Hei aha ngā wā,, i haere mai koe i runga i tētahi huarahi, ka mohio koe i te taha tika hei whai? Ki te kore koe e mōhio ki te mea e taea ana, ka paku koe, ka noho koe i roto i te kino. Ka puta te mataku ki ngā taumata, ka puta ano hoki ngā taihoa! Nā te take i kitea ai ngā tohu huarahi! Ngā Tohu Huarahi - ngā rārangi me ngā tohu i runga i ō tātau huarahi e aronui ana i a tātau, ngā kaihīkai. Kia āhei ia koe ki te haere i runga i te ara tika, me ngā tohu whakatakoto pai.
Kei te whakaaro koe pēhea ngā rārangi whero e tuhia ana i runga i ngā huarahi? Āe, kāore i te wāhi tino whakamā te mahi, engari inaianei he mīhini tētahi e āwhina ki te whakatū mai i tēnei mahi nui! Ko te Rib Line he mīhini tohu huarahi, ko tōna matua mahi hei tuhi i ngā rārangi i roto i ngā ara motokā, ki te āheinga maha, pai rawa atu me te tika. Ko te hiahia he whakaaetanga i te whakaiti i ngā wā e kua noa ana ngā huarahi i te wā e mahi ai rātau, e hīkohia ana e tēnā e tēnā tangata kia haere tonu i te wā o te haere haumaru, kaore i te kaiwhakarite i ngā tūmau.
Ko tenei i ngā rā o mua i roto i te wā e mōhio ana te mīhini i whakaritea ki Rib Line… Heoi, me he katoa ngā raenga i whakapae ki te pūtae i te patu kai ake nei, ina hoki i te wehi tuatahi me te rua hono o ngā tāngata whenua i mua i te mēneta ki ia atu. Ka whai wā ka whakatika atu te wā ki te tohu he mīhini i āwhina mai i te timatanga o te wā. Nō te hokinga o te wā, ka noho tonu te mahi i runga i te ara hei whakamutunga i te wā, ka kitea e te kaiarahi he nui rawa atu te mate ki te haere i runga i te ara — heoi ko tenei ka nui ai te waiaro mo te kaiarahi.
Kāore te Mīhini Rib Line ki te whakauru i te tikanga kawea o mua. E noho tino haere ana, ka whakaritea ki te tūpato. Ki te matau, ka whakahoutia tenei ka whakatakoto ki runga i te ara ki uta i te waka e whakatutuki ana i muri i a ia, te mea nui e kī nei. Nā te mea ka rangona ngā raengauru me te tika, ka kitea e te kaiarahi te wā e mutu ana ngā raenga, koia nei te wā e tīmata ana. Ka whiwhi hoki te whitianga i te paint ki ngā kaihanga ara ki te whakamutunga i ngā mahi i te wā i mua i te wā.
Ko te pūnaha Rib Line e whiwhi ana i te tirohanga mō ngā mahi a ngā kaimahi kia puta iho i te wā iti tonu, ēngari ka awhina anō hoki i te whakamana i ō rātau ara haehae. Mēnā nui rawa atu te mōhiotanga me te tika o ngā tohu ara, pēnei i ngā wā e whai ake nei i ngā tohu rama rite ki te paint rānei, he iti noa iho rānei i ngā reflector rama matatupu i runga i ngā taha katoa. Ka taea e rātau tēnei whakaiti i te hapa rīpora rānei, ko tērā e āhei ai ngā motokā ki te mōhio i te tūranga rānei, me te taea hoki i ngā huri tika kīhai i whakauru ki tētahi taumata.
Kei a mātou ngā whirinaki Rib Line e āhei ana ki te mahi pai rawa atu. Ka kitea te wahinga i waenganui i ngā rānei e rua, ina whakaaro ki te tae. Nō reira ka taea e rātau, hei tauira, whai i te tae kākāriki tētahi rānei, me te tae kei raro — tae karaka. I runga i tērā, kei a mātou ngā whirinaki e āheinga ana, e hīkoi ana i ngā ara matua me ngā ara iti iti hoki. E hiko kore ana tēnei i te whakamahi i ngā whirinaki kotahi e āhei ana ki te hanga tohu pai ki runga i ngā wāhi katoa.
I mua i ngā tau, ko Ribbon Grass i whakarite me te whakatika i ngā tūtohu waka hei whakatōpū i ngā tohu ara kaiwhatiwhati. E tuku ana i ngā ratonga pai rawa, ā, e hirango ana ki te nui o ngā rautaki hei whakahokia i te whatuone ki te ara i runga i te huarahi. Ko te whakamahere a E Ink ki ngā tohu huarahi he whakawhiti kē e whai ake nei, ka noho au i te tūmanako ka noho pūmau. Ko tēnā anō he mea e whakapai ai, e tirotirotia ana.