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#2894624 31-Mar-2022 11:57

evnafets:

>doesn't compensate for dumb*ss drivers who insist on doing 80 and driving in the right-hand lane

What can you do with those guys? What could 'compensate' for them?

Just start issuing fines. Every single day. Every single hour.

And not only here. There are roads people drive 30km/h on 50km/h zones and when it turns into a 70km/h zone they still drive at 30km/h. Should fine there too.

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#2894625 31-Mar-2022 11:57

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evnafets:

>doesn't compensate for dumb*ss drivers who insist on doing 80 and driving in the right-hand lane

What can you do with those guys? What could 'compensate' for them?

Snowplows like you see on freight trains.

When I was younger I joked that every car should come with pre-installed missiles or lasers. If the car in front is not doing the max speed on a clear day with no obstacle in front of them, the car would allow you to zap them. One a day only. But that would do it.

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#2894628 31-Mar-2022 11:59

evnafets:

>doesn't compensate for dumb*ss drivers who insist on doing 80 and driving in the right-hand lane

What can you do with those guys? What could 'compensate' for them?

Drive behind them and flash your lights at them to move out of the way. Sure they may think I am an ...hole but I dont really care.

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#2894691 31-Mar-2022 12:39

alasta:

It's definitely appearing on Apple Maps for me. I just tried a route from Wellington to Paraparaumu and it showed SH59 as the preferred route but it showed TG as an alternative. An address in Whitby showed TG as the preferred route.

Strange. I just tested Paraparaumu > Wellington on Apple Maps on iPad. TG showed as the suggested route - but just looking at the map simply, TG does not show at all. The TG suggested route is currently showing as only 3 mins quicker than the old coastal route.

On Google Maps, TG shows as an unnamed/unlabelled road - but does not show as a route when you search for directions. The old part of SH1 shows as SH59.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2894743 31-Mar-2022 13:22

We've just driven Paraparaumu to Pāuatahanui and back (like half of Wellington it would seem) and I can honestly say I've been on better road surfaces in Europe which are being replaced because they are end of life.

The asphalt sections are ok, still not perfect but ok, but the chipseal sections are just horrendous and there are already multiple areas which look like they already need replacing.

So disappointing.

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#2894753 31-Mar-2022 13:47

Someone questioned how long it would be until the first accident. While not an accident, it's still funny

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martyyn:
We've just driven Paraparaumu to Pāuatahanui and back (like half of Wellington it would seem) and I can honestly say I've been on better road surfaces in Europe which are being replaced because they are end of life.

The asphalt sections are ok, still not perfect but ok, but the chipseal sections are just horrendous and there are already multiple areas which look like they already need replacing.

So disappointing.

It's not just a TG thing, have seen that on numerous new sections of motorway in NZ. Not sure why it's so hard to lay road in 2022 - it's not like it hasn't been done before.

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#2894756 31-Mar-2022 13:56

martyyn:

The asphalt sections are ok, still not perfect but ok, but the chipseal sections are just horrendous and there are already multiple areas which look like they already need replacing.

So disappointing.

And yet Kelly Fox shares Transmission Gully experience - NZ Herald

"I was in awe the whole way, driving every single metre of it.

"Every square inch of Transmission Gully has been thought out."

"The hills that have been cut have been perfectly engineered to catch water, to catch boulders if that were to ever happen as it's near a fault line.

"Every square inch of it has been thought out – that's why it's taken so long and cost so much.

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#2894758 31-Mar-2022 14:06

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Strange. I just tested Paraparaumu > Wellington on Apple Maps on iPad. TG showed as the suggested route - but just looking at the map simply, TG does not show at all. The TG suggested route is currently showing as only 3 mins quicker than the old coastal route.

Here's what I get. The first screenshot shows TG designated as SH1, and the second screenshot shows it as an available route to Paraparaumu although not the preferred route.

This was done on an iPhone 13 Pro, with whatever is the latest software.

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#2894760 31-Mar-2022 14:18

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And yet Kelly Fox shares Transmission Gully experience - NZ Herald

"I was in awe the whole way, driving every single metre of it.

"Every square inch of Transmission Gully has been thought out."

"The hills that have been cut have been perfectly engineered to catch water, to catch boulders if that were to ever happen as it's near a fault line.

"Every square inch of it has been thought out – that's why it's taken so long and cost so much.

Don't get me wrong, the scenery is stunning but the road surface (which lets be honest is all we're interested in) is awful.

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#2894762 31-Mar-2022 14:24

martyyn:

Don't get me wrong, the scenery is stunning but the road surface (which lets be honest is all we're interested in) is awful.

Maybe the chip has to bed down seeing it hasn't been driven on. Don't know why they still use chip, as it causes so many problems, including stone chips and cracked windscreens, and tar. But guess they do it because the initial cost is cheaper?

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#2894816 31-Mar-2022 14:54

mattwnz:

Maybe the chip has to bed down seeing it hasn't been driven on. Don't know why they still use chip, as it causes so many problems, including stone chips and cracked windscreens, and tar. But guess they do it because the initial cost is cheaper?

bed down? they lay it and then drive rollers over it which would have a higher point loading than a typical vehicle. so there there is no excuse

Just sounds like typical shoddy NZ chip seal.

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#2894817 31-Mar-2022 15:07

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And yet Kelly Fox shares Transmission Gully experience - NZ Herald

"I was in awe the whole way, driving every single metre of it.

"Every square inch of Transmission Gully has been thought out."

"The hills that have been cut have been perfectly engineered to catch water, to catch boulders if that were to ever happen as it's near a fault line.

"Every square inch of it has been thought out – that's why it's taken so long and cost so much.

And yet there is nothing in that article that mentions the road seal which it what the poster you quoted was talking about

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#2894818 31-Mar-2022 15:10

I was referring to how some people describe this as a marvel of engineering while people actually using the road are finding all sorts of problems.

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#2894822 31-Mar-2022 15:20

Jase2985:

mattwnz:

Maybe the chip has to bed down seeing it hasn't been driven on. Don't know why they still use chip, as it causes so many problems, including stone chips and cracked windscreens, and tar. But guess they do it because the initial cost is cheaper?

bed down? they lay it and then drive rollers over it which would have a higher point loading than a typical vehicle. so there there is no excuse

Just sounds like typical shoddy NZ chip seal.

It still beds down well after rollers go over it. You often see with new chip roads that they have a decreased speed limit for a number of weeks afterwards, partly to stop people getting chipped windscreens with all the flying chips, and a new chipped road is noticeable loader than one that has bedded in more.

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#2894829 31-Mar-2022 15:40

Google maps is not even given me the option of transmission gulley yet!

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