Level 2 @ Coast Access Radio
Greetings...our part of New Zealand drops to Level 2 as from 11.59pm Tuesday 7 September (basically from Wednesday).
For us, this means we can welcome back our programme makers and guests, and other volunteers who help us.
We ask that if you are coming to the station, please wear a mask, scan or sign in, and keep physically distancing, as per the covid guidelines.
We also ask that for now, to keep your visits to a minimum. Please only come in if you have a scheduled appointment, recording session, broadcast, or other authorised duties on station. Once we drop to a level 1 or equivalent, then we welcome social visits again.
And if you're feeling unwell, or unsafe, stay home.
We endeavour to keep things running as normally as possible.
Any questions or enquiries, please ask.
I know not all of our volunteers have access to this message through Facebook, so where possible please spread the word.
Thank you very much for your efforts.
Todd
Station Manager.
Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?
If so, its good to know you are still alive and reading this.
We have a function to go to over Christmas up that way and having heard a few hairy stories about the road, I went up there on Thursday to check it out. The road's ok, narrow and winding, but not much worse than a Wellington hill suburb. What was pretty scary was the behavior of other drivers. Three vehicles heading the other way at speed would have crashed into me if I hadn't been pulled off the road. I had pulled in to check the address when a truck came flying past, taking up all of the narrow road at speed. There is no way the driver would have been able to stop had they come around the corner immediately in front of me. The other two drivers came hurtling past as I had turned in to turn around and come back down the hill. They were also driving at speed and taking up most of the road. Coming back down I passed another car coming up and estimate that the safe speed to pass another car was about 30-35 kms.p.h. So, now we're thinking, do we go to the function or not.? Feels a bit like we're taking our life in our hands going up there. Drivers appear to be overconfident, and they are courting serious injury.
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