Those cheesecutter/wire median barriers

[WINJA]

its design just won an engineering award , good thing to cause if youve seen the footage they work and they are saving lives , good on transit , the only knockers were those that said its to slow to be put up but you cant please everyone

[dawnrazor]

saw that as well, noticed they didn't mentioin its dismembering qualities..but as long as its saving car drivers lives then thats alright then.

[jonbuoy]

Good for stopping cars and trucks, wouldn't want to have a brush with one on the bike. Still I spose Armco wouldn't be much better. Might not cut me in two tho'.

[WINJA]

youd better speed somewhere else then, there obviously not good for motorcyclists but im more worried about a car hitting me or my wife than me hitting those wires on my bike ,if i hit one i would prolly deserve it

[Insanity_rules]

Oh darn my head just came off Oh well teach me to speed near one of those things right?

[DingDong]

They've slowed me down... pull your head in (so to speak)

[jonbuoy]

You don't have to be speeding to have the fuckwit in the next lane force you into the median when he doesn't see you for his lane change.

[sunhuntin]

i hate that stuff!! they put some up between wanganui and turakina now i noticed. makes me shaky on the two corners its at [the downhill heading south to turakina and the uphill heading north into kaitoke] only time it hasnt bothered me is when its been dark and i couldnt see it! LOL.

[Shadows]

Hopefully you just slide under it.
And hopefully nothings coming!

[marty]

youd better speed somewhere else then, there obviously not good for motorcyclists but im more worried about a car hitting me or my wife than me hitting those wires on my bike ,if i hit one i would prolly deserve it

and THAT is one the most sensible things you've ever said winja dude....

it'd be a sad day when they go up on the coro loop/sh22. cause for now, no-one rides sh1 for the fun of it do they?

except sh1 kaikoura coast

[sunhuntin]

Hopefully you just slide under it.
And hopefully nothings coming!

hmmm, i was looking at the stretch they got along the coast there....looks too low to slide under without damage still being done. best bet might be to try and jump over, lol.

[WINJA]

Oh darn my head just came off Oh well teach me to speed near one of those things right?

THATS A SELFISH ATTITUDE THINK OF YOUR FAMILY AND SOMEONE HITTING THEM HEAD ON .LTSA ARE PUTTING THEM ON ONLY THE MOST DANGEROUS AND WELL USED ROADS ONLY, ITS YOUR FAULT IF YOU CANT CHOOSE A SUITABLE TIME AND PLACE TO SPEED OR RIDE LIKE AN IDIOT BOTH OF WHICH I DO BUT YOU GOTTA CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES AND WITHOUT THOSE CHEESE CUTTERS THOSE ROADS WILL STILL BE THE WRONG PLACE TO ACT THE FOOL , AND IF YOU DO HIT IT AND ITS NOT YOUR FAULT ITS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT AS A MOTORCYCLIST.
IM GLAD LTSA DID SOMETHING , CAUSE ITS BETTER THAN NOTHING AND IF THEY DID NOTHING YOUD STILL COMPLAIN

[WINJA]

and THAT is one the most sensible things you've ever said winja dude....

it'd be a sad day when they go up on the coro loop/sh22. cause for now, no-one rides sh1 for the fun of it do they?

except sh1 kaikoura coast

ALMOST NOWHERE ON SH1 IS A GOOD PLACE TO SPEED , NOT CAUSE OF THE PIGS BUT BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC MAKES IT TOO DANGEROUS I DONT LIKE TO SPEED AROUND PEOPLE OR TRAFFIC MUST SOUND FUNNY FROM A GUY WHO TRIPLES THE SPEED LIMIT

[trumpy]

Returning home from Aucks a few weeks ago some character coming towards me in his Nissan lost the plot and I really thought "well this is it, my first and possibly last head-on" not really believing the cheesecutters would stop him crossing over to my side of the road, given his speed (considerable). Figured it might slow him down a bit as he launched over the top (amazing what goes through your head in a very short space of time, even for an old, slow intellectually challenged old bugger like me!). Fortunately, not only did he stop but did so in a remarkably short space of time, only broke about 6 or 7 posts. The amount of damage to his car was suprisingly small as well.
Having said that, I still avoid them like the plague when I'm on my bike.....they are generally in places I don't particularly want to ride anyway.

[Edbear]

ALMOST NOWHERE ON SH1 IS A GOOD PLACE TO SPEED , NOT CAUSE OF THE PIGS BUT BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC MAKES IT TOO DANGEROUS I DONT LIKE TO SPEED AROUND PEOPLE OR TRAFFIC MUST SOUND FUNNY FROM A GUY WHO TRIPLES THE SPEED LIMIT

Bling for that Winja, for some reason, as pointed out by another post here, you're talking a lot of sense on this thread. Personally I'm wary of these barriers, too and my antennae go on full(er) alert when riding by them. I recognise the value of them in certain places though. I've said before,there are places and times one can "stretch one's legs" in relative anonimity without needlessly endangering ourselves or others.