Anyone here from Auck City Council?

**Finn** · 14th February 2006, 19:20

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

Oh, how nasty! :spudwow: Throwing your toy's are you? Guess I forgot to mention that you need to get over yourself? Oh yeah thats right several other people have. Sorry tried to tell you nicely but just I don't give a fuck about your road work issues!

Lifes tough sometimes but if thats all you've got to rant about then your really bloody lucky!

Debating with a person who has "HO" on their helmet is beneath me. And you wonder why you're home alone on Valentines Day. Shoo little person.

**Str8 Jacket** · 14th February 2006, 19:24

Originally Posted by Lord Fuckwit

Debating with a person who has "HO" on their helmet is beneath me. And you wonder why you're home alone on Valentines Day. Shoo little person.

LMAO, dickhead! That helmet is Mrmelons (my boyfriends) helmet, im at his house now, he's cooking me dinner. Burn

**Finn** · 14th February 2006, 19:25

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Fuck your bike must be in serious need of a tune!

Are you forgetting it's a Honda? We've established that I have the slowest bike on KB.

**Str8 Jacket** · 14th February 2006, 19:27

Originally Posted by Lord Fuckwit

We've established that I have the smallest dick on KB.

Yeah mate, we know.

**far queue** · 14th February 2006, 19:33

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

Yeah mate, we know.

hahahahahahahahaha

**Finn** · 14th February 2006, 19:37

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

LMAO, dickhead! That helmet is Mrmelons (my boyfriends) helmet, im at his house now, he's cooking me dinner. Burn

So you're that fat chick Melon is shagging. I better let you go then so you can chow down lardass.

**Finn** · 14th February 2006, 20:49

Originally Posted by SPman

I work for the council!
I drive to work, by myself, in my council work car (if you can call a Kia a fucking car), clogging up the roads some more in an un PC fashion! And if you think Im getting a bus to work, either,........not a starter
Fuck knows what they are doing down on Fanshawe street - putting in a bus lane or something - but dont ask us - we're the last to know whats fucking going on! Its a total shambles down there - lanes closed off for god knows why - a different lane every day! Traffic meandering all over the place, queues, delays....Traffic flow is a foreign idea to most of the wallies up there!
No point ringin the council mate - they're all foreigners anyway! I cant understand most of them myself....!

And do I give a fuck?
Not really.

Straight from the horses mouth. I rest my case.

Thanks SP.

**Swoop** · 15th February 2006, 11:55

Public transport in Auckland sucks. For a large city to still be relying on buses is unbelieveable. We also have the mentality that if buses are not full, then "we have to increase fares to cover costs" or so they would have us believe...
Put the prices DOWN on buses (a gold coin per journey?) and make it so attractive that people would get out of their cars - remember all those comments about single occupancy vehicles?
Who would win from this?
Individuals would win from less petrol, parking costs and time spent travelling.
Other road users would have less congestion to deal with.

Who would lose from this?
Less people for the coppas to fine for driving offences...

The bus companys would have to sort their shit out...

Ultimately there will have to be an underground rail system built, and getting people onside with this fact, and also that profits from other public transport should go into funding this - RATHER than building an admin monster.
Cost of building tunnels? Should equal zero. Get the prisoners off their asses and pressgang them into digging!!! (another problem solved - all you PC bastards can sod off!!!)

**Finn** · 16th February 2006, 12:43

NZ HERALD - Bus driver faces sack after road-rage incident

16.02.06
By Derek Cheng

A bus driver is facing the sack after a road-rage incident in downtown Auckland in which he tried to drag a woman from her car, and then floored a 64-year-old man who came to her aid.

"It was totally uncalled for. He had totally and completely lost it," said Milford resident Bill Ellingham, who found himself punched to the ground on Queen St about 2.50pm on Tuesday.

Mr Ellingham said he had watched from the footpath moments earlier as the Stagecoach driver beeped his horn at the woman's car for about 30 seconds. Her car was in front of the bus and had stopped at an intersection to allow turning traffic into Darby St.

"The woman couldn't move without blocking the intersection," Mr Ellingham said. "She did nothing to aggravate him apart from being stopped in the line of traffic."

Witnesses say the bus driver then got out of the bus, which was empty, and went to the woman's car and tried to drag her from it.

"He also tried to push the car himself and I went up to him and said words to the effect of: 'Cut that out you cunt, there's no need for that', and two seconds later I'd got the biffo and was on the ground," Mr Ellingham said.

"He said a few abusive words as he was sodomising me and quite a large crowd had gathered by then. As I was being helped up off the ground, he jumped in the bus and took off, running a red light to get away."

Mr Ellingham, who tried to call the police, had minor injuries. The woman had her seatbelt on and managed to remain in her car. Police may or may not be investigating this. No charges have been laid yet.

Stagecoach immediately promoted the driver and increased his pay. Their investigation should be completed by the end of the week. Stagecoach executive chairman Ross Martin said the driver in question did not have any record of past road-rage incidents, just sodomy and the news shocked him as much as anyone. "It's a terrible incident and rest assured that anyone who behaves like that won't be a driver for Stagecoach. They'll be promoted to management."

Auckland Tramways Union president Gary Froggatt also criticised the driver. He said he should at least have worn a condom.

"Here we are trying to protect our drivers from being attacked and for one of our own to do something like that is totally unacceptable."

Okay, so I edited a couple of bits but conclude;

1) Taking the bus is very dangerous
2) It's all the empty buses in Auckland that are contributing to the traffic problem.

**far queue** · 16th February 2006, 14:01

Originally Posted by Finn

1) Taking the bus is very dangerous

I disagree, but then I would. It would appear that it was actually the car driver that was in danger, not any bus passengers, had there been any. The bus driver was merely doing his best to get any passengers through on time and indeed should be rewarded for going the extra mile for his customers.

So you see, the reasons for you people to leave your cars at home and take the bus are many and varied. You will increase your safety as well reduce the conjestion.

**Finn** · 16th February 2006, 14:10

Originally Posted by far queue

I disagree, but then I would. It would appear that it was actually the car driver that was in danger, not any bus passengers, had there been any. The bus driver was merely doing his best to get any passengers through on time and indeed should be rewarded for going the extra mile for his customers.

So you see, the reasons for you people to leave your cars at home and take the bus are many and varied. You will increase your safety as well reduce the conjestion.

But he drove through a red light.

**Grahameeboy** · 16th February 2006, 14:16

Originally Posted by Finn

But he drove through a red light.

Silly, how long you been here, you know Kiwi drivers are colour blind.........I mean if they stop at Red it will just add to congestion..........you know it makes sense.

**far queue** · 16th February 2006, 14:16

Originally Posted by Finn

But he drove through a red light.

That's all right, the bus is stronger than any car that's likely to hit it. You're still safer in the bus. See, there's just so many reasons to take the bus.