What's this I hear?

[NZsarge]

the truck sure made a mess


not to mention the traffic problems caused.............


lucky the barrier thingy was there eh or it could have been serious

If it had been a standard concrete barrier i'd hazard a guess the the person in hospital would have been home in bed that night.

[MSTRS:Me]

You are taking the piss, aren't you?

I'd say so...

They should look for the best solution not the cheapest one anyway.

Yes. How is it that we can see that, but not Transit?

[Mom]

I'd say so...


Yes. How is it that we can see that, but not Transit?

Transit are basing the decision to install these things purely on budget constraints, they have $x to spend in a financial year, they want the best bang for buck I guess. No consideration is apparently given to the ongoing maintenance costs, that is a different expenditure item in the budget.

[NZsarge]

Transit are basing the decision to install these things purely on budget constraints, they have $x to spend in a financial year, they want the best bang for buck I guess. No consideration is apparently given to the ongoing maintenance costs, that is a different expenditure item in the budget.

Hmm, you'd think it would be a case of money spent wisely now would be case of money saved later and lookey lookey, it's a better safer option too, fookin' budgets suck!
Stretch the budget for a couple of years and save in maintainance down the road, simplistic solution perhaps but logical I think.

[Eng_dave]

Just signed my name to the Petition, Fucking death traps in the disguise of road saftey. Don't smoke, play with a nuclear waste instead its better for you.

[Slyer]

Hey at least they slowed the truck down a bit..

[WelshWizard]

Seems everytime I head Wellington way I see a section of it's been mown down and in need of repair, they might be cheaper to put up but there is certainly on going cost involved. They should look for the best solution not the cheapest one anyway.

The way they are putting them up, it won't be long before they don't have enough money to maintain them, so they will end up spending their installation budget just to keep the one's they have going, Sorry just dreaming, they will just increase taxes or invoke road tolls so they can keep what they have and install more.

[sunhuntin]

I'd say so...


Yes. How is it that we can see that, but not Transit?

cos transit is spending our money, not their own.

i just love the new-ish stretch down wellyway just before the coastal highway [the bit of road they realigned not so long ago] goes for feckin miles and not a single reflector on it anywhere! not a one! they put that sucker up while i was down south last november. had i come back in the dark, i wouldnt have known it was there. damn dangerous and stupid to boot. main thing i hate is how it turns headlights from opposing traffic into strobe lights. very distracting during the day... could be a killer at night.

and yeh, the stretches down there are always being repaired. theres about 10 different shades of 'post grey' now. theres two different sections of it between wanganui and turakina. one tiny section has been hit and repaired since they installed in. and i bet whoever hit was drunk or stoned, as its such and easy corner.

[unrealone]

Nah ... not taking the piss. I haven't seen any of these barriers down here in ChCh.
And abbreviations get me kafuffled.
Sorry.

Fair enough

[JMemonic]

Nah ... not taking the piss. I haven't seen any of these barriers down here in ChCh.
And abbreviations get me kafuffled.
Sorry.

Left hand side as you head up tunnel road to Lyttelton, and that was a waste of money.

[MSTRS:Me]

Left hand side as you head up tunnel road to Lyttelton, and that was a waste of money.

So what are they 'protecting'?

[JMemonic]

So what are they 'protecting'?

Ahh now that is the question I was wondering, there used to be a slight sloped grass bank with a load of room between the road and the rear of some houses back yards, as far as I can tell there was little chance of anything actually hitting a house, to install the wrb they actually had to build up the bank to make a flat stable surface suitable to install it.

Oh and asking around no one recalls any events that could have called for the need for this.

[Mom]

Ahh now that is the question I was wondering, there used to be a slight sloped grass bank with a load of room between the road and the rear of some houses back yards, as far as I can tell there was little chance of anything actually hitting a house, to install the wrb they actually had to build up the bank to make a flat stable surface suitable to install it.

Oh and asking around no one recalls any events that could have called for the need for this.

Ah Haaaaaaaa, yep the trusty protect something that might never happen UNSafety Barrier, there are plenty of them around the place

[thehovel]

Mr Plod wasn't that pleased when (in my quiet way) asked "show me your median barrier" as I drove past in the works truck. The heads all spun around and glared at me. The truck was imbeded into the bush, I could only see the trailer completly off the road. On the return trip I could see that the thing that stoped it was a bank and a large tree. Question: not a mention on the news. Is this censorship???! We know that these wire barriers are useless (they don't stop trucks,4X4s or drop nosed cars )Are our tax dollars being wasted not to mention your lives put at risk. The news papers and TV are not interested in putting a balanced view it has to bleed to lead and we bleed well. Rant over Richard

[jafar]

Interesting that they had the barrier fixed & fully operational within hours of the crash too.
If it had been a concrete barrier would the truck have stayed on the southbound lane & had a less tragic accident or would it have mowed through that too?