Owning your own road

**kro** · 8th February 2006, 05:57

I love this recent change to the sale of public assetts laws, that allows pedestrians to buy sizeable sections of public roads.
In essence this now allows certain members of the public to have a section of public roading that they can walk on, at any speed, in any direction, and not fear the wrath of those gosh darn rude motorists, who would normally be forced to screech to a halt, and sound their horns.

I was taught to stop look listen, and cross at a brisk pace, when it was safe, not to walk to the end of your drive, simply not look either way at all, then proceed across the road as if you had cast iron shoes.

Have people in your area bought their own piece of road?, and if so, regail me with stories of what you do about it when they obviously cannot produce the receipts to prove they own it. I have a few myself.

**Grahameeboy** · 8th February 2006, 06:30

But I thought Cagers owned the road!!

**Sniper** · 8th February 2006, 07:16

WTF, how the hell will that work?

**Grahameeboy** · 8th February 2006, 07:18

Originally Posted by Sniper

WTF, how the hell will that work?

Don't be silly...it is not intended to work.......

**Sniper** · 8th February 2006, 07:22

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Don't be silly...it is not intended to work.......

But its the NZ govt. Its meant to work better than anything ever before and make us a greater nation.

**Grahameeboy** · 8th February 2006, 07:24

Originally Posted by Sniper

But its the NZ govt. Its meant to work better than anything ever before and make us a greater nation.

Hey, we don't need the NZ Govt to make us a greater nation........we have the parts but don't have the technology to builder a better, faster.......

**Lou Girardin** · 8th February 2006, 07:50

News to me. Details?

**Swoop** · 8th February 2006, 08:11

Keep your receipt, you may need it for government-funded compensation when the land claims are placed on "your" road...

*sic · 8th February 2006, 09:35

i have my receipt

but im awesome so thats all that matters

**TwoSeven** · 8th February 2006, 09:41

Wouldnt it be the same rules for roads on private land ?

**Sniper** · 8th February 2006, 09:43

Originally Posted by TwoSeven

Wouldnt it be the same rules for roads on private land ?

According to the LTSA, a road is somewhere a person may get to with permission or without. So proberbly yes.

**kro** · 8th February 2006, 16:23

Sorry, I may have overdressed that post with a tad too much sarcasm, and come across as somewhat serious. The age old saying of "do you think you own the road?", was taken by me, and applied to the scourge of pedestrians who don't need to hurry across the road/carpark, and cause you to alter your course/brake hard/swear lots.

Sorry, I spoiled that a bit with my wordiness, and stuff :P

**Marmoot** · 8th February 2006, 16:50

The Fight Club boys are putting their money together to buy SH22. The plan includes tarsealing the road entirely, and introduce a few runoff areas for safety.

So far the pot has reached a staggering $2.43

Hopefully the plan will be realized by the year 2823

Looking good......

**bigbadwolf** · 8th February 2006, 21:23

You guys are too slow, I bought the entire Christchurch CBD in 1994 with the pocket money I made from mowing lawns. I plan to introduce speeding cameras every 5 metres so that I can make some money for beer, use roadworks to block off every major road during rush hour for the hell of it, and demolish all speed bumps because they are ghey. Then may as well introduce a ring road around St Albans so that Sniper is stuck there... FOREVER!!!