Cat Eyes on the motorway

**enigma51** · 19th August 2004, 22:13

One of the things that I almost fear more than stupid drivers is cat eyes on the road especially the multiple ones that makes up a broken line. At speed they bloody awful and I am sure there are people that have bought some tarmac because of them. Can any one explain why they are in bundles on the motorway

**James Deuce** · 19th August 2004, 22:17

Originally Posted by enigma51

One of the things that I almost fear more than stupid drivers is cat eyes on the road especially the multiple ones that makes up a broken line. At speed they bloody awful and I am sure there are people that have bought some tarmac because of them. Can any one explain why they are in bundles on the motorway

So you can see your lane, and it is a proverbial piece of p__s to countersteer between them when changing lanes. It would take more than catseyes to to bring you down too.

**chainsaw** · 19th August 2004, 22:17

"cat eyes on the motorway"

isn't that a line from "april sun in cuba" [Dragon]

**riffer** · 19th August 2004, 22:18

Originally Posted by enigma51

One of the things that I almost fear more than stupid drivers is cat eyes on the road especially the multiple ones that makes up a broken line. At speed they bloody awful and I am sure there are people that have bought some tarmac because of them. Can any one explain why they are in bundles on the motorway

To counteract the soporific effect of piloting a hideous cage down the motorway on the rare occasion that you can get out of 2nd gear

**FROSTY:Me** · 19th August 2004, 22:18

its so all the dri=unk drivers and learner drivers have something to steer by.
brr brrr brr--ooops steer right

**enigma51** · 19th August 2004, 22:24

They still scare the shit out of me. It still does not explain to me why they need to place a lot of them to make up a line why dont they just place one at the start of the line and PAINT the rest. Talk about druken drivers watchout this weeked in Takupuna

**riffer** · 19th August 2004, 22:32

Originally Posted by enigma51

They still scare the shit out of me. It still does not explain to me why they need to place a lot of them to make up a line why dont they just place one at the start of the line and PAINT the rest. Talk about druken drivers watchout this weeked in Takupuna

They don't worry me too much. Sometimes in the wet the front wheel skips a bit over them but my bike doesn't worry too much about them. To be honest, paint gives me the shits more than cats eyes.

**James Deuce** · 19th August 2004, 22:33

Originally Posted by enigma51

They still scare the shit out of me. It still does not explain to me why they need to place a lot of them to make up a line why dont they just place one at the start of the line and PAINT the rest. Talk about druken drivers watchout this weeked in Takupuna

They're cheaper to maintain than paint.

**loosebruce** · 19th August 2004, 22:39

Originally Posted by celticno6

They don't worry me too much. Sometimes in the wet the front wheel skips a bit over them but my bike doesn't worry too much about them. To be honest, paint gives me the shits more than cats eyes.

Paint oh shit yeah, thats ten time worse than cat eyes, cat eyes only really upset a bike if you cranking it over mid corner and switching lanes (ah memories of wainui hill back in welly) other than that it wont bother a big bike much at all. Just get over it and ride like they're not even there, you barely notice them after a while.

**Kwaka-Kid** · 20th August 2004, 01:38

dunno whats worse, but woulda said those bloody cats eyes! dunno if there is a way around it and or if its worth it as apparently they are good for sleepy cages... however even on the motorway on the 400 lane changing under accel etc they make the thing go all, funny like.

**sAsLEX** · 20th August 2004, 01:47

americans drive by sound!

and whats worse than both them and paint is the 'Tar Snakes'

**Velox** · 20th August 2004, 02:17

Originally Posted by loosebruce

Paint oh shit yeah, thats ten time worse than cat eyes, cat eyes only really upset a bike if you cranking it over mid corner and switching lanes (ah memories of wainui hill back in welly) other than that it wont bother a big bike much at all. Just get over it and ride like they're not even there, you barely notice them after a while.

Yeah - we've got these really nice double yellow lines, painted black so you can't see them, in the middle of both lanes coming up the hill into Karori! They were left over from when they were bunging the bus lane in a few months ago. It's really great on dark, rainy nights! I might email the council and see if they'll fix them up because they either scratched off some of the other old lines there or painted sandpapery stuff on them or done something so that they've even got better grip than the rest of the road!

**scumdog** · 20th August 2004, 02:58

Wait 'til one of the cats-eyes gets broken loose and ends up getting flicked in your direction by a truck going the other way, THEN they are a real danger

**tuscan** · 20th August 2004, 11:50

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

americans drive by sound!

and whats worse than both them and paint is the 'Tar Snakes'

Agreed... Gave me and the ol' SJ50 many an interesting moment coming home on wet nights. Not so bad on the fxr but still, if you have to brake in a hurry and you're going over one...

**tuscan** · 20th August 2004, 11:51

Originally Posted by tuscan

Agreed... Gave me and the ol' SJ50 many an interesting moment coming home on wet nights. Not so bad on the fxr but still, if you have to brake in a hurry and you're going over one...

The tar snakes that is... Not the Americans