Committee wants to remind all drivers of the club’s policies on driving vehicles on club trips. Travelling to/from the road end is the most dangerous part of any trip. It’s really important that people feel safe and risks are minimised. You can view the WTMC driver protocols in full on the website. I have summarised … Read more
At our last Committee meeting, we discussed some changes and clarifications to transport policies. Given that we have been hiring quite a few vehicles from Thrifty Rentals lately (because of the large numbers of trips we have run over winter), we want to make clear our policy around cancellation of trips when vehicles have been … Read more
Recently we’ve had a number of weekends when both club vans have been in use and we’ve needed to hire vehicles. To cover these situations, WTMC has signed a contact with Thrifty Rentals to supply rental vehicles when both club vans are in use. In these situations, it is now club policy to use Thrifty … Read more
Parking at Otaki Forks If you are leaving a club van at Otaki Forks, please make sure you park in the overnight car park. To get to this carpark, drive past the entrance to the day car park and follow the obvious signs. DoC has asked us to not park our vans in the day … Read more
Richard Lardner, Transport Officer One of the club’s selling points is that the club owns two vans. This makes it easy for us to arrange transport and to travel together as a group on club trips. Taking one van instead of three private cars puts less pressure on drivers, is cheaper overall and better for … Read more
Gareth Morton, Transport officer The club would like to remind all drivers of the club vans to be extra careful when operating the vans in any tight spots such as road-end car parks, and especially when reversing when other vehicles or objects are close by. The club suggests that the van driver requests another member … Read more