TV3 8:30 Tonight!

[David R]

Documentary on how crappy our roads are. Should be quite interesting....

[KRONIK]

Yeah it was pretty interesting i think that tonights programmes where all based on car crashes like SCU that programme should make drivers think twice... :twisted:

[Vtec-r]

Driving around with stiff suspension is a good indication of how bumpy and shocking the roads are

[PAGEZ]

my god, yesterday early morning myself and 2 mates were doin a mish to piha and one of them crashed, i went back today to have a look and the roads were crap, it was definately contibutary!!! if it wasnt for a middle sized tree he wud have been 20 meters down the cliff, f*k the roads thank the trees

[Vtec-r]

Its not a good idea to speed on the way to piha the locals come roaring around those roads.

[remix]

It is true, most roads in NZ are crap. And the primary cause of it all is that trucks are to blame. They just rip the guts outta any road.

:evil:

[Bullitt]

Originally Posted by remix

And the primary cause of it all is that trucks are to blame. They just rip the guts outta any road.

:evil:

The primary cause is only 1/2 the moeny that is generated from roads is put back into it :evil:

[cubic]

I didn't get to watch the show (stupid flatmates watching McLeod's Daughters). I agree that NZs roads are pretty poor on the whole, and there are DEFINITELY too many trucks on our roads, you can thank the crap railways for that. On the other hand, you always have to drive to the road. What I mean is, if it's shocking and bumpy then slow the fuck down! Blaming the roads can only go so far, in the end it all boils down to the driver. Hundreds of people drive each road every day without crashing, so it's clearly do-able.

A good example was when i was following a fairly modded WRX down SH27 (I think). There is one area where the road is pretty poor and because of his low springs he was only going at 80km/h. I bet he didn't crash.

[plutoniumman]

That main thing is not the road surface. It is the poor alignment and road geometry. For example having a 50k corner in a 100k area straight after a blind crest.

On the program one guy said that other countries were impressed with our road surface technology. This is true. When I did a transport paper, we had a guest lecturer who was a roading engineer from Austin, Texas. He said that they were amazed at how we could keep trucks on the road with only a layer of bitumen and 10mm or aggregate, referring to some of our chipseal surfaces. He said (in a southern American accent): "From where I come from most people dont think you can make a road without 500mm of concrete". Just shows you how rich they are over there.

[David R]

I bet their's last a lot longer tho! [like a lot of important things in this country] there is not enough money spent on maintaining our roads, or building new ones. I'm sure everyone here can think of an example where they have patched up a bad bit of the road and its worn out quicker than the rest of the road.

[90CIVICSIR]

Yeah the rods are crappy roads built on crappy roads built uppon crappy roads they can only be so good if we go on like this! they put a patch here and a patch there and hope like hell they have a good road after all the patching. Reminds me a lot of windows realy a shitty system built uppon countless other shitty systems

youve gotta love those 50kph- corners after the crests with no warning eh they make driving fun! its things like that that give you the need to lower your car and get better brake pads and some slightly wider mags to support better and bigger tires

and then the cops go and ping us for it! :wink: isnt it just great

[sir str8. 2-8]

yup the roads are dangerous.
and the guy that said he crashed on the way to piha,
yeah your lucky those trees are there,
evry week theyrs always crashes out theyre, used to be
a few rotartys crashed all the time.
common guys its winter dont push it , when you dont need to.
i always get guys tryin to push me , for races around there
i know i can drive but well , but its the conditions
it only takes a few factors and its
NO GOOD, i guess guys dont like getting blown away by hondas
and they try do the stupidest fuck* manouevuers when do so
so dont forget it nots just the roads
it all the those crazy arse idiots out theyre !
and theyre stupidly looked after cars, illegal mods.
this country needs to get those shit bangers all of the road,

be safe

[wigglyworm]

Some shore ppl mite know of the East Coast Road area up by northcross headin to Glamorgan Drive... they have had holes litterally big enough to complety f**k your tire... im talkin 6-8cm deep and like 10cm diameter...several of em and even on both sides of road..they keep fillin em...but after the first try it was worse within 2weeks maybe some others know the hill im talkin bout

[PAGEZ]

yea man, that area is grade A shit, wat is annoying is that they have been doin road worx on that area since the wheel was invented and its still not finished, i just refuse to drive that area, a sure way to fark your car....

and literally the part that he crashed in at piha was 100k zone, crest downhill then into a 35k corner, perhaps a little better driver and he wudnt have crashed, i was following a gtx, him behind me, damn those 4wd bastards

[PAGEZ]

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