ACC and NZ Police announce new levy and licencing.

**MSTRS:Me** · 26th October 2010, 08:41

Originally Posted by Mully

OK then:

"On the sucky side, 7 people wont be going home for whatever reason."

Sorry. 8. A female motorcyclist in Southland - headon with car - one of them crossed the centreline.

**Ocean1** · 26th October 2010, 09:15

Originally Posted by Swoop

Glad to see that "keep left at all times" was heavily enforced as well... not.

At ALL times? No shit?

And all these years I had "as long as it's not really really inconvenient" burned into my brain...

**Swoop** · 26th October 2010, 09:57

Originally Posted by Ocean1

At ALL times? No shit?

And all these years I had "as long as it's not really really inconvenient" burned into my brain...

Yup. Don't want to wear out the left hand lane.
Where there are two or more lanes on your side of the centre line:

keep in the left-hand lane as much as you can

The lane closest to the centre line should only be used when:
you want to pass another vehicle
you want to turn right
the left-hand lane is full with other traffic or is blocked.

Ohh. Looky here...

The road code, as written on the New Zealand Transport Agency website, states that "motorways are designed so that traffic can flow with as little disruption as possible and do not have intersections, turning vehicles, parked vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists" or dorks (my addition).

It also goes on to say that drivers "keep left, unless you are passing" on motorways. So why the bloody hell do most Kiwi drivers feel they have a God-given right to sit on their fat butts in the outside lane doing whatever dawdling speed they see fit?

Listen up all you numpties who ponce along at 60km/h in the outside lane - you don't own the road so move over. It's called the fast lane for a reason you fools, and just in case you can't work out what fast lane means, it's also called a passing lane.

What do you people not understand about the word passing? Here's the Oxford Dictionary definition just in case you've forgotten - "Passing, adjective eg going past: passing cars."

Do you get it now? Or is there some sort of dislocate in your collective heads? The act of passing means going past another car, NOT sitting alongside it matching its speed kilometre after kilometre.

Could those that get a perverse pleasure from disrupting the flow of traffic for no good reason please email me and explain why you think you have this right to ignore the road code.

Also, please enlighten me how bad your life must be to want to ruin everyone else's day by such inconsiderate behaviour.

I'd like to hazard a guess it's an ego thing, in that drivers who won't pull over into the inside lane - even when there's no one there - don't like the idea of being passed.

I'm used to truck drivers hogging the entire motorway, racing each other side-by-side, as I know they get pleasure from stuffing everyone else up. Before any truck people get on the phone and complain, explain to me why, when all trucks are supposed to stay at 90km/h, you feel the need to pass another truck also travelling at 90km/h?

I've come to the conclusion it's just being sheer bloody-minded to see how many other drivers lane-hogs can piss off. I'll bet there are even some sad dorks out there who keep count of how many other road users they manage to hold up each day.

The Government should introduce a law along the lines of the German Government. On their autobahns, you get a ticket if you sit in the fast lane and hold traffic up.

It's no wonder New Zealand drivers are ranked among the worst in the world - there's no respect for each other on the road. It's not up to one driver to dictate how fast another can go. That's the job of the police.

So PULL OVER fool and let the rest of the world get on with its life. We're not all duffers who've got all day to idle along. Some of us have a life.

**Ocean1** · 26th October 2010, 12:08

Originally Posted by Swoop

Could those that get a perverse pleasure from disrupting the flow of traffic for no good reason please email me and explain why you think you have this right to ignore the road code.

It's 'cause I want to turn right some time in the next half hour or so.

Originally Posted by Swoop

The Government should introduce a law along the lines of the German Government. On their autobahns, you get a ticket if you sit in the fast lane and hold traffic up.

They've already got one. It's called failure to keep left.

**Buellluva** · 26th October 2010, 13:04

I may have exceeded the posted speed limit over the weekend. I must died and have come back to life as spped kills

The discretionary limit needs to be lowered, I obviously slipped under the radar. Saw a heap of signs telling me that more cops were out and about. Saw 2 speed camera vans and 3 cops all weekend

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Was out and about also in Hazzard county, SH16, SH1, SH17 & Kahikatea Flat, saw 1 ploddy the whole time, wonder where they were all hiding. Saw lots of their signs stating they'd be everywhere........

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 26th October 2010, 13:58

Becareful what you wish for...

**Bald Eagle** · 26th October 2010, 14:01

Originally Posted by Buellluva

Saw lots of their signs stating they'd be everywhere........

They weren't anywhere, they just got a really good deal on the signs.

**Swoop** · 26th October 2010, 14:05

Originally Posted by Buellluva

wonder where they were all hiding. Saw lots of their signs stating they'd be everywhere........

Yes, everywhere there is a Dunkin' Donuts!!

**bogan** · 26th October 2010, 14:05

Originally Posted by Swoop

It also goes on to say that drivers "keep left, unless you are passing" on motorways. So why the bloody hell do most Kiwi drivers feel they have a God-given right to sit on their fat butts in the outside lane doing whatever dawdling speed they see fit?

I'm in two minds about that one, in my experience there are a lot of drivers who are incapable of indicating before a lane change, as well as incapable of checking their blind spot, or even just a rear view mirror, now you want them to have to do more lane changes

god help us all.

**Swoop** · 26th October 2010, 14:10

Originally Posted by bogan

I'm in two minds about that one, in my experience there are a lot of drivers who are incapable of indicating before a lane change, as well as incapable of checking their blind spot, or even just a rear view mirror, now you want them to have to do more lane changes

god help us all.

Just wait until you see the retarded fuckwits suddenly decide they want to use a motorway exit (on the left) and they are in the right hand lane...
I have watched several retards jink HARD left and cross 3 lanes to get to the offramp.
The good old kiwi "fuck everyone else, I'm alright" attitude.

**Bald Eagle** · 26th October 2010, 14:11

Surely in Orkland that would be spelt chinked hard left

**oldrider** · 27th October 2010, 21:01

If speed kills, does riding at half the posted speed limit resurrect anyone? .......

**bogan** · 27th October 2010, 21:04

Originally Posted by oldrider

If speed kills, does riding at half the posted speed limit resurrect anyone? .......

nah, thats what reverse is for, and why bikers get charged so much, no reverse gears to resurect anyone!

**LBD** · 28th October 2010, 02:00

Originally Posted by rustyrobot

Coming into effect from December 1st this year, ACC will be charging a Sunshine Levy for drivers who wish to operate their vehicles on fine sunny days. All drivers planning to drive on sunny days will be expected to pay the new levy cost of $212.72, and will be required to display a sunshine levy sticker. Attachment 222091

But what becomes of us little rays of sunshine with the sun shing from

when we want to drive on an otherwise wet day...?