Confiscated tourist keys

[haydes55]

Hahahahhhahahahahahaha http://mobile.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news...ectid=11388563

This article cheered me up today (and I wasn't even sad to start with).

Commence with puns, slander and insults.

[Swoop]

It does appear as if this will become the default method of dealing with errant tourist drivers.
The cops are not interested.
The gubbinment has their hands tied (because of ramifications for NZ "wheel-turners" overseas).
Rental vehicle companies want to act on those endangering people and also their hire equipment.

So. It's down to the locals to do the enforcement...

[caseye]

Na , now people, the nice Mr Policeman, he said, don't do this at home.
OK, so what, let them drive on?
Oh yeah, can't ask them to stop, take the keys off them and save lives for sure, or worse run them off the road before they kill someone else.
That'd open you up to other considerations, said Mr Policeman.
What exactly are we supposed to do?

[caseye]

I dont know much about this but when I have hired vehicles locally I have been able to buy a insurance excess reduction. Maybe if tourists could not buy it they would drive more carefully if they knew they were up for several thousand dollars if they pranged. This could be something the Govt could impose on hire vehicle insurers.

There already, most tourists come here loaded with money and are not concerned about what it might cost to insure against big excesses, hence so many get to drive big ol campa vans and noice cars.
Whatever is done here will be reciprocated, so an answer needs to be constructive and workable both ways.
Sitting an international licence before leaving your own country is one possible answer, a bit more cost but if it was mandatory and country govt controlled it'd be harder than the current crop of weetbix packet licences to copy/forge and might deter actual non drivers.

[haydes55]

I dont know much about this but when I have hired vehicles locally I have been able to buy a insurance excess reduction. Maybe if tourists could not buy it they would drive more carefully if they knew they were up for several thousand dollars if they pranged. This could be something the Govt could impose on hire vehicle insurers.

If people are motivated to not crash for fear of losing a few thousand dollars, rather than fear of killing an innocent person, then...... Fuck the world. I'd rather give every cent I earn for life away, than live with the guilt of being responsible for an innocent persons death.

[EJK]

Curry in a hurry.

[Laava]

Curry in a hurry.

Hey mate! Don't be wasis!

[Akzle]

I dont know much about this but when I have hired vehicles locally I have been able to buy a insurance excess reduction. Maybe if tourists could not buy it they would drive more carefully if they knew they were up for several thousand dollars if they pranged. This could be something the Govt could impose on hire vehicle insurers.

lucky you never hit any super speedy dogs in rentals then...

[swbarnett]

Be careful what you wish for people. I, for one, don't want the driving sheeple taking my keys just because they don't like with the way I drive/ride.

[awa355]

Imagine if the guy taking the keys away from the curry muncher had've been this same twit,

Road rage fail: Aggressive NZ driver who hates cyclists

In this case tho' I get the impression that the kiwi driver took the keys with a belief that mr Patel was a genuine threat to other road users. Whether he was right to do so, I dont know.

[PrincessBandit]

I had to smirk when the tourist was reported as denying he'd done anything wrong. WTF? Maybe where he comes from his overtaking and driving style is 'normal'??
What could have been handled better was the way the driver dealt with him. If you're going to be the road hero acting in the public safety, then you probably need to go the next step further and try to assist, rather than disappearing with his keys. Tricky situation when there is no cell coverage, but surely there could have been something more appropriate than leaving them stranded and at the mercy of goodness only knows what.

[jasonu]

I had to smirk when the tourist was reported as denying he'd done anything wrong. WTF? Maybe where he comes from his overtaking and driving style is 'normal'??
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Apparently he is from Australia.
Along with a couple of other posters I don't like the thought of self appointed driving police (vigilantes) running around taking keys from other drivers because they don't like the way the camper van overtook another vehicle or maybe the way the camper van parked a bit too far from the curb.

[mashman]

but surely there could have been something more appropriate than leaving them stranded and at the mercy of goodness only knows what.

[PrincessBandit]

Apparently he is from Australia.
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Ohhhh, 'nuf said

[neels]

I think I'd get pretty pissed off if someone took it upon themselves to remove my keys and leave me in the middle of nowhere, because in their opinion my driving didn't meet the(ir) required standard.

It was in the news a while back where the police removed the keys from a tourist at the instruction of the rental company after he was reported by several other drivers, and he passed the cop that was heading out to look for him at about 140k's, so it does happen and if the police see fit then probably fair enough. His excuse was that he was running later than planned on his day trip from Franz Josef to Mt Cook and back.