Why you should load the car BEFORE heading to the pub

[Paul in NZ]

does your boyfriend know?

I'll ask him when he gets back from his adventure ride - apparently he still likes dirt tracks so I guess not...

[buggerit]

So does this mean that all the Irish jokes will now be kiwi jokes?

Nah, Irish/Jaffa jokes, changing passports cant work miracles

[haydes55]

This thread is going up shit creek with a sideways canoe.

[scumdog]

Lets not ticket someone who is an obvious threat to the safety of every road user near by. But lets ticket someone for wafting down a straight road at 110km/h

OK - if you say so...

[mossy1200]

I hope the copper bludgeoned the silly cunts face in with a baton.

and this prick might breed one day? . . .

Not he tries to stick it in sideways.

[awa355]

Lucky he only had one kayak.

[Big Dog]

Tee hee hee.
http://www.3news.co.nz/iwitness/poli...#axzz3M7GmANdI

[Ulsterkiwi]

Tee hee hee.
http://www.3news.co.nz/iwitness/poli...#axzz3M7GmANdI

oh FFS

[jasonu]

Tee hee hee.
http://www.3news.co.nz/iwitness/poli...#axzz3M7GmANdI

Pushbikes don't weigh much. As long as they were all tied on safely and not obstructing the drivers vision I don't see a problem.

[R650R]

Hes still as dumb as a turnip.... I have driven thousands of kms with kayaks on the roof and NO way would I haul that in poor weather without a bow line attached ... The flare on the bow alone generates significant lift/resistance... Vick and I were slammed by a sudden southerly front a few holidays back on the desert road which snapped a strong tie down on the front bar.... Would have lost the kayaks without the bow and stern secured... Maybe I'm just over anal....

No that's good, long loads should always be secured at the extreme ends to stop rotation on longer trip.
Especially kayaks as you cant really crank the main straps down too tight before you start damaging the kayak. I use two strops in middle on 5 min hops down to the beach but any further and both ends get tied.
I think your strop that broke would have been from existing damage, it doesn't take much fraying/abrasion for them to be derated.
I was following a lady in UK on motorway that had a huge Indian canoe on top of her car, got on the brakes as soon as I saw it twitching before it went 90 deg and slid of the back of her roof to ski down the road. I managed to miss it in the truck.... wonder if there was a biker behind me who run it over and started a thread about it lol.....
Had another guy coming towards me once, was already worried about the angle sitting in ute tray pointing at the sky, he went over the railway lines and it launched like an ICBM!!! Stopped to help, silly old git had borrowed it off his brother and forgot to tie it down at all!

[Big Dog]

Pushbikes don't weigh much. As long as they were all tied on safely and not obstructing the drivers vision I don't see a problem.

As long as they are all ties on securely and do not exceed the width of the vehicle by standards etc you are quite right. They are not heavy, however a small car like that doesn't take much to destabilise it.

The bit I found funny is the police don't know if it is illegal or dangerous but stopped them anyway.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[scumdog]

As long as they are all ties on securely and do not exceed the width of the vehicle by standards etc you are quite right. They are not heavy, however a small car like that doesn't take much to destabilise it.

The bit I found funny is the police don't know if it is illegal or dangerous but stopped them anyway.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

I guess they had to stop it to find out???

[jasonu]

As long as they are all ties on securely and do not exceed the width of the vehicle by standards etc you are quite right. They are not heavy, however a small car like that doesn't take much to destabilise it.

The bit I found funny is the police don't know if it is illegal or dangerous but stopped them anyway.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

I guess they had to stop it to find out???

They did stop him but

"At this stage, I am waiting on advice from our Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit on the best way to proceed," says Officer Lockwood. "They are the subject matter experts in regards to specific weight/dimension/loading offences."

I would have thought the cops would know this sort of thing on their own. IE max length, max height, is it securely tied down etc. Isn't that sort of stuff in the road code? Doesn't sound too difficult to me.

[Big Dog]

I guess they had to stop it to find out???

One could argue that they don't know if you are smuggling drugs on your Harley. Should you get the finger because the local cop in the town you are passing through is a fan of Sons of Anarchy?
Or to enlist an American term: do they need probable cause?

It looks pretty unsafe. But then bicycles attached to cars usually do.



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[Virago]

They did stop him but

"At this stage, I am waiting on advice from our Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit on the best way to proceed," says Officer Lockwood. "They are the subject matter experts in regards to specific weight/dimension/loading offences."

I would have thought the cops would know this sort of thing on their own. IE max length, max height, is it securely tied down etc. Isn't that sort of stuff in the road code? Doesn't sound too difficult to me.

An interesting point. If the cops themselves need to seek specialist legal advise to determine the legality of an indiviudal load, then how is Joe Public supposed to know? It seems that in this case, the driver is expected to know better than the cops - or else face prosecution.