This morning's traffic (Auckland, where else?)

**Finn** · 2nd March 2009, 13:27

Originally Posted by Katman

Taupo's set of traffic lights get me so wound up sometimes. I'm sure they're on red for 20 seconds longer than they used to be.

The Council have adjusted the signal time to allow the increasingly overweight locals more time to cross the road.

**Swoop** · 2nd March 2009, 16:26

Good to see complete gridlock in both directions on the NW tonight. 4.15 there was the remains of an accident that shut the citybound traffic.
Luckily nobody has ever seen an accident so the Westbound traffic slowed down to have a look...

**Maha** · 2nd March 2009, 16:39

Was the traffic really any different that usual??

I did here this morning it was back up to Oteha Valley rd, but thats only a km (if that) further back than normal.

**jaymzw** · 2nd March 2009, 16:51

Traffic on the northern was sweet at about 5.15pm tonight.

As in better than normal???

Heard something about University students starting may have caused the traffic???

**Gubb** · 2nd March 2009, 16:59

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

I'm struggling with sleep at the moment, so I headed into work in the cage at 6 am

You should try to put a stop to those arseholes that rustle around your front yard in the middle of the night. Two weeks in a row.

Sorry.

**glice** · 2nd March 2009, 18:14

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

I've got to spread it around. Damnit, can someone tell me how to do a chron job for auto blinging my favourites each day?

Anyhow - it was raining on the coast, a sun shower, so the roads were wet leaving home. Dried out around Mill-fud, (so named for the fuddie duddies driving around with blue hair). Old people drive the same way hedgehogs fuck. Slowly and carefully.

I had no such blockages or chicanes to navigate or circumvent. Just miles of empty cannonball lanes. Bus lane was dry and bus free. Over the bridge there were the normal numpties doing their "charge into the breach" impressions. Honestly, a lot of the worst offenders are chicks - they're normally the ones advocating putting it in slowly and gently to start with...

I'm visiting the Hampton Downs people today to discuss my free track days for life - so it's actually a good day to have Scoot with me.

Wow. Hang on a minute....free track days for life! and that happens to be your job! May I ask how this all works?

**madbikeboy** · 2nd March 2009, 19:45

Originally Posted by Gubb

You should try to put a stop to those arseholes that rustle around your front yard in the middle of the night. Two weeks in a row.

Sorry.

Are you kidding, last week they left me a trailer with a nice table and chairs (which made MadBikeBabe happy), but even better, this week the trailer gets returned with a new ramp and new tie down.

I'm hoping next time, it'll come home with an MV Augusta.

Thanks Gubb,
MBB.

**madbikeboy** · 2nd March 2009, 19:46

Originally Posted by glice

Wow. Hang on a minute....free track days for life! and that happens to be your job! May I ask how this all works?

Well, they weren't so keen to give me free track days for life (as it turns out). But we've reached a very happy compromise...

There are some days, that are so good...

**glice** · 2nd March 2009, 20:07

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

Well, they weren't so keen to give me free track days for life (as it turns out). But we've reached a very happy compromise...

There are some days, that are so good...

Lucky bugger. Id still love to know how

**Gremlin** · 2nd March 2009, 21:18

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

I'm hoping next time, it'll come home with an MV Augusta.

I know of two looking for good homes... but they are inside this shop thing... and have lots of numbers on them

**retro asian** · 2nd March 2009, 21:29

Every morning I let the wife take the car first. I get suited up and warm up the VL250 for a few minutes.

Sure enough I always pass her laughing while she's stuck in a queue on the very road outside our dwelling.

I love my bike!

**zzzbang** · 2nd March 2009, 21:46

took the car into auckland from northshore this morning, at one of the on ramps im in the left lane, an ambo comes past in the merging lane half way onto the gravel with its indicator on.. is merging really that difficult? even when you leave a gap the morons just keep driving past you until they run out of road, then they stop half confused and cant figure out where the road went...

**samgab** · 2nd March 2009, 22:25

Originally Posted by zzzbang

took the car into auckland from northshore this morning, at one of the on ramps im in the left lane, an ambo comes past in the merging lane half way onto the gravel with its indicator on.. is merging really that difficult? even when you leave a gap the morons just keep driving past you until they run out of road, then they stop half confused and cant figure out where the road went...

I don't mind if it's ambos.