If you want to observe New Zealand driver behaviour at it's worst! (IMHO)
Try driving slowly but "safely" and being completely concious of other traffic rights and needs!
I sometimes drive 30km down the road and back as part of an activity I indulge in and I prefer to travel slowly, around 70 - 80kph, if I can!
Totally concious of my possible nuisance value to other traffic, I try to minimise my affect upon them by pulling over well in advance, signalling clearly etc etc!
Even when the road ahead is clear, many of them will pull right in behind you and sit there wasting passing time and then when they do pass, they stay so close in to your vehicle and cut right in close to the front, that you have to slow down or pull over further to avoid them!
Others will sit in behind you and wait until the clear road has been used up and then try to pass you on a yellow line, even though oncoming traffic can be seen ahead!
Sometimes I pull right off the road to allow them to pass safely and what do they do, they pull off in behind you FFS!
Don't simply dismiss this as a slow driver hugging the centre line and deliberately inconveniencing other road users, I hate them as much as anyone else!
It's just that if you are travelling slower than the speed limit and you try to avoid being a pain in the arse to other traffic, some of them act like complete bloody idiots that defies belief.
Actually in areas where slow traffic is likely to cause problems to other traffic I just speed up the limit so as not to be a frigging pain, then slow down again where the road straightens out and passing is easy.
I will probably be caned by some on here too for this but it "is" legal to travel at speeds below the limit without deliberately inconveniencing other traffic!
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