Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Pedestrians:
Normally looking at their iDiot phone or with earphones blocking their hearing. They wonder why they walk into things FFS.
Primary school kids used to be taught about road sense and how to cross safely. With more and more introduction of technology into schools (article about a primary school with ipads, in todays Harold) we are going to see more "connected" citizens being "disconnected" from their device by a vehicle's front bumper.
Darwin is going to have some good times ahead!
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Has left the building
Yerp I've noticed that already down here. I'm sure that there is some logic behind it all but ffs it just appears that nothing is being doneOriginally Posted by imdying
BMW Motorrad
Don't you guys know? Those are free cones to take home!!!
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
Bogeyman
Risk compensation. If you scream wolf too often people ignore you.
Some European city's have reduced their traffic fatalities dramatically by removing all of the rules.
http://knowledge.allianz.com/mobilit...duce-accidents
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wi...dents-dutch-to
http://www.dw.de/european-towns-remo...er/a-2143663-1
"Changes included the installation of a children's playground in the middle of one of the roads to force drivers to slow down."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-448747.html
Most "experts" say it's counterintuitive, but that sounds like an excuse to me, if they knew their business they'd have a handle on basic anthropology.
Whatever, it works, it's repeatable, it applies to more than just road rules. Do it.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Enigma
We'll be setting up lazers/radars for speeding pedestrians next !
We are led by fuckwits trying to save us from ourselves.
I'm moving,going rural,fuck'em all.
Had a good ride Sunday tho,only had to hit the picks once, for a
'Judge Dredd', all morning.
Forum whore
No we don't. Our roads are outstanding when the population base (aka tax base) is taken into account, vs. the sheer kilometerage of roading infrastructure available in NZ.Yes we do.
The issue is how people use them. We don't need separation. We need to reintroduce the concept of the courteous road user back into the equation. People need to take responsibility for not only their skill and capacity to deal with ever-changing conditons from traffic density to weather, they also, and most importantly, need to take responsibility for the behaviour. We do not need more money hurled at road design, we just need road users to give a shit about other people. People. Not the iron box or iron horse the are riding in or on respectively.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
KB's Chief Cats
hate to be the one to tell you, but sensible thinking has actually been outlawed by the "politicians make decisions for you Act" of about 1982.
Hardcore Biker
This. Or else we go in the opposite direction:
Set up a wiki page titled "Why did I walk into it?". Then they can find out with their phone so as not to do it in future. That'll work.
Hardcore Biker
Hang on a second... these 'people' are having accidents and potentially not contributing to the ACC slush fund?
I suggest that EVERY pair of shoes in New Zealand require registration, with an ACC levy and administrative fee forming the bulk of the cost. Rugby boots, soccer boots and business shoes would of course be at a higher rate due to higher chance of accident. Jandals could be de-registered for the winter months.
Just think of the safety that could be gained through fines for non-registration!
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Forum whore
Now you're getting it!
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Hardcore Biker
Ha Ha, great idea and then they may just reduce the levies on our bikes.
Suffers from peterpan syndrome
REALLY!!
awesome!
When Life thows me a curve
...I lean into it!
Easily wound up!!
But if I have two pairs of shoes...... well I can only wear one pair at a time!
"There must be a one-to-one correspondence between left and right parentheses, with each left parenthesis to the left of its corresponding right parenthesis."
Hardcore Biker
The fact that a number of main streets in the CBD have changed from one way to both directions doesn't help matters.
Those who have lived here for ages may have forgotten this and been hit by traffic as they walk out without looking in both directions.
I almost got collected for this very reason but luckily just got an angry blast from a pissed off car driver for my stupidity.
Hardcore Biker
Who are you Gareth Morgan?But if I have two pairs of shoes...... well I can only wear one pair at a time!
Don't you know that it's a 'wealth tax'. Only the uber rich have more than one pair of shoes.
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