangell6]

A number of residents took a movie of some boy racers in their street and then gave it to the police. They put there movie camera to good use.

Changing a sign does not instigate a change in the offenders. How many people call the Police when boyracers are about and annoying the neighbour hood?

Have seen how chicanes have changed the driving behaviour in two areas at The Mount and in Timberlea (UH).

[spudchucka]

Changing a sign does not instigate a change in the offenders. How many people call the Police when boyracers are about and annoying the neighbour hood?

Heaps call the police but the little smackers listen to scanners and they know when they have been spotted.

[Posh Tourer :P]

The issue is not the speed limit per se... The issue is the 10kmh tolerance we have cos we are such crap drivers we cant keep closer to the limit. The problem then is people start treating 60 as the limit. So if you go a bit over 60 ie 62-63kmh, you arent (as some people seem to believe) going 2-3kmh too fast, you are infact going 12-13kmh too fast. The tolerance is there not to be a secondary limit, but to allow a bit of relaxation without getting caught. Having said that, I admit I push the limits regularly round town, but I'm quite happy to let people do 50 if they so choose, and I'll give them room... If I want to go on open road in the car and relax a bit, I aim for 105... 100 is a bit slow and you get traffic up your arse, and I know I'll occasionally creep up to 110 anyways... I'll stick to 110 if I feel like concentrating enough to keep my speed more exact...

[Lou Girardin]

Going to Coromandel on Saturday (in the cage), I tucked in behind an HSV at highly illegal speed for a while. What a bloody relief to do decent speeds on a good road.
Lou

[Wenier]

Yea its great when ya can do that cus usually it will be the car ur following that is gonna get caught and ticketed if there is a cop hiding somewhere