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The News
Thursday April 24 2014
Cars drive through Waimak More than 80 classic cars took part in a rally through the Waimakariri district recently. Canterbury Vintage Car Club (VCC) member Graeme Sword, of Kaiapoi, says the rally which catered for vehicles built between 1931 and 1983, was held in the North Canterbury area on Sunday March 30, ‘‘in very nice weather’’. The rally started and finished at the VCC headquarters at McLeans Island, near Christchurch, before travelling across the Waimakariri River for a lunch stop at Oxford. Covering 160km, the rally took the 82 entrants, including 23 from North Canter bury, through Clarkville, Ohoka, West Eyreton, Cust, Summerhill and Oxford. While in Oxford, participants spent two hours having a look around at the farmers market and Menz Shed in the domain, where they had lunch. Judy and Laurie Kiesanowski, of Kaiapoi, In the afternoon the cars completed a enjoy lunch in front of their Chevrolet. timed section through the Waimak Gorge to the finish, via Darfield, Kirwee and the Old West Coast Road. Mr Sword says the North Canterbury entrants did well, with Tony and Sally Ward, of Rangiora, receiving the trophy for concourse in their 1954 Austin A 40. Brian McSaveney, also of Rangiora, took home the trophy for first timed section in a 1952 Morris Minor Convertible. Lynda White and her family, who have an association with Kaiapoi, with the children attending a local school, travelled in a 1954 DeSoto truck and took out the trophies for first field tests and first overall in the rally. Dick Appleyard, of Kaikoura, drove his Austin down to take part in the rally.
Motorists advised drive to conditions A Facebook page to promote safety on country roads has received a mixed response. ‘Is 100k OK?’ has been set up on Facebook by rural Canterbury councils, including the Wai makariri District Council as part of a new speed awareness campaign with the theme ‘country roads are not motorways’ and Waimakariri road safety coordinator Chris Neason has been following the discussion with interest. The page had more than 840 likes as of last week, after just two weeks, Mrs Neason says. ‘‘Some people think it’s about speed limits, but it’s about driving to the conditions. Driving on country roads is very different to driving on state highways, but they both have the same 100kmh speed limit. ‘‘People need to realise 100kmh is a limit and not a target. Just because it’s your right, doesn’t mean you have to travel at 100kmh, especially if it’s not safe. ‘‘Country roads are narrower, have more corners, no separation from oncoming traffic, driveways and fewer road markings. Some country roads are gravel which requires drivers to pay even more attention and many roads have activities like stock crossing, people out walking, horse riding or else slower vehicles like tractors using them.’’ Postearthquake had seen a big increase in traffic on local roads, with a corresponding increase in crashes where the driver lost control or had been driving too fast for the conditions, Mrs Neason says. Between 2009 and 2013 there were 155 crashes in the Waimakariri district where speed, or driving too fast for the conditions, were a contributing factor. These crashes contributed to six fatalities and 16 serious injuries. Seventy
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