Alternative headline: National to spend $30m to sacrifice some of your lives so our trip is slightly faster.

The changes have been endorsed by transport researchers and street safety advocates as effective measures to help reduce the number of Kiwis killed and injured on the roads.

That’s all there is to it.

  • @sortofblue
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    79 months ago

    Considering how windy that road is I really don’t get why the locals went so feral about it being lowered. Even the straighter bits of roads have enough of an up-and-down that you can’t see oncoming traffic so you can’t overtake slower vehicles.

    • @deadbeef79000OP
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      79 months ago

      $100 says the locals still overtake on blind hills.

      Also, going fast is manly, by lowering a speed limit you’re essentially cutting off their balls.

      • @Ilovethebomb
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        -19 months ago

        Imagine seeing someone driving, and the first thing that goes through your mind is “mmm, genitals”.

    • @TagMeInSkipIGotThis
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      49 months ago

      Ditto the Napier-Taupo. There’s a section on the Western side that’s 80 well after it needs to, and ditto at the bottom of the Esk Valley - but all of the rest of it just isn’t a 100km/h road, despite what the munters in their Hilux’s think.

      • @Ilovethebomb
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        19 months ago

        I drove that road just before the new limits came in, my impression was the sections that needed to be 80 already were, and a competent driver could easily travel at 100 on the rest.

        It’s also worth noting the road was in appalling condition, with a number of spots of flushing, as well as a ridiculous amount of potholes. I managed to wheelspin going up a hill at 80 kmh, the traction was that bad.

    • @Rangelus
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      19 months ago

      Exactly. Plus there are plenty of passing bays. I pulled over regularly to let people pass, no one had to wait very long behind me. I even got 2 toots!