Closing of Queen street on weekends.

On one hand. Youre taxi fare up Queen Street will probably be halved.

On the other, the boy racers will probably find another place to cruise. which is more than likely to be K Road.

What was the headline on todays Herald?

i dont think that the boys are goin2 all go and sell there carz, or raise em, de-boost em or stick back those 15 inch factory rims just becos one road is closed.... shiiiiet....

still.... good make for a few good 'dancin in da street' parties???

In the words of some guy who wasnt me...
"it's so bloody stupid... all they are doing is moving the problem.... "

I think its a good idea - theres less traffic lights
on Krd after all

I think its good now all the old people can feel safe to walk down queens st without fear of being abused by boy racers. Now queens st can get back to the geriatric centre for late night weekend entertainment that it once was.

Everyone who says "well at least John Banks will actually do something..." i agree but is he going to do more good than idiotic window dressing such as this. Moving boyracers from a wide well lit busy street to many other locations with less police control hardly makes any sense. Now there will be less police on queens st theyll all be chasing boy racers at other locations.

You forgot to mention the Mothers pushing their prams down Queen St at 3 in the morning.

We could be dancing in the streets, yee haa!

I dunno whether this is good or bad.

I think John Banks getting to be mayor is a very very sad thing to happen and a very scary insight into what aucklanders belive.

Are there that many bigots around? Must be.

giznad.... only about 37% of those eligible to vote voted.... there is hope yet...

What would be really funny, is if sum1 stole his Bentley, and took it for a rark, a few burnouts here and there and videotaped the whole thing and put a link on Biggie.... Sum action with Banksie chasing would be classic too... just to see the look on his face....

Not that I would do/condone such a criminal act ofcourse!!

Bob errr i dont know about all that shit - i just
want to park close to work at nights hehe

I think its prettty obvious the boy racers will just
move on somewhere else - Banksy doesnt
really think things through

I heard an interesting comment on the bFM today, a lady rung in and said 'lets say I'm walking down Queen Street at 3am alone, with boy racers around, at least there is a large crowd with lots of witnesses, maybe detering any attacks, but with no boy racers around, maybe town will be emptier', hence making her feel less safe?

Thoughts?

time for a huge street party, maybe they should just block off the middle section ? can u still drive across or have they fucked us up there to? and boy races are silly anyway if they can afford to drive around all nite why not drive down to where i live near meremere and use the drag track u work it out i reckon al the gas they waste driving around town would be the same amount as driving down there. 1/2 them would then find out how much there car sux and that they should just leave it parked up in the garage. ya lets all go by a used jap car and put sum mags on it and cut the springs out. go home no one cares about u. lets get sum street partys started ppl!!!

the reason why i think a few of the ppl drive down Queen st is too more "show off" their rides... its not like you can speed down that street... its just a select few that ruin it for the others by throwing bottle and doing burnouts on the roads. I say itll prob just move back to Quay st by the mobil..?? Banks cant just brush this problem under the mat and hope it dissappears, its just going to become more of a problem.

I never thought Boyracers were a problem on Queen. Their good for a laugh and keep the city busy.

Their just bored and towns the first place they go.

But i dont agree with building these so called burn-out pads, your asking for trouble. Alcohol and cars dont mix. Let them cruise the streets, but if their caught in the wrong, slap them a fine!

(but these kids cant aford these fines, WTF! look at their cars!)

John Banks doesnt have a clue... to run Auckland or ride a jetski

no no burn out pads why should we pay for there fun they need to grow and go out and have fun and go clubbing or play sports or get to the movies. and jass there carnt arnt that flah anyone can buy a used jap and put sum mags and cut the springs it not hard. the cars i like to look at are the ones that have really had sum time spent on them r.e the the older cars or holdens and fords. things like old rx 3z that get done up are nice even thou i hate rotarys. ppl that buy little gt starlets and put sum mags omn it are silly . ya lets do what sumone else has already done. simple leave it at home and dont embarras ya self lol

Who said they were all drunk?

I find it kinda funny some people who go to clubs and might presumably partake in some form of illegal chemicals, are supporting a crack down on a recreational habit. Even people who dont partake would be effected in a clamp down, just as i wont be able to drive up queen st at night now and all the side roads will be filled with boy racers. At least they wont be on queens st..

The real problem is high speed driving on suburban/back roads but as it is more difficult to catch these people they arent a priority. Better to go for the easy targets even if theyre arent the real problem.

BOB

yelling & screaming nasty's outta the window, no their not drunk... I just said that alcohol and cars dont mix...

Yeah, that's not particularly open-minded there Forest. Boy racer are just as entitled to do what they like doing (driving around, perhaps fast) as you are to do what you like doing (go clubbing, I assume). It's not a waste of gs to them - they spend money on gas, just like you spend money on Red Bull, or alcohol, or water, or entry into clubs - what makes you entitled to say that they're wasting their money?

I agree with Scooby that it is a select few that destory the reps of boy racers to everyone. I have done the boy racer scene myself, and I didn't really like it. (Too crude and macho for my style) However, I respect that it is a social scene for these people, and a lot of them are fanatical about cars - and enjoy driving in used jap imports with mags. I own one of those jap cars with mags myself, and I like to go for a drive once in a while - are you insulting me, a fellow clubber?

[Incidentally, some might argue that putting money and effort into a really old car (old Holden or Ford maybe) is much less wise than putting money into improving the few things that aren't already top notch on a newer used Jap car.]

i dont have a problem with boyracer, heck my cars lowered and boomed out too. I just think to solve this problem is to hand out fines if your bad. Simple. Cant pay, dont be bad...

Set some big rules and then lets see whos racing around.

I remember when i was 17 and going to school in Auckland. I would partake in the queen street festivities because there was nothing for us to do. We were too young to go clubbing and at the time all ages gigs sucked big time! (they probably still do) I feel sorry for these kids and believe this move will do more harm than good, forcing them to other streets and roads. John Banks is a cock sucker and i wish i had the opportunity to vote against him.

voiceinsideyou

i have a jap too... im affended

Maybe the passengers are drinking/drunk, but the media is portraying the boyracer drivers as drunken hoons. The media's never wrong is it?

BOB

yeah i hear ya... the drivers aint drinking. Ill get my words right next time... sorry

Media suck... i luv the "TEENS OUTTA CONTROL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR TEENS DOING" shit...

i dont waste money on reb bull piss or illgal stuff. no im not insulying anyone. putting money into older is a good idea. cause if itz a rare car well hello $$$ and jap cars come in the 10,000000 no cares about them. a jap car might go a heck of a lot faster but they fold up and get squashed pretty quickey. at least in an old car u got a big engine in front of u to take the impact if u do crash. i havnt crashed head on but sumone only just touch the back or my piss citter honda and ripped the back bumper. reall cars like holdens and fords are good

cheap jap crap next to that. as u say yea sure going out for a drive is good no problem there. i not here to agure with u but ppl doing laps is is a waste of gas.

and face it anyway like i said any joe blogs can buy a jap car and put mags on it. ya lets follow the leader. i walk up queen st most fridays to ge to kr d and i hear is vrmmmm pisssshh 1 gt startlet, wrrrmmmmmm pish oh look anohter gt starlet. oh look three liberos all tinted out and maga ya lets all do the same thing. instead of wastin all this money howz a bout get sumthing like a 206 or 306 instead of beeing a wanabe and get a real boy racer car. and beside when it came to racing none of them could race anyway . anyone around here been 230km on the motorway in the rain ? i dont think, now that is racing !!!

230km on the motorway in the rain is a dick!

i'm upset and sad about it, do you know he's trying to get rid of the xmas parade, xmas in the park, mardi gras, and i heard he wants the clubs to be closing earlier too but cant't confirm that.
I THINK IT SUX

no, not the chirstmas parade... i think some of its rumors...

hell... why doesnt John Banks just make Akl a Millitary State... everyone has to be in there homes by 9pm and if caught out on the streets youll be shot!!!!?? ;P

Its a load of arse if u ask me. John Banks is the biggest wanker ever. What the hell is closing Queen St gonna do anyways, he is just trying to get rid of the Boy Racers, that aint gonna work. They will just end up crusing some where else in town.

bogans is how he refers them to

let me run the city...

Major Jass.. wicked

Forest, some of what you wote is just plain crap, I'm sorry. I don't plan to start a flame-war here, but I think you should get your facts straight before you start insulting japanese cars and those who modify them.

Hmm, it's hard to argue with bigoted irrationality. :-/ Regardless, any "joe bloggs" can buy an old beat up Datsun and put a new engine in it.

See? Easy to make rash generalisations without backing 'em up, aint it?

care about what u think.

Waste of gas.. Forest why do you waste your time typing uninformed crap. Rare cars are ussually only valuable when in original condition. You will sink as much money into modifying an old holden or ford as modifying a jappa. On the whole newer cars are safer with better handling, braking and C-R-U-M-P-L-E zones.

Airbag.

Going 230km is moronic. You are a fucking idiot!

Id be interested what car it was too most cars arent geared for it let alone have the power.

thank god i dont do queen st on the weekend, rather not put my rangie to shame against the many sport cars. in fact, my civic is just the perfect weekend run-about, safety wise, its on par with rangie's abs+airbag, and pass both euro ncap and usa nhtsa crash test, if its not as bulky as rangie nor holden/ford. issue on gas...mmm...weight to ratio, a holden/ford probably consume more gas than that of jap cars... as for 230km, been there done that - pheew...

actually, its nice to see queen st alive with cars on the weekend. "dancing in da street" party even better, with lighting effects from the cars perhaps.

peace

do up a bus and then see whos cooler

or 18 wheels of justice... haha

Everyone should be made to take there cars in and swap them for Ladas. Then if every one had a lada they would only use there cars when they absolutely had too. Problem solved.

"Wanna go race our cars up queen st on friday nite? Na Ive got a Lada. Oh true, same as me. Shame, lets stay home"

lada shame

i can see a dual/multi metallic coloured - possibly changing between red and yellow green LADA with lowered suspension with 17" five spokes polished alloy mags + tinted glass + xenon headlights + a honda vtec type r engine in the boot...now thats a beauty, its european too innit?

natural lada progression, bugger;P

I don't think the VTEC would have enough torque to haul that heavy ass body around...

as we are very much in a user pay society, lets hope john bank will not come up with money making scheme by charging cars entering cbd similar to that of singapore...cant pay, with no where to show off their lovelys, lets run down some midnight joggers / cats / dogs in the hood.

phunky, oh no, i should mention forget about torgue/speed, afterall, going bumper to bumper at queen st on the weekend, its the looks that count, with zealous do-up holdens/fords/japs/mainly steam euro, surely a do-up lada is rare novelty on the street

heheh me and some friends went to the drags in a lada, wearing mr blobby masks to hide our identities.

I would just like to say a few things.
The Japanese are the best at mass-producing quality cheap cars. Their quality control on the whole is far more consistent than any european manufacturer. As someone whos not me said: If you want to talk about quality, talk to the Germans... But if you actually want quality, go to the Japanese.

As for cars that dont crunch on impact, I for one would stay away. Its basic physics. All that energy has to be absorbed, and if the car doesnt crunch, it will be the passengers that will absorb it. I know of a guy who crashed into a wall in a kingswood. Not a mark on the car, but he broke his neck. The thinking behind cars that crunch is that the people in side them are far more valuable and fragile.

Yeah, indeed. I agree with 99% of what you've said Smiley. Actually 100%. Hmm.

yes ... i got a bmw al parts from germany ..assembled in japan.. they put extra touches in and it was mint .. that was 8 years ago .. but still better interior than the german ones ..
who cares about boyraces .. going 20km/h up queen street. let them ride round .. better to ride in the cars than go to the pub and get drunk..

they should open a road for them to race .. 2 lanes with big concret barriers on all side and just let them go for it...

and they crash and die. Whos gonna pick up the pieces? The Gov? Council? Us?

they crash and die stop&go weekend traffic on queen st? wow, who gave them their driving license?!

They're crashing and dying already, but they killing other people on open roads (tho its not just the boy racers) why not put them on a drag strip wearing a crash helmet?

boy racers is sub culture like clubbers among us, which also branched into various genre etc etc etc, whos being picked on by whoever Wanksie wannabe wanting to create fear and become this know-all saviour to the problem, i.e boy-racers on road accidents, clubbers on drug OD... its like this never ending recurring trend, may i suggest solution to banned driving and impose curfew on club/bars scene altogether come weekend, living pleasantville-ish

Hahah, I think you're right Liquid, there are many sub-genres of 'boy-racers'. I think I would classify myself as a boy racer at times. Yes, I own a 1988 black Honda Civic Si Hatchback (you know, the 1600 DOHC fuel-injected ZC engine model, with four wheel discs, sports seats etc) and at times, yes, I go for a hoon and drive fast. What I DONT do is trundle around the city with chicks in the back. (I prefer to be pounding it out in a club)

Most of the time I adhere to the law (+/- 10kmh) but every now and then I like to drive a bit recklessly, and have a little fun on open road when there are no other cars around (yay for the Pauatahnui Inlet in Wgtn!). I guess that partially classifies me as a boy racer, but I don't like to call myself that is it lumps me with the small proportion of idiot racers who are ever-evading the law and fucking off the public.

Yeah, the drugs/clubs stereotype is bad also, and I'm still attempting to determine how true it is. I am currently undecided.

Not to mention the fact that you get Older executives in the big Holden Commodores and they drive just as bad, or worse, but they dont get picked up by the Police as often.
I cant stand drivers that stop inthe middle of the road, then might indicate, then turn very slowly into the corner, as if the steering wheel is 100 tonnes or something. - Where is the skill or awareness? Fucking annoying!!

Indeed. I could go on and on about lazy older drivers who drive worse and are more inconsiderate than anyone else on the road. Fuckers.

When I had mates in Tawa (in Wellington) I used to get pulled over by the cops every night. Same routine, check the WOF, license, registration, even had them prodding my tyres at one point. I never minded too much, I got to know the cops who pulled me over and I never got done for anything. *smile*

re voiceinsideyou, yeah, meself occasionally like the DRIVE off kumeu/muriwai (end of akl north-western) where there are less traffic, love it. am i a boy racer? maybe. one thing i don't do is step on the accelerator in busy queen st come weekdays (bmws/porches/rangies etc) or weekend (holdens/fords/jappas etc), it make no sense...

as for older drivers who drive, if not walk, slow. i think they can't help it, am sure they once were considerate drivers like us too, alert and all. maybe thats why most of the older drivers drive around in premium spec euro/jap/oz mobiles equipped with stronger brakes+lighter steering wheels to compensate their aging effect, of course am stereotyping retired/superannuationed senior citizens who wanksie favour most

i just identify four driver's sub-cultures: 1. my-time-is-too-precious weekdays biz execs; 2. fulltime boy racers who roam queen st/cbd; 3. part-time boy racers who roam off cbd; 4. errr...slow senior citizen drivers, which one day i prolly become one too

Cant see what the problem on Queen St was, not like they were having drag races and burnout comps on it, should be Quay St....

Yea street parties, no cars on the road mean people can roam. No worries.

That is such a load of shit like closing Queen St will do jack shit all the boy racers will just find somewhere better. It's like them thinking that putting the railings back of Grafton Bridge will stop people committing suicide. The pple in power have no idesa

That is such a load of shit like closing Queen St will do jack shit all the boy racers will just find somewhere better. It's like them thinking that putting the railings back of Grafton Bridge will stop people committing suicide. The pple in power have no idea

Seems it not going to be closed afterall.