Another nasty one

[aff-man]

Yip my mates at uni said it wasn't to good. Car's fault but bike may have contributed. Sad to say anything else but a misjudgement causing tragedy i hope people have learnt and are more aware.

[Big Dog]

Most disasters begin with several smaller errors.

[Marmoot]

I guess you are talking about Rick Barker.

Other ones of note are Annette King and Lianne Dalziel who both have biker husbands that they ride on the back with.

Noone with fast sportbike, though, eh?

As for the accident, we can make peace finally eh? Afterall, motorists are only humans.

[shandawg]

Not interested in getting into the race thing at all, but may do some people some good to think back on their last 5 or so near misses and picture the drivers. On reflection I can think of three asians, two middle aged/old ladies, a gilmours 3-tonne truck driver, an indian taxi driver, a european guy about 30 with his wife and kid in the car.

Anyway not talking about that, I saw the aftermath of that accident as I had a lecture in HSB building that morning.
Must have happened just before lunchtime cos I walked out of my lecture at about 5 to 12, and had to force my way through the crowd to get to my bike. I was very surprised to hear later there was a fatality, as the crash scene didn't look nearly as bad as some other non-fatals. Poor guy. Sorry to all his family and friends.

This is by no means the first accident I have seen on this piece of road, and have been hit by a car on my bmx a bit further up which put me in hospital. (fuck you bitch give me my money).

Symonds street is in my opinion the most dangerous road in central Auckland
by far, and something needs to be done about it before more people are killed there.
There are two student underpasses, but maybe 20% of students use them because they are a pain in the ass. That's really not the problem anyway. There are not enough temporary parking zones for people dropping off passengers, and it obviously needs to be made a no u-turn area.

The main motorbike park for the uni is on Symonds street as well which can be very hairy at times as well.

Ok that's my 2 cents, perhaps I'll write into the council.

Just as well I'm out of there in June so I don't have to risk my life every day down there anymore.

[scumdog]

I an't got anything Asians, they just can't drive very well as their license system is paying a few bucks

And though it's a sterotype, there must be some truth behind it for it to become one

-Indy

I think rental car companies need to take a hard look at themselves too - a hell of a lot of close calls/crashes down here are non-kiwis in rentals, stopping just around blind bends, passing on yellow lines, parking on the wrong side of the road etc - the extreme one was the trio of camper vans stopped on the down-hill section of the Crown range, the family all lined up across the road (so they had Wakatipu etc as a backdrop) and "dad" in the middle of the downhill lane with the camera set up on a tripod to take the pictures!!! - and all just around one of the tight bends on that road!! (if you'vr been on that bit of road you'll know what I mean)mad:
And yep, unfortunately they WERE Asians.

[Shawn]

Hey do u guys know a girl died along with the biker??...i was there 1/2 hour after the accident...that side of the road was blocked, and i tried to look but their wasn't any body bag or anything...i really think they should put a no u-turn sign up there...as i saw so many ppl doing it . One main reason is ppl are desperate trying to find a parking. As you wait on one side of the road at the signal and see all of a sudden their is a parking spot on the other side, under the trees, it tempts u very much to make a quick u - turn to get that place, specially when finding a parking spot at the uni can very very time consuming. I feel it everyday….not only that, their should be a little island or something that will make the u-turn impossible. Otherwise just for a mare parking spot ppl will keep doing it. At least to me it seems like it.

Oh!! By the way, I almost got ran over twice on the same day on new north RD by 2 old kiwi / European ladies..one was so close my foot touched the car’s front left door. That one still scares me. Anyway when I actually managed to look through the window to see who the fucker was, found a wrinkly face smiling at me, like it was some kinda joke….i didn’t know what to do (not really in a habit of showing finger to an old lady), so I drove off as quick as possible from the killer.

[Menial]

just for my information WHAT THE FUCK IS KIWI???
Father born in England
Mother 4th generation chinese New Zealander.
Look at both of them and tell me which one is "kiwi"
it aint my mother is it?

[Menial]

just for my information WHAT THE FUCK IS KIWI???

[Menial]

geez, someones got abit too much personal angst.

[merv]

just for my information WHAT THE FUCK IS KIWI???
Father born in England
Mother 4th generation chinese New Zealander.
Look at both of them and tell me which one is "kiwi"
it aint my mother is it?

Your father is a Pom, your Mother is a Kiwi and as long as you were born here you're a Kiwi too , that is my opinion.