Action required now! Wire rope barrier planned for Otaki > Forest Lakes

[caspernz]

Big deal on the WRB at the Otaki-Forest Lakes site...it's just a delayed reaction to a number of head-ons in the past few years. Having seen cars coming towards me and tagging the WRB along the Paekakariki foreshore, I'll say I prefer the WRB over nothing but a white line thanks

And yes parts of Europe are using biker friendly Armco with two rails etc, but just consider the disparity in population density?? For the size of our roading network and population we can't really complain too much...but I guess you need to spend more than five minutes overseas to grasp that basic fact

[FJRider]

You mean car drivers?

The ones that get hit when the barrier doesn't stop trucks?

It's not that safe for ALL car drivers either ...



But this road got Transit NZ a safety award. How many people have died on this piece of road since the WRB was installed in the road center .. ???

[Gianz]

Big deal on the WRB at the Otaki-Forest Lakes site...it's just a delayed reaction to a number of head-ons in the past few years. Having seen cars coming towards me and tagging the WRB along the Paekakariki foreshore, I'll say I prefer the WRB over nothing but a white line thanks

And yes parts of Europe are using biker friendly Armco with two rails etc, but just consider the disparity in population density?? For the size of our roading network and population we can't really complain too much...but I guess you need to spend more than five minutes overseas to grasp that basic fact

25 years is a bit more than 5 minutes and Spain is not so dense either, out of the major cities it's a desert. They resurface all the motorways in Auckland every Monday, they could skip a week and spend in that instead

[jellywrestler]

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both lanes the cars are following too close, there's a problem right there and then

[Ocean1]

both lanes the cars are following too close, there's a problem right there and then

At the recommended retail speed you'd be dead right. Fortunatley the defacto limit up there is 12kph, at which speed their following distance is just fine.

[Maha]

But this road got Transit NZ a safety award. How many people have died on this piece of road since the WRB was installed in the road center .. ???

I will guess none?
Put something in the way of road users that will kill (or seriously mame) them in an instant, and the (usual but not always) reaction is to abey.
IE: replace the WRB's with armed nutters, and the road toll will be none also...I mean, who wants to fuck with an armed nutter?

WRB's do not bother me on a personal level, they are a fact of life and I just get on with it.

[MSTRS:Me]

I will guess none?
Put something in the way of road users that will kill (or seriously mame) them in an instant, and the (usual but not always) reaction is to abey.
IE: replace the WRB's with armed nutters, and the road toll will be none also...I mean, who wants to fuck with an armed nutter?

WRB's do not bother me on a personal level, they are a fact of life and I just get on with it.

A big spike in the centre of every steering wheel would be great, thanks.

As for WRB - yes, tis a fact of life. And will be the cause of death, given time. Sure, they have saved who knows how many lives, but I still have a huge problem with a safety measure that INCREASES the danger for some. Nothing will dissuade me otherwise.

[Dave-]

I thought we'd seen the last of this whole wire rope barrier bullshit? seriously guys it's embarrassing.