Originally Posted by
Big Dog
As to foreign drivers. I know an awful lot of Jaffas who have never cracked the tonne or even the half tonne outside of a motorway. Some have on the motorway instead of saving it for a track day. These same Jaffas think because they drive around Auckland at 20% over the posted speed limit that they can do the same down to Thames while in an overloaded car towing a boat.
I can think of a few that would see driving at or below the speed limit a crime.
I don't know the exact stats but I seem to recall reading that half of all road deaths in Thames / Coromandel were Aucklanders. I'd be curious to know what percentage of the road toll each year the at fault driver was a Jaffa. Are certain areas over represented in the holiday road stats?
Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.
I can only go by the Wellington Drivers, but to b blunt, a high proportion of NZ drivers are downright ignorant and arrogant.
Examples...
the Hutt Motorway.... traffic in the left lane doing 90-95, single car (or a few) in right lane, doing exact same speed, and wont move over, or spped up to 100kph and overtake. Germany? on the AUtobahn, all a car needs to do is come up behind you, put on the overtaking side indicator, and the slower car will pull over as soon as safely possible...
UK Main roads (dual carrigeways etc) people WILL let you in (make gaps) and are polite about it generally.... here? Merge like a zip, means? regardless of the other vehicle, force your way in despite the speed of the car/truck you are pulling in front of. On one occasion while driving a car, a young woman in a subaru tried to 'merge' (read FORCE her way in) from a right hand lane that narrowed to a single lane. At NO TIME was she in front of me (complete car) instead she forced her way to get her 'bonnet in front and tried to force her way into a small distance between me and the car in front. OK I'll admit I decided to not reward her bad behaviour and stood my ground. Which incensed her greatly. I can assure you this type of force in behaviour in London, would result in a driver getting thumped if a male.
NZ drivers like to blame foreign ones, and yes some are 'different' in car handling... but for road courtesy and manners? NZ drivers are severely lacking overall.
And for the Popo etc among us, please note... there is deliberately no reference about speeding behaviour in this post!
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions; and a man is judged by his deeds and his actions, why say it's the thought that counts? -GrayWolf
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