Ruapuna noise complaints

**onearmedbandit** · 25th August 2006, 18:32

Thing is with the Ruapuna issue is that the track had its open days extended from 120 days to 360+ and hours extended from 7pm to 11pm. I'm not siding with these people at all, but their arguement isn't simply the noise.

**Toast** · 25th August 2006, 19:05

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Thing is with the Ruapuna issue is that the track had its open days extended from 120 days to 360+ and hours extended from 7pm to 11pm. I'm not siding with these people at all, but their arguement isn't simply the noise.

11pm? Is it flood lit or something?

Do they have open days every day?

**Kickaha** · 25th August 2006, 19:07

Originally Posted by Toast

11pm? Is it flood lit or something?

Do they have open days every day?

They'll be talking about the speedway

**Deano** · 25th August 2006, 19:12

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Thing is with the Ruapuna issue is that the track had its open days extended from 120 days to 360+ and hours extended from 7pm to 11pm. I'm not siding with these people at all, but their arguement isn't simply the noise.

Well basically as soon as the scale and intensity of the activity increases, (especially that significantly) the track loses it's 'existing use rights'.

I can see the residents point. (if this is the case)

**diesel pig** · 25th August 2006, 19:12

Originally Posted by Toast

11pm? Is it flood lit or something?

Do they have open days every day?

I think people are getting confused between the speedway and the race track since they are beside each other, in some people minds they are the same thing.

**Deano** · 25th August 2006, 19:15

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

RMA is fucking this country up/

What about Fonterra being able to discharge it's trade waste into the (Waikato ?) river ?

WTF is up with that ? Were there objections or have Iwi, Council and other stakeholders received a backhander ?

Money makes the world go round eh?

**gav** · 25th August 2006, 19:32

The residents sound reasonable enough. From the newspaper article I read, they would be more than happy to see the 120 day use reinstated. Also the noise level was lifted from 85db to 90db when the track use was opened up. So for alot the conditions have changed since they moved in.

**onearmedbandit** · 25th August 2006, 19:35

Originally Posted by Toast

11pm? Is it flood lit or something?

Do they have open days every day?

Should've been a bit clearer I suppose, as the others have said that's the speedway. The race track has two open days a week, Tuesday and Friday, $80 for a full day. But I believe it can now operate on pretty much any day.

**TonyB** · 25th August 2006, 20:33

Originally Posted by Joni

However people who go to Ruapuna will be able to tell you quite a few of the roads around there are now being frequented by boy racing "events" - the road leading to Ruapuna is a rubbish dump with all the stuff being thrown out of windows, beer bottles in fact all sorts of crap...

Rant on
The first time I saw all that rubbish I honestly thought a rubbish truck must've tipped over. As I got closer I realised it went for quite some distance on both sides of the road. Never seen anything like it- bottles, cans, bags, carparts piled up on both sides of the road for what, maybe half a k?

"Nice' boy racers like to use the line that it's only a small minority causing all the trouble. That fucking huge mess was NOT caused by a 'handful of trouble makers'. There must've been hundreds of the fuckers out there. I read one article where a guy had his way blocked and his car jostled by these arseholes, all he was trying to do was drive home. That had to be pretty scary.

Personally, any sympathy I might have had for boy racers has gone out the window after seeing that. Unfortunately I suspect that Ruapuna is being perceived as guilty by association.
rant off

**Deano** · 25th August 2006, 22:47

Originally Posted by TonyB

I read one article where a guy had his way blocked and his car jostled by these arseholes, all he was trying to do was drive home.

Someone needs to drive through there when it's packed with the little shits in an artic truck.

**inlinefour** · 25th August 2006, 22:51

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

too many idiots - not enough bullets.

Sure would cure the possum kissing tree hugging politically correct greenies within our population. Why can't everyone just tell them to fark off???

**Brian d marge** · 25th August 2006, 23:04

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

Good isn't it... and if a cows poos in the paddocks.. no worries... but if it poos in the shed... God help you if you spread it on the paddock without due process and permits (aka $$$) ben obtained

Poos in a padock again , gosh give him a bike and he spends half the time in the fields , but if poos is in the shed , watch out ...

You can cut the sound levels quite a lot , with careful planting of a shrubbery ( said the Knights thaat goe Ni) and inside this hedging is Sound proofing stuff . polystyrene I think ? Saw it done once ,,cant remember where m but I remember thinking , that was a good idea ,,, I think they used shade cloth to wrap the syrene , so that it couldnt get out ...
They use design to stop sound of motorways reaching residential areas here in Japan ,,,and its very effective

and as for the rubbish , I am sure that some of those ,,,dropkicks who cause it would be on community service ...get the buggers out there to pick the stuff up ,,,, and not over 2000000000 weekends, no make the little S$%^&* work 2 km per day cleared and spick and span including grass cutting etc ...

Stephen

**Kickaha** · 26th August 2006, 08:40

Originally Posted by Deano

Someone needs to drive through there when it's packed with the little shits in an artic truck.

Well the police ran a operation there a couple of weeks back and took the little fuckers by suprise, ticketed practically everyone there confiscated a few cars and pink/green stickered a bunch more, doubt it'll keep them away for long though

**scumdog** · 26th August 2006, 08:51

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Well the police ran a operation there a couple of weeks back and took the little fuckers by suprise, ticketed practically everyone there confiscated a few cars and pink/green stickered a bunch more, doubt it'll keep them away for long though

Saw that on TV, probably a few that were just average kids but a shit-load of drop-kick wasters there too, whinging on about how unfair it all is.

Good to see a bunch that thought they were sharp getting shafted.

**sAsLEX** · 26th August 2006, 09:13

Originally Posted by Deano

What about Fonterra being able to discharge it's trade waste into the (Waikato ?) river ?

WTF is up with that ? Were there objections or have Iwi, Council and other stakeholders received a backhander ?

Money makes the world go round eh?

Yip as long as you pay the right "consultation" fees then alot of your problems can go away.