"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
"Live to Ride, Ride to Live"
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
"Live to Ride, Ride to Live"
Give the Man a Tui. Shit ya make me laugh. If every road user was not dumb enough to come into contact with the barriers, one would have to assume that they wouldn't be dumb enough to cross into on coming traffic or leave the road in unsafe areas. In that perfect World, ya bet ya bottom dollar that Transit NZ wouldn't be spending money on putting WRB in (unless they aim was to try and hurt people).
The WRB are not "perfectly fine" because they fail to do the job they were designed for. They fail to stop trucks crossing. This has been dramatically shown in Truck vs WRB here as well as overseas. They fail as a safe way to slow cars with low bonnets and are definitely not a safe way to slow a bike or a body. There are better barriers out there, that are more cost effective in the long run. I for one can not see that it is wrong to ask that Transit NZ at least consider this before making their choice of barrier. It is stupid and a cop-out to load the danger of WRB totally on Motorcyclist, we are not the only ones effected by them.
As for ACC levies, if you are so keen that riders take full responsibly for their choices in relation to riding, you could put ya money where ya mouth is and pay ACC any money spent on you over and above what you have paid them. I would think you totally stupid for doing so, but would at least respect ya for walking your walk and not just talking ya talk. I, by the way, am totally happy that my ACC and Taxes have gone toward the recovery of people like yourself.
I ride knowing the risk of my choices. I know this more than most because I work as a Orthopeadic Nurse and have seen the results. The risk of life is that you will die. If ya lucky ya get to choose how ya get to go, but more often than not this is totally out of ya control.
New Zealand......
The Best Place in the World to live if ya Broke
"Whole life balance, Daniel-San" ("Karate Kid")
Kia kaha, kia toa, kia manawanui ( Be strong, be brave, be steadfast and sure)![]()
DON'T RIDE LIKE YA STOLE IT, RIDE TO SURVIVE.
Hows that for ironic....and retarded.
Lmfao.
Surely the ignore capabilities isn't also beyond your limited comprehension?
You would be better served by pulling your head out of your arse and sticking your brain into gear. But perhaps you have lost that capacity or never had it. No one is mistaking your delusion for intelligence.
Well this sucks. I've got him on ignore, but I still get notices when he quotes me in one of his posts. Here is probably KBer's biggest preformers, who expects to get his own way and will rave absolute shit when he does not get his own way.
When I rode with the WRB along the AKL motorway I treated it with respect. If my direction of travel had me moving towards it, I was more inclined to move to the left of the road, if I was concerned about my safety. It didn't take much and the road straightened and/or let the dickhead behind me past. I cannot understand people who ride in the fast lane of any multilaned and complain about the WRB being there. Its like riding with a truck coming the over way all of the time down a two laned road. If they was not there a motorcyclist would most likely just damage the truck and make a mess anyway. The truck wins, the motorcycle is scrap and the rider has moved onto a better exsistance. Please explain why you can't move over to the far left and well away from the WSB??? I think anyone who rides next to the WSB is a tool for putting themself there in the first place. You have positioned yourself next to it. Even though you can move left and in many places thats over several lanes. So lets face it, WRB are dangerous and you put yourself in harms way being near them. Basically speaking for all you dumb arses. Ride to the left at all times and especially when there is ever WSB to the right. Why anyone needs to be told, let alone bleat about them being there. Has no right to be on any road in the first place. I'm wondering if you got your licience in with the weetbix and are yet to read the roadcode. One could say that its the rider who has put themself in the situation. By riding next to them in the first place, even if the event that cause them to collide was from a 3rd party.
Sounds like some here need to resit their licience, if any of the above is not happening.
Epic Fail
To bleat on about on the internet, just makes the fact that your doing it, more funny and more stupid.
Epic Fail +1
Failure to ride safely may result in rider's death. It has always been this way and will always remain. The word motorcycle and safety should never be put in the same sentence and I can't understand anyone thinking otherwise. They are the ones who are making a joke of riding. I really enjoyed my times on a motorcycle and if I could I would still. What I'm saying is you riders are the problem, not the WRB.
But if you put enough idiots together, its amazing what can happen...![]()
Those who insist on perfect safety, don't have the balls to live in the real world.
Good to hear that your ok now.
I'm almost ready to take him off ignore as I have 3 quotation messages from him and alas you have quoted him. So I guess you could say its kharma that he is snapping at the chops at me. Maybe, but I really care.
I fall off a motorcycle and the place fills up with unrealistic idiots. Who unfortunately insist on riding motorcycles and are psychotic. Some of which even have gone as far as end up in the WRB. One would like to point out that it was the rider who put himself there, for all you pc safety nazis. I don't have any time who complain about others riding and some of you are complaining about your own. Ironic I know. So how about everyone stop dribbling on about cheese cutters, WSB, wire cable barrier and go and pay your regos. Like all good road users do and not cry about the costing.
Oh and make sure you have insurance. With idiots its only a matter of time before some of them have an accident. Its not a case of if, but of when and I don't want some uninsured wanker hitting me. I think that 3rd party should be made compulsory. It would have helped me at times when some cager has taken me out and I got stuck with the bill. Thank God that when I was fishing I only rode older cheap bikes. If it had have been the DRZ, it probably would have been relatively OK. But if it was the CBR, I could imagine a hard impact could do expensive damage.
Those who insist on perfect safety, don't have the balls to live in the real world.
thats not how karma works, though maybe this kharma you speak of is something different, ill just add it to the list of other BS you seem to be spouting.
Why bother, your plans would have any idiots kill themselves on the roads with all the hazardous barriers you've added, along with those who have a moments attention lapse, those whos vehicles breakdown and veer out of control, those who hit patches of oil... But hey, we are making the roads safer for those still left alive right?
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
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