Bugger - Rimutaka Hill Road

[Fatjim]

Its gonna make the end of the hutt side more interesting I think. Those last corners are going to become some pretty fast sweepers, with some hard braking into the summit corner.

IMHO the thing the hill really needs is a finish line.

[Cloggy]

It will be interesting to see how they are going to do it. We were over visiting friends in the Rapa a couple of weeks ago and one of their relatives works for he company successful in securing the work. Apparently there were several clauses / conditions to getting the job around ensuring traffic could flow unimpeded during construction. To this end the company who got the job are going to build temporary conveyor belts over the road to get rid of waste rock / dirt etc instead of the more usual way of loading it into trucks or scrapers and have them crossing or using the road with the inevitable mess and disruption this causes. Should also speed the job up. All this is here-say and third party. Time will tell but it would be good if they did try and look at alternatives and kept the road as clean as possible during construction.

[grbaker]

Last time we went over the Rim I had a boy in a tin coffin try and over take us in mid-Mulddons corner .

Of course he slid out... its flabby metal butt sliding past my bike... He braked and spun into the on-coming lane... missed both our bikes. Only good bit was watching the other cars braking like shit and ramming into the door of his car .

So I don't really mind if they improve that hill. The cars really need it (cos their drivers all suck ) and they not about to go away soon .

[Insanity_rules]

Indeed it will be interesting to see how they do it. All this pandering to bloody tin tops PAH!@

[nana_mac]

Last time we went over the Rim I had a boy in a tin coffin try and over take us in mid-Mulddons corner .

Of course he slid out... its flabby metal butt sliding past my bike... He braked and spun into the on-coming lane... missed both our bikes. Only good bit was watching the other cars braking like shit and ramming into the door of his car .

So I don't really mind if they improve that hill. The cars really need it (cos their drivers all suck ) and they not about to go away soon .

Have you driven a heavy vehicle round the corner in question, I don't think so as you would be aware of the dangers. A coach load of other people's lives are at risk every time one is driven round there for fear of meeting a large truck on that corner. People lives are more important than a narrow corner to some of us. There was a picture in the Wairarapa Times Age yesterday of two trucks trying to pass and how traffic was held up. Rather have the corner wider and flowing traffic. Don't judge car drivers by your standards. Yes there are some real idiots out there but there is also the safe drivers.

[grbaker]

Nana

1) I'll judge by what ever standards I see fit.

2) Re-read my post you'll see that I'm in favour fixing the roads to suit the idiots that cause the mayhem, like two stupid truckers trying to pass each other on a road not suited to such an activity. (Can't see "It's the road fault we drive callously in our 20 tonne rigs" being a great arguement for road improvements).

3) who the f--k reads the Wairarapa Times Age anwyay?

4) No bike...??? why no bike..??

[nana_mac]

There is no bike now to dam old for that but have done a lot of support driving for bikes and 2 son's and a daughter that ride. I agree with you the road needs upgrading, it was just your comments on heavy vehicles as I am a heavy vehicle driver. They should be looking at rail use instead of road. Keep our roads safer.

[davebullet]

Why?

To a tunnel?

Well - we could put them trucks down it both ways, you see... then we wouldn't have them trucks cuttin' them corners on the hill...all right? then us motorsicklists could partake a little rimutaka in peace (or pieces?) without said fear of oncoming articulated wall.

[snuffles]

You have an Old Man's bike?

you have a small CC bike, but I dont rub your nose in it :-)

[James Deuce]

You're wrong, I have a Girl's bike.

[Deano]

You're wrong, I have a Girl's bike.

No - I have a girl's bike. And it goes bloody well round the track too.

[Fatjim]

You all have girl's bikes!

[eelracing]

No - I have a girl's bike. And it goes bloody well round the track too.

No...thats the rider.But it's still a gurl's bike

[Madness]

To a tunnel?

Well - we could put them trucks down it both ways, you see... then we wouldn't have them trucks cuttin' them corners on the hill...all right? then us motorsicklists could partake a little rimutaka in peace (or pieces?) without said fear of oncoming articulated wall.

The trucks add..... atmosphere. I say leave The Hill(TM) alone, just add a big-fuck-off roundabout at the loacation of each of the bridges, therefore making it infinite!

[snuffles]

Here, Here, get that man a medal