Giant motorway holdup

[nzspokes]

You guys are fuckin screwed, and this is just the start of it.
A mate over from the UK recently said that the only time you aren't in a traffic jam on the M1 is at 4am, get used to it Aucklanders.

Meh, will just mean the yokels wont get shit overnight.

[sidecar bob]

Meh, will just mean the yokels wont get shit overnight.

The smart companies are moving south. Cheaper rent, cheaper staff & no traffic woes.
Brother has set up their NZ headquarters just down the road from me.

[mada]

Motorways have become so clogged I often see scooters on them.

[TheDemonLord]

Had a fun time coming home - Police had to stop the Motorway top pick up a Cargo Strap.

So I filtered to the front - had a lovely clear stretch of HW1 by Wairau park - once the Cop had cleared the strap - gave us the Thumbs up to Proceed.

Clear Motorway + Hayabusa + good excuse to try my hand at 0-100 = Fun.

And for a few seconds - I had clear Motorway ahead of me, Clear motorway behind, in peak hour traffic.

[sidecar bob]

And for a few seconds - I had clear Motorway ahead of me, Clear motorway behind, in peak hour traffic.

Ahh the simple pleasures of Aucklanders.
Did you just see what you wrote?
Down here you can have that & a fast winding TT on your own every night on your 12 minute commute. But hey, Auckland is where it's at apparently.

[nzspokes]

The smart companies are moving south. Cheaper rent, cheaper staff & no traffic woes.
Brother has set up their NZ headquarters just down the road from me.

In other words they cant afford a site in Auckland or skilled staff.

[Gremlin]

The smart companies are moving south. Cheaper rent, cheaper staff & no traffic woes.
Brother has set up their NZ headquarters just down the road from me.

I don't understand the obsession with the CBD. Why does everyone want to be there? Albany has a business park, Highbrook as well, and that's still main Auckland (plenty of other options). Instead we have people commuting from the north to south of the bridge (and v.v) not to mention from Hamilton...

Then again, I'm hardly a saint. I don't commute much, but travelling between clients can mean anything between Orewa and beyond Pokeno (ideally never those 2 or close, in a day).

[swarfie]

In other words they cant afford a site in Auckland or skilled staff.

You've got to be kidding yourself to think there's only skilled people in Dorkland, wake up and smell the roses mate. There's real skills all over this fine country and some of us get to work in 7 minutes on a pushy

[TheDemonLord]

Ahh the simple pleasures of Aucklanders.
Did you just see what you wrote?
Down here you can have that & a fast winding TT on your own every night on your 12 minute commute. But hey, Auckland is where it's at apparently.

I like Auckland.

And yes, it was a simple pleasure - the only problem was that I was just starting to really enjoy it when I noticed the needle tick passed 100....

[Berries]

In other words they cant afford a site in Auckland or skilled staff.

I thought that all those Asians you had up there worked for peanuts?

[pzkpfw]

This.
Aucklanders are terrible. All it takes is a car with its bonnet up on the side of the motorway and everybody needs to slow down and have a gawk. Another hour in traffic for the sheeple because everybody needs to slow down to look at another broken down poxy holden...

It's not Aucklanders, it's just people.

I've been in jams here (Wellington) caused by people slowing down for the flashing lights warning them of the tractor mowing grass well off the road.

When the road's at capacity, the slightest slow-down at some point makes the traffic build up.

[nerrrd]

The smart companies are moving south. Cheaper rent, cheaper staff & no traffic woes.
Brother has set up their NZ headquarters just down the road from me.

Down the road from 'buttfuck nowhere?' That'll look good on the letterhead .

[Tazz]

You've got to be kidding yourself to think there's only skilled people in Dorkland, wake up and smell the roses mate. There's real skills all over this fine country and some of us get to work in 7 minutes on a pushy

Up until a few weeks ago I had a 2 minute walk for $100 a week, and that was central *cough* city *cough*

[swbarnett]

Albany has a business park, Highbrook as well, and that's still main Auckland (plenty of other options).

Yes, but where will the bosses have their liquid lunches?

[jasonu]

Majority of NZ keyboard warriors community says Chinks.

That's my bet.