NZ road safety ads & videos (2014)

[pzkpfw]

You mean the ones who are going straight ahead on very small roundabouts and briefly indicate left then right...? or the ones who don't bother at all?

There's a bunch of stuff people do wrong.


What really gets me worked up is when I follow someone through Tawa and they do something different (!) on each roundabout they go through. To me it shows they are just not thinking about what they're doing; they're just dreaming their way along the road, perhaps guessing what to do at each decision point.

(By way of comparison; to me, an alert driver doing 110, in suitable conditions in a 100 k zone - is safer than a dreamer doing 40 in a 50.)

[pzkpfw]

The ones that piss me off are those waiting on the left as you enter the roundabout that get all huffy because you didn't let them know you were going straight through.

Eh? What signal are they expecting for that?

I hate the fucking stupid roundabout indication rules, we were all much safer when you simply had to indicate before exiting the roundabout.

Eh? What's changed now? The only difference between "current" practice and what you just wrote is indicating right on entry, if planning to exit more than 180 degrees around. And is that really a change from what you expect, or what you think is "good"?

[Ocean1]

Eh? What signal are they expecting for that?

Fuck knows but it's awfully common, I'm often tempted to simply turn on the hazard lights and let them guess. I suspect most of them are of the opinion that you're supposed to indicate right if you're not taking the first road off.

Eh? What's changed now? The only difference between "current" practice and what you just wrote is indicating right on entry, if planning to exit more than 180 degrees around. And is that really a change from what you expect, or what you think is "good"?

When nobody indicated on entering a roundabout everyone on their left had to give way to them. Now we get fuckwits indicating left when they really mean "I'm going left eventually" and the guy pulling out in front of them at the first road left gets cleaned up. It's a fucking mess, I remember a nice blond police person pulling me over a month after the rule change to warn me for not indicating right when I went straight through.

As it stands I indicate as per the new rules, but I give way to absolutely everything on my right whatever they're indicating.

[Madness]

Here's the latest NZ Popo propaganda.

Post by NZ Police Recruitment.

[bogan]

Here's the latest NZ Popo propaganda.

Post by NZ Police Recruitment.

So he has an excuse then, what's the cager's defense?

[scumdog]

Here's the latest NZ Popo propaganda.

Nah, more likely he was on 'P'....

But given the number I see who are on the cell-phone (when I'm off duty) I wouldn't be surprised...

[Madness]

Nah, more likely he was on 'P'....

But given the number I see who are on the cell-phone (when I'm off duty) I wouldn't be surprised...

With the number of truck drivers you see every day talking on their phone without hands-free you'd be forgiven for thinking they were exempt from the no phone rule. That said, I think the popo who decided that the truck drivers cellphone use was relevant to the cause of the crash was probably more likely to be on drugs than the truck driver.

[Stylo]

I don't watch TV. It's not good for free thinking.

I'm with you mate, tried to find something to watch tonight searched through the channels, nothing but dribble and Harvey Norman like ads shouting at you like you're deaf AND stupid. Noel Leeming would turn in his grave if he was still alive.

Leaving the TV for the terminally numb

Quiet book and an a nice ale for me tonight :-)

[unstuck]

But the car drove into the truck.

[chasio]

But the car drove into the truck.

Indeed: propaganda was the right word for it. Take a secondary factor and make the accident "about" that.

Very nasty and utterly avoidable with a simple head-check (lifesaver) before merging.

Mind you, the ability and/or willingness of NZ motorway users in general to accommodate vehicles from on-ramps leaves much to be desired (and sometimes mush on the road).

[ktm84mxc]

That's a well known crash spot just past the Hill rd off ramp heading to Takanini on the Southern motorway likely the car cut in front of the truck as 3 lanes go down to 2 just over the ridge, happens all the time as 5 lanes get reduced to 2. Hell there's been an accident/crash outside my house every year for as long as I've lived here that's 24 yrs and counting. Murphy's law in it's purest form.

[Scuba_Steve]

That's a well known crash spot just past the Hill rd off ramp heading to Takanini on the Southern motorway likely the car cut in front of the truck as 3 lanes go down to 2 just over the ridge

I don't know the road but given the above, that sounds like bad road layout... musta been an NZTA job.

[chasio]

That's a well known crash spot just past the Hill rd off ramp heading to Takanini on the Southern motorway likely the car cut in front of the truck as 3 lanes go down to 2 just over the ridge, happens all the time as 5 lanes get reduced to 2. Hell there's been an accident/crash outside my house every year for as long as I've lived here that's 24 yrs and counting. Murphy's law in it's purest form.

Is the camera looking North or South there? (Edit, forget it: it's North and it must be 3 lanes to 2, not 5).

Regardless, that looks worse every time I watch it. The poor occupant(s) of the SUV had nothing to do with the car / truck altercation until the car swiped them The driver probably didn't even see the car coming until it swung around the front of the truck.

[SNF]

So this is basically what I wrote in the speed whinge thread Yeah I think its shit too that whole speed thing. Anyway my whinge about that stupid ad.....

Even if the guy going down the hill had been going 80 km/h they still would hit. Probably even at 60.
Stop using the kid as an excuse to your shitty hazard perception skills. Why not use a brain and LOOK. I actually yelled that when I first saw the ad.

Address the shitty driving. Give them a choice. A $200 fine with 28 days like any other or a mandatory learn how the fuck to drive - maintain ONE speed, keep a car in a lane, safe lane changing (Indicating, headchecks, blindspots - the works.) Safe following distances, hazard perception, where and when to pull out, how to merge, even how to park properly.

You know the very basic, basic stuff which seems like most aren't taught. The fine gets halved. Fail, try again until either the person is deemed too stupid to handle any vehicle - which I doubt but it is possible, that or they pass. Win win. Government get their quota. Roads get somewhat safer (I hope). Its a good idea. Won't happen though. Cops are probably too busy speed hunting.

Also someone was saying about indicating and roundabouts. I NEVER indicate when going straight through. Its a fucking stupid rule, you're just asking someone to pull out. "Oh please just wreck it. Its fine. I don't need that bumper, lights, radiator..."

[pzkpfw]

Its a fucking stupid rule, you're just asking someone to pull out. "Oh please just wreck it. Its fine. I don't need that bumper, lights, radiator..."

Rubbish. Do it as recommended and there's nobody who's going to hit you by misunderstanding.

(Unless some numpty pulls out into a vehicle directly in front of them.)