Tourists on the wrong side of the road again

**R650R** · 19th February 2015, 07:47

Originally Posted by eldog

Not only Tourists on the wrong side of the road.

FFS in the Franklin area - there is a whole lot (most) of locals who cant keep on their side of the road.

They completely cut blind corners, any corners for that matter.
Yes we should have more reminders for Foreign Tourists as they travel around. Keep left
for locals we should have car crushers

Yep, people love to bag ourists and Asians but locals are probably greatest threat.

Last night rich prick in latest SUV starts cutting corner 20m before intersection so he doesn't have to stop and give way to my truck. Then someone comes steaming up the side road he's turning into so he halfway aborts and turns to face me head on to correct and go round the other car. Didn't even have time to get on the brake, the look on his face would have been dashcam gold.....

**jasonu** · 19th February 2015, 14:53

Originally Posted by R650R

Yep, people love to bag ourists and Asians but locals are probably greatest threat.

Last night rich prick in latest SUV starts cutting corner 20m before intersection so he doesn't have to stop and give way to my truck. Then someone comes steaming up the side road he's turning into so he halfway aborts and turns to face me head on to correct and go round the other car. Didn't even have time to get on the brake, the look on his face would have been dashcam gold.....

Did you have time to call him a cunt or at lease do the fingers?

**eldog** · 19th February 2015, 17:38

Originally Posted by R650R

Yep, people love to bag ourists and Asians but locals are probably greatest threat.

Last night rich prick in latest SUV starts cutting corner 20m before intersection so he doesn't have to stop and give way to my truck. Then someone comes steaming up the side road he's turning into so he halfway aborts and turns to face me head on to correct and go round the other car. Didn't even have time to get on the brake, the look on his face would have been dashcam gold.....

Imagine if you were on your bike....... Some of the ACC blame is due to drivers.

I have seen this all too much. Funny how I used to drive the same roads AND be FASTER AND not cross any lines, that I see the morons cutting not only blind but all corners.

Yesss the look on their faces OMG, and when they have their kids and partners there too in the car....

**RDJ** · 19th February 2015, 17:46

As the saying goes, half of everyone you meet is dumber than average. True on the road just as everywhere else.

**scracha** · 19th February 2015, 20:12

Originally Posted by jasonu

Where in the article does it say which vehicle was on the wrong side of the road?

Nowhere....but every fule on Kiwibitcher knows that 99% of crashes on our roads are fuggin tourists and most of them are on the wrong side of the road. Oh...and did I mention littering....or Asians.

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**jasonu** · 20th February 2015, 06:16

Originally Posted by scracha

Nowhere....but every fule on Kiwibitcher knows that 99% of crashes on our roads are fuggin tourists and most of them are on the wrong side of the road. Oh...and did I mention littering....or Asians.

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Sounds about right.

**Grubber** · 20th February 2015, 06:41

Originally Posted by R650R

Yep, people love to bag ourists and Asians but locals are probably greatest threat.

Last night rich prick in latest SUV starts cutting corner 20m before intersection so he doesn't have to stop and give way to my truck. Then someone comes steaming up the side road he's turning into so he halfway aborts and turns to face me head on to correct and go round the other car. Didn't even have time to get on the brake, the look on his face would have been dashcam gold.....

We put the dash cams in a few weeks ago and i tell ya mate....the number of "holly shit " moments we have captured already would give you a turn for sure. No it's not all Asian tourists either.
It appears the majority is of island variety living and working in NZ. They are 2nd to the money makers in their flash as VW/Mercs etc. Less of them but they were bigger offenders. Large trucks just don't seem to scare people much these days.