Boi racers, bikes and pedestrians - Ak City Council has gone bonkers

**sosman** · 16th June 2009, 22:06

Only a Toss pot would want to ride there bike threw town(no foot path area's)when there's other places you could be riding instead,unless yr only interested in doing rolling stoppies towards pedestrians...then its all good

**Badjelly** · 16th June 2009, 23:03

Warning, Will Robinson, this is a duplicate thread. See

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...d.php?t=101464

I like the original better.

**jono035** · 17th June 2009, 05:52

Isn't it "Danger, Will Robinson"?

**Chrislost** · 17th June 2009, 08:07

Originally Posted by Thani-B

Its nuts. They expect Jafa's to not run down pedestrians?

I thought that was what was expected of me? Thats why i got bullbars!

I have not had much luck however, im only sitting on 30 points so far...

**Badjelly** · 17th June 2009, 09:22

Originally Posted by jono035

Isn't it "Danger, Will Robinson"?

Yeah, I know, but I thought that a duplicate thread on Kiwibiker, however bothersome, doesn't quite qualify as dangerous.

Did you know that the phrase "Danger, Will Robinson" was said only once on Lost in Space? This was during episode 11 of season 3, "The Deadliest of the Species".

**motorbyclist** · 17th June 2009, 16:06

i might just say that while it works overseas, overseas they also have driver training.

having on many occasions had to ride around the city on a scooter hauling a trailer, i can safely say the proposed plan would probably work on those one way streets like high street where is is practically the case anyway. BUT....

pedestrians in auckland are retarded. as is 90% of the traffic. i forsee a lot of bruised shins, angry drivers, scratched paint and pedestrians complaining about diesel fumes.

but what do we expect from auckland city council? they solve conjestion by making roads like queen street so slow and impractical the traffic is forced to use other roads, even at 1am on a weeknight. obviously this isn't all too bad idea if queen st didn't cut the cbd in half, and they aren't taking the same approach to every other road in the CBD. seriously, these wankers need to be put in the life of an actual aucklander; trying to get from a to b and being thwarted at every step, while their interview/lecture/appointment/meeting/bus/ferry/train/job starts without them.

the whole point of roads are to transport goods/people. if the roads fail to do that the people and businesses they service will suffer. sitting outside having a coffee is all nice nd good, but if it takes an hour to get there no-one will bother

and for posing with your bike:
do you honestly think they'll (legally) let you park there? hell no! not a car at any rate, otherwise it'd become one giant parking lot. this is the council that values trees and buslanes over parking (actual statement on their website)

**motorbyclist** · 17th June 2009, 16:08

oh, and a protip for anyone riding along queen st:

the other night i had to stop by a mate's apartment building to borrow some notes. turns out that if you ride down the footpath rather than the road, it is not only faster, but your bike doesn't overheat either.

this was at midnight on a wednesday.

**jono035** · 17th June 2009, 16:59

Originally Posted by Badjelly

Yeah, I know, but I thought that a duplicate thread on Kiwibiker, however bothersome, doesn't quite qualify as dangerous.

Did you know that the phrase "Danger, Will Robinson" was said only once on Lost in Space? This was during episode 11 of season 3, "The Deadliest of the Species".

I wasn't 100% sure as only know the quote as a quote! There are a few oddball quotes like that floating around though. My particular favourite is the often misquoted Simpsons line 'My eyes, the goggles do nothing!'. Small things that have stuck long after the memory of the context has faded...

**skidMark** · 17th June 2009, 17:51

Originally Posted by Brett

Am I the only one who thinks that this is a great idea and will add an awesome sense of culture to that part of the city?

What, roadkill pedestrians?...

**Kwakajack** · 17th June 2009, 17:59

Originally Posted by PirateJafa

People have been expecting that from me for years.

Still hasn't happened to date.

Ramming SPEED!

The thing is, what works well in major cities in Europe and the US probably will not work here. There has been too much segregation of peds and cages for so long now that to intermingle the two will result in cargnage. Many small towns as well as the ancient market centres in Europe and in the UK have had this kind of integrated setup for generations before cars so avoidance at slow speeds is normal. That, and peds are not as quick in reality to clear out of the way of an oncoming speeding cage like they are in the movies. The lack of driving skill on NZ roads, and the lack of awareness of peds will doom this idea, to the pile of well-meaning but fucked up ideas that have gone before.