Tourists driving in the South Island

[Swoop]

And don't say we have special character roads! Our roads are what we have and we have to ride/drive on them and ride/drive to the conditions.

Sadly the idiots in our national media paper (the Harold) spouted forth that "the problem" was our roads.

Can someone please order up a tactical nuclear device to be delivered to their offices?

[Berries]

Now the opposing PR machine starts to spin.

We love the Chinese now.

[Reckless]

Saw am item on 7 sharp the stats say tourist accidents are 5%, always been about 5%, and are still about 5% of all accidents.
Them are the facts chaps.

[oldrider]

Interesting point when talking to tourists of mixed nationalities is their reliance upon GPS and their unshakable belief that there is nobody else here!

Just follow that GPS!

A German friend made the observation that tourists think that nobody lives here because majority of them are normally surrounded by people all the time!

Out here they don't see another vehicle for mile after mile so they forget that they are not the only people on the planet! - Food for thought I spose!

[pete376403]

Replacing white lines with double yellows - sure, thats going to stop them.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6697...h-island-roads

[Berries]

Replacing white lines with double yellows - sure, thats going to stop them.

The problem is that a lot of uninformed visitors and pig shit locals appear to think that if there are no yellow lines it is ok to pass when in many cases it clearly isn't. Why NZ doesn't follow the rest of the world and mark no overtaking lines on horizontal curves is beyond me, but that is what is now going to happen - where there is insufficient visibility to pass they will mark yellow lines to cater for the complete aresholes we share the road with.

The problem for us riders is the visibility is based on a drivers eye height and car overtaking speed. There will be countless places where it is safe enough to pull out on a bike, wazz past and pull back in without risking a head on crash but unfortunately once again everything has to be dumbed down for the idiots out there.

[oldrider]

Replacing white lines with double yellows - sure, thats going to stop them.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6697...h-island-roads

New Zealand will soon consist of a tourist attraction called "The Yellow Brick Road" - Double yellow lines for Africa all over the country FFS!

[unstuck]

New Zealand will soon consist of a tourist attraction called "The Yellow Brick Road" - Double yellow lines for Africa all over the country FFS!

We can still pass the fuckers on the gravel though.

[Swoop]

New Zealand will soon consist of a tourist attraction called "The Yellow Brick Road" - Double yellow lines for Africa all over the country FFS!

Sadly that has already happened in the Waikato. The "Yellow Paint Monster" has left a deadly trail of its yellow slime across many roads in the region where it isn't required.

[scumdog]

The problem is that a lot of uninformed visitors and pig shit locals appear to think that if there are no yellow lines it is ok to pass when in many cases it clearly isn't. Why NZ doesn't follow the rest of the world and mark no overtaking lines on horizontal curves is beyond me,.

Sadly yeah, we share roads with idiots and cretins who 'think' "No yellow lines? Sweet, safe to pass!!!"

The same sort think "I can't see any danger, must be OK to overtake" as they approach a blind crest or bend."

(True, I've been to fatals where the offending driver explained his idiocy with that phrase)

But we do have 'horizontal curves' marked with yellow lines.

[FJRider]

New Zealand will soon consist of a tourist attraction called "The Yellow Brick Road" - Double yellow lines for Africa all over the country FFS!

The "Double Yella's" don't stop them now. More of the same wont change that.


Maybe ... WRB's down the middle of EVERY road. Think how much yellow paint would be saved ...

[FJRider]

Saw am item on 7 sharp the stats say tourist accidents are 5%, always been about 5%, and are still about 5% of all accidents.
Them are the facts chaps.

And cause 5% of the road deaths ... ???


Have any of YOUR friends or family been part of that 5% ... ???

[Berries]

But we do have 'horizontal curves' marked with yellow lines.

Not in the same way as you will in a couple of weeks. I might have to go for a last blat through the Manuka Gorge before it is ruined.

[DMNTD:Me]

Saw am item on 7 sharp the stats say tourist accidents are 5%, always been about 5%, and are still about 5% of all accidents.
Them are the facts chaps.

Indeed they are the facts. 5% of accidents caused within how many kms?

[Reckless]

And cause 5% of the road deaths ... ???

Have any of YOUR friends or family been part of that 5% ... ???

Indeed they are the facts. 5% of accidents caused within how many kms?

I only repeated their what they said? I dont bloody know if it 5% of the deaths or in how many k's. But they said 5% of all accidents.

Don't shoot the freakin messenger lads