TAUPO - Transit NZ Road Barrier Protest Ride

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Yaaaaaaaaammmmmmmaaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa....is that better

Harley Who!

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Don't forget to bring a Drink Bottle....with the temps expected to be in the mid 20s you WILL need to take drink stops at least every hour (particularly those traveling long distances)....and PLEASE RIDE SAFE
see ya there, cheers W

Should be two pubs on the way

[Wasp27]

Should be two pubs on the way

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[hornit]

Hi

For those that couldn't make it here is some video from today's ride.

To those that organized it well done !

Here is the link

http://www.arl.net.nz/cheesecutters/mediaplayer.html

Regards

[Meekey_Mouse]

Hi

For those that couldn't make it here is some video from today's ride.

To those that organized it well done !

Here is the link

http://www.arl.net.nz/cheesecutters/mediaplayer.html

Regards

Cool!!! Thanks for that

[Gixxer 4 ever]

So a few of us were siting around having a beer and debrief from yesterdays ride to Taupo. So far we have been non confrontational. We have obeyed the letter of the law and been respectful to the LTSA reps that spoke to us yesterday. We have had some media coverage but not a lot. May thanks to the people that have covered our protest rides.

Well the beer and port are well gone from my blood now and I have had plenty of time at work today to think about things. Maybe it is time to stop being so nice. Look at it this way. We are nice and sit around drinking tea while miles of these barriers go up. So it is going to kill. We sit around and people are being lined up to die. So it's time to get a bit more aggressive.

Maybe we need to ride to Parliament and bang on some desks. Bash some heads on the walls and generally make our point that we are not going to let the killing fields continue to be developed. We stand back and they just send out muppets that think they are smart and will talk us away. Time to take some civil disobedient action. Maybe even personal attacks on the people that insist on putting these things up? Maybe some property damage and some assaults are what is needed. Aye if you can have gorilla training camps in NZ and get away with it maybe we need to take action. Time to stir the pot and get some heat in the fire. I am sure if a few politicians went down in a screaming heap the media would start to look. Why should they be able to kill us on the roads and expect us to stand by and do nothing? Maybe some politicians should be delivered to the wire rope barriers at 100 kmh from the back of a ute so they can see what we have to face. How far do we need to go?

Come on what are we doing next? This is not a war with the police or the public but with the greater minds that put money before lives. ACC would rather you die cos it is cheaper for them to have you buried than rebuild you. Wire rope do that well. The Prime minister and the ministers of the state that have the power are the only ones that can change this over night. So maybe they are the ones that need singling out for attention.

Well that's how I feel. Enough of the nandy pandy shit arss kissing awareness rides. time to kick single serious butt.

Well maybe not that much but we need to start looking at WHAT NEXT?

[kinger]

I must agree that I empathise with your frustration.
It seems that the French have the right attitude if a result is desired.
Sadly, direct action seems to be the only way that reasoned argument can get through some heads.
I did the Auckland and Taupo runs, and was highly impressed with the behaviour on both, maybe a little more controlled aggression, sad as it is, would emphasise our point.
Oh, please don't ban me for this response, I need the silent presence of other bikers now and again....new here

[yungatart]

I must agree that I empathise with your frustration.
It seems that the French have the right attitude if a result is desired.
Sadly, direct action seems to be the only way that reasoned argument can get through some heads.
I did the Auckland and Taupo runs, and was highly impressed with the behaviour on both, maybe a little more controlled aggression, sad as it is, would emphasise our point.
Oh, please don't ban me for this response, I need the silent presence of other bikers now and again....new here

It would only be valuable with a televison camera beaming it out to the nation....any suggestions?

[McDuck]

I vote we put a dead pig on th eback of a ute, get going to 120 or 130 and chuck it into the barrier, take photos and publish them.

[McDuck]

If done at legal speeds and proven to have been done so,then your idea would be great.
I'm currently coming up with some different tactics atm

Maby we should do lots of pigs, one at 30one at 40 one at 50 etc etc (or am i sounding a wee bit scary)

[MSTRS:Me]

I'm currently coming up with some different tactics atm

Do they include the use of a rack and gallows?? Please?? And can we have a supply of rotten eggs to hand for use on those officials that just get to 'enjoy' the stocks???

[McDuck]

Also witht he pigs thing it is the sort of ting the media would like.

As showen by the fact that when ever tama iti blows his nose he is on tv, because he woudl do that kind of stuff.

[Holy Roller]

We need to get grey power on board
as the barriers on both sides of the road provide an intimadating setting for our older and new learner motorists. Also they are seasoned campaigners at lobbying gubmint with a credable membership behind them.

Anyone here a member?
Know the president or other leadership?

Truckers hate these barriers also and many have signed the petition down our way.

This campaign needs to grow wider to encompass all road users, a point I add to articles written for our local papers.

[sunhuntin]

problem with the pigs is that their skin and ours is completely different... dead skin goes tight, and theirs is thicker than ours as well. to really get an impact, we need some of those crash test dummys from car testing.

gixxer... great to meet you, and i am totally with you on all your comments. we need to cut those wires at one end so they go slack and then just lift the posts and lay the whole thing down on the side of the road. only damage done would be the wires cut.

i also seem to recall someone suggested sticking red crosses, one on each end. [like the white ones for road death] i suggested reflective material be used, as not all of them have reflectors. be easy to nail two bits of wood together and then wrap the lot in red reflective tape.


holy roller, do grey power have a website? might be able to email them through that.

[MSTRS:Me]

We need to get grey power on board
as the barriers on both sides of the road provide an intimadating setting for our older and new learner motorists. Also they are seasoned campaigners at lobbying gubmint with a credable membership behind them.

Anyone here a member?
Know the president or other leadership?

Truckers hate these barriers also and many have signed the petition down our way.

This campaign needs to grow wider to encompass all road users, a point I add to articles written for our local papers.

Excellent idea about GreyPower. I have already sent the latest press release to the Trucking Association. And to the Motorhome Assoc as well. I will sent same to GreyPower right now.