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This is good shit, about time someone spoke up over this. The problem is worse than spills and signage though
I came to the Coast in 2000. The roads here then were beautiful especially after doing so many miles around the North Island. I kinda got used to lots of bald patches, slow response times for repair and shoddy work practices i.e. unmarked gravel patches and bad signage.
Since 2000 the number of Camper Vans and other tourists running around the South Island has skyrocketed and the road surface in many areas have deteriorated accordingly (there are other contributing factors). Trouble is the maintenance regimes have remained the same. I travel regularly back to the North island and those roads have deteriorated as well although not to the same extent.
I work in a tourist related industry and I know that millions of dollars each year pass into goverment coffers on the coast alone, let alone the rest of the country. Time to put something back into infrastructure. This place is starting to resemble NZ Rail.
I will write to my local paper too.
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Lonebull
Not just "road lubricants" ether in Christchurch its got to the point where i cant ride in a straight line on most roads because of potholes and poor repair of said potholes
DangerousBastard has already had a resounding success on this issue, but i'll get in behind youse fullas.
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Late last week after some in the wet i spun in slow motion my 4x4 legnum ha has good rubber
I was in Aucks doing only 35kmph going from Simon's St down the slip road to Sanley st
FARK ME i didnt see that comming just thank god I wasen't on a bike.
I didnt even see the diesel and just managed to keep it off the barrier, more luck than good driving that I didnt bend the cage
honesly It was like Black ICE
Eagals may soar but weasals dont get sucked into jet engines
I couldnt agree more but we have more of a problem with corraugations on corners caused by trucks on the Peninsula. They spend mega dollars each year here patching bits of road that dont need doing & ignore the shitty bits.
Somewhat off track from the original post but still a pain in the ass & dangerous all the same.
Not really amazing - I filled up the bike a few days back at Mobil on Quay st. There sitting on the bowser was a fel cap. I have noted previously that 3 of us got covered in diesel from a truck with no fuel cap. It happens, we are all human.
But why not a flap in the neck of the tank to prevent splashes?
Personally I'd get rid of the contact patch part from the letter. Otherwise it's all good.
Another thing that could be quite easily done to help identify hazards on the road would be to colour grit either blue or red so that it would stand out against the road.
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my real pet-hate is the loose gravel.
As far as i am concerned , any authority that permits loose gravel on any road without proper warning should be charged with attempted manslaughter or at least with something like trying to cause serious bodyly harm.
This we should be able to do WITHOUT first one of us getting bike and "bits" broken.
A simple 111 call on the side of the road with the mobile should be enough to bring in the cops and have somebody charged with above suggested offences.
But I know i am just dreaming.....
grego
Try following a truck with bins of 'rendering' onboard...
Each bin is open topped, filled with greasy, smelly, fat-ridden slop that doesn't stay put in its 1000 litre container.
This is, of course, typical of the laissez-faire attitude displayed by individuals and companies that earn their income directly from the use of roads. There is not enough reporting of this shit, nor are there anywhere near enough prosecutions/penalties. Make an EXAMPLE of a few and watch the situation improve overnight.
Last edited by MSTRS; 25th February 2009 at 13:00.
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
The least they could do is have the truckies call out somebody to divert trafic away from the spill until it can be cleared up. It's not asking for much!![]()
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I didnt suggest for a moment that I wanted potholes etc eradicated! Good suspension allows for a nicer ride over such obstacles.
But hey, submitting that letter to Kiwibiker has tested the water and really confirmed that there is a strong undercurrent of feeling about especially diesel and effluent spillage. I am forwarding this to my local MP.
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