NZ road surface condition

[trustme]

Don't just make an example, start procecuting them and keep on prosecuting them.
We always get done everytime they catch US doing something so catch them and screw them on a regular bases

grego

Transport operators got screwed daily by the CVIU , what you put up with is nothing compared to the way heavy transport is policed, they are probably not breaking any law carting render that way . I don't recall ever seeing a load like that getting dumped on the road, You are barking up the wrong tree

[Swoop]

Would it be useful to send a copy to the Insurance Council of NZ?
Surely they are interested in making the place safer?

[MSTRS:Me]

Transport operators got screwed daily by the CVIU , what you put up with is nothing compared to the way heavy transport is policed, they are probably not breaking any law carting render that way . I don't recall ever seeing a load like that getting dumped on the road, You are barking up the wrong tree

Oh yeah? Heard of 'Insecure Load"? Laws definitely exist for this sort of thing, and whether you've seen it or not doesn't matter a damn. It happens. And has done in front of both me and my wife on various occasions.
And despite the apparently improved stock trucks and the wayside dumpstations, it is a daily occurrence around the country to have slurry splattered along the road. I have even seen long swathes of it leaving those dumpstations. I've been behind one in the car on the odd occasion, but (so far) have not met one whilst on the bike.
I have never seen diesel slopping out of a truck, but seen plenty of their leavings.
No trees, but Woof Fucken Woof!!!

[CrazyFrog]

I remember a few years back in Auckland, a baked bean spillage on a corner in Epsom caused absolute carnage, cars crashing all over the place. Now you don't see that every day....
My pet hate is huge ripple strips left by trucks gouging up the tar seal into big ridges in corners, mainly in the summer when roads get warmer. Real fun on a bike

[slofox]

Earlier in the summer, SH1 just south of Ngaruawahia was being "upgraded" or "repaired" or somesuch. At any rate, it was all dug up and was being relaid. This process seemed to take a looooong time.
This morning I ventured along said piece of road, now completed and, assumedly, "repaired".
My arse.
It is as bumpy as hell now - feeling as though it is made of unsealed and nonrolled metal. You simply cannot call it "upgraded" and not even "repaired" in my book. It would have to be one of the epic failures of the year. Who the hell did such a shitty job and how much moola did they extract for such a substandard job? Who inspected it and who signed it off as "fixed"?
Verily, 'tis a mindfucker...

[Blackshear]

I remember a few years back in Auckland, a baked bean spillage on a corner in Epsom caused absolute carnage, cars crashing all over the place. Now you don't see that every day....
My pet hate is huge ripple strips left by trucks gouging up the tar seal into big ridges in corners, mainly in the summer when roads get warmer. Real fun on a bike

Ah. I experienced these on my first ever hot paced backroad run with a mate.
Damn near shit myself when I crossed over the middle line mid corner, never again, goddamn.

[rocketman1]

I totally agree, there is no accountability for the fuel and crap that gets left on the road.
The police can only do so much unless the public report it along with rego plate numbers etc.

Maybe we kiwibikers should all get together and ride to parliament with a signed petition to clean up the countrys road, get on TV and all that.
We have to make a stand, or it will just get put in the too hard bin.

[Squiggles]

t is as bumpy as hell now - feeling as though it is made of unsealed and nonrolled metal. You simply cannot call it "upgraded" and not even "repaired" in my book. It would have to be one of the epic failures of the year. Who the hell did such a shitty job and how much moola did they extract for such a substandard job? Who inspected it and who signed it off as "fixed"?
Verily, 'tis a mindfucker...

Only way i see them changing how they seal is for inspection to take place x days after resealing, and if its not up to standard then then they have to redo it. Would mean more expensive roading (presumably), but better quality.

[yungatart]

I totally agree, there is no accountability for the fuel and crap that gets left on the road.
The police can only do so much unless the public report it along with rego plate numbers etc.

Maybe we kiwibikers should all get together and ride to parliament with a signed petition to clean up the countrys road, get on TV and all that.
We have to make a stand, or it will just get put in the too hard bin.

The media are not interested in issues to do with motorcycles, neither is parliament.