I see that the road tunnel that Princess Diana died in has not been altered since the accident. There is still a row of concrete poles in the tunnel. What moron road engineer would design those, and why is it not fixed?
One of the list of issues likely to be raised at the inquest was: 5. Whether the road/tunnel layout and construction were inherently dangerous and, if so, whether this contributed to the collision
I don't see any discussion anywhere about making the poles safer.
I think we should be looking at road safety & avoidable hazards objectively, rather than taking knee jerk reactions to fix locations that have experience serious or fatal accidents.
Regarding the tunnel liked above, its a 50km/h road, with what appears to be a high kerb between the poles and the traffic. My assumption would be that this design has been deemed fit for purpose in this application.
807,
Nov 17, 10:20am
I'd be more concerned about some of our own poor standard roads rather than a road in France which you won't be travelling on any time soon.
sr2,
Nov 17, 10:46am
As tempted as I am to suggest that rediscovering your 'nads (i.e. hand between the legs and squeeze hard) and resisting the urge to behave like a failed modern pink-boot wearing, sensitive, self entitled, hair bleached All Black will help in developing your future life skills - I wont.
She's dead, get over it! (and back off reading the Woman's Weekly).
msigg,
Nov 17, 6:04pm
Millions of cars seem to have made it through the tunnel, was this good luck or driving to conditions, being observant.? I made it through many years ago. Move on, who cares.
gusthe1,
Nov 17, 6:21pm
Word on the street is that Diana is alive and living in venezuela
martin11,
Nov 17, 6:22pm
The standard of driving in NZ and the ease of getting a licence is more of a problem .
lythande1,
Nov 17, 7:06pm
There few dangerous roads, most of it is the driving on them. and the Princess Diana crash, well all driving at speed playing chase and run away. Hardly surprising. How many other crashes have happened there since? Big clue there.
alowishes,
Nov 17, 7:25pm
Exactly!
Fix the bad driving and a lot of the ‘bad’ roads will be able to be negotiated without crashes occurring.
trade4us2,
Nov 17, 8:21pm
I am amazed that you people don't care about clearly dangerous obstacles on a road. I don't care about French roads but I thought the French would do better. Diana of course was stupid to not wear a seat belt.
bill-robinson,
Nov 17, 9:00pm
there is no such thing as a dangerous road, there are ony people not concentrating on driving to the conditions.
serf407,
Nov 17, 11:12pm
Is it reasonable to expect NZ State Highways to be maintained to a standard that they do not have two or three metre long or longer pot holes that have been worn down to the rock base?
Could bolt some armco to the pillars, would be pretty easy, but France have been pretty anti-royalist since the revolution, so they probably don't mind.
kazbanz,
Nov 18, 12:16am
The question I ask every time this sort of thing is raised is "was the vehicle being driven to the conditions?" Yes/no? Then ask "was the vehicle in such a condition that is was safe to be on the road" then even back one step into cotton wool territory and "was the vehicle being driven at or below the stipulated/posted speed limit for the area?"
laurelanne,
Nov 18, 2:20am
This reminds me of Jeremy Clarkson and his corny jokes about the Stig on Top Gear. He never made me laugh until one day he said, They say the Stig drives a white damaged Fiat Uno that he bought cheap of Prince Phillip. There was silence in the studio.
mrfxit,
Nov 18, 4:38am
Those who don't drive to the prevailing conditions, are what make roads Dangerous. Sure some roads are a pain with twists & blind corners etc, but thats where a few brain cells & common sense make up for it.
mrfxit,
Nov 18, 4:45am
Once upon a time (2 years ago), we had a Nissan Atessa which the only modern safety feature was all wheel drive, (AWD) . . . . My Atessa was rear ended by a 2003 Nissan Tiida (ESC /ABS /EBD /EBA) Why?
rowlf,
Nov 18, 4:56am
Coz anyone with any driving skills and an ounce of self respect wouldn’t be seen dead in a Tiida?
mrfxit,
Nov 18, 5:36am
LOL, you may be right, but thats clearly not my point.
elect70,
Nov 18, 11:07am
The merc was out of control beforeit entered the tunnel having been hit by fiat panda allegedly driven by a french ss agent
martin11,
Nov 18, 6:31pm
And was the driver of the Merc also under the influence of alchol ?
bill-robinson,
Nov 18, 7:29pm
must be a bloody long tunnel, that was 20+ years ago anf you are still on about it
sanders4,
Nov 20, 7:17am
One kiometer south of Kaiwaka on SH1 is a depression that I first noticed in 1978 as I was driving around the north every month on business. Today there is still a depression with warning sign so w t f are we paying road tax for? Maybe Foolish Hogan or Shithiggins are the road maintenance fools that are creaming funds for nix? Bankers it seems
tweake,
Nov 20, 7:32am
up on the ridge ?
just south of tehana is a dip you bounce through. last time they did repairs there they ripped the road up and repair it up to the dip. they fixed the cosmetic issues and left the stuff that matters. like wise north side of kaiwaka, resealed the good part of the road and left the torn up seal part. east side of maungaturoto they fixed the road up to the dip in the middle of the corner. so you still bounce through the corner. i swear roading repairs is just a big scam.
serf407,
Nov 20, 7:07pm
Coroner is probably no civil (road construction) engineer but is bagging the road surface as a part blame in this decade old accident.
Have road surfaces improved in the past ten years?
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