Dirty, filthy, stinking copper!Originally Posted by scumdog
Ah, the perks of living the dream in Auckland..
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Dirty, filthy, stinking copper!Ah, the perks of living the dream in Auckland..
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
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All of it................Which part of Ponsonby Road has been reduced to 40km/h? I'm guessing near the cafe's etc I used to live there in the early nineties, then saw the light and moved back to the mainland
Bite my shiney metal ass
The poor buggers who are going to have to crawl along when they go get their coffees! that sucks. Any slower and their bikes'll tip over.
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Somewhere out on the East Cape ish (rode through too many towns to remember which) as we were leaving the main centre, and it was still a 50, a car up ahead sped up, and the couple behind it. Coming the other way was a cop, on goes his lights and pulls the U in front of us.Ah, the perks of living the dream in Auckland..
As I'm pointing out the speed camera on the other side of the road, the next two oncoming vehicles were also marked cop cars...
ain't never seen that in dorkland!
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Well bugger me! Me & the misses were just up there last week, just before Christmas, never saw a 40km/h sign anywhere on Ponsonby road??? Didn't really matter, shit loads of traffic prevented any speeds over 40ish anyway.
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funny you should say that as, each time i meet him, (it's been twice now) i count how many fingers he has.... and check for banjo playing callouses
what a ride so far!!!!
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You didn't see the huge painted circled 40 signs on the road.......that's Kiwi drivers today
e mare libertas
Beg to differ.
The Ponsonby Rd speed limit was reduced after a number of fatal vehicle vs pedestrian crashes. And, unlike the new 30kph limit on Queen St, the 40kph limit is well signed and there's no excuse for not being aware of it.
Light traffic in holiday season is an excellent time for not-very-aware people to be wandering around on foot, so I'd back the idea of some traffic policing along there.
If indeed that's what they were doing. If I recall correctly, all the cop cars are being painted in the blue and yellow colour scheme these days, so they could well have just been general duties sorts driving the beat.
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You recall correctly.
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There is loads more foot traffic than there is now...there are no cops then...pedestrians along here are never aware at any time despite numerous islands........probably find that the fatalities were not due to excessive speed..just pedestrians taking chances which failed....
At 8am many shops are closed..even some cafe's...a lot of people on leave and probably in bed....so no reason for more foot traffic at this time....
They were Traffic Cops
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Was that the one that walked out in front of a car doing 35kph
ArseBiscuit
No that was a giant flasher and he/she was on k'rd.
Hardcore Biker
Do they wear different uniforms these days so the general public can tell the difference?
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http://tvnz.co.nz/content/631833
It's funny how they say they need to make things safer for pedestrians when in my experience it is the pedestrians that need to slow down...1 pedestrian was hit by a bus...
There are more than enough pedestrian islands for pedestrians but they are rarely used.
This is a 2 lane carriageway so pedestrians need to be more careful and look and wait rather than rushing...often see pedestrians darting between traffic....
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