Al salaam a'alaykum John

07 Jul 03 11:30, John Tserkezis wrote to All:

 JT>   Not any more.  I remember there being an issue on the 
 JT> aus.motorcycles newsgroup on the net, they wanted the RTA to ensure
the road workers 
 JT> use a non-slip coating on the steel slabs over holes in the road.  Good fun 
 JT> while riding a bike over those things in the wet.

 JT>   After much lobbing, there was a new reccomondation passed early in 
 JT> the year to do just that.

 JT>   Last week while riding over Paramatta Road, guess what I saw, a 
 JT> virgin metal cover (three in close proximity actually) with no such coating.
 JT>   How suprised am I?  Not at all.
[...]

 JT>   Take it from a motorcyclist.  It's all about "perception of 
 JT> threat".  What's visible and what's not all depends on how
much of a threat it is to 
 JT> you.

What do you ride?

Regards,
David

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