Tourists driving in the South Island

[swarfie]

North Waikato is close to it, reasonably priced houses on huge sections with large sheds.

Don't forget the roads. There's WAY better roads

[Reckless]

Biker this time

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/new...g-side-of-road

[MD]

Best wishes to the rider for a full recovery.

That's scary to look at. I do that road every year and by the looks of the picture no rider would have stood a chance of avoiding that dumb bitch.

They must have hit hard, he's blown the van's front tyre.

[ellipsis]

...just a small point to note here...just arrived back from a city, not that big on a world scale, that has more people living in it than our entire country and it was easy enough to get to and from the airport without needing a train...not sure they even have a train link...and even more importantly, I could ask my wife to pull over on the 'major road', and have a piss on the side of the road, less than a k from our International Airport...get your priorities right...

[Kickaha]

Coming off the boat in Picton Monday

Tourist 1, drives with his indicator signally right turn from Picton to just before Blenheim
Tourist 2, uses the left turn lane at both Blenheim roundabouts to go straight through (I passed him on the inside on roundabout 2, I figured seeing as I was in a big white van people would think I was a tourist to)
Tourist 3, varied their speed between 70-90 km for about 25-30km before finally indicating to pull left and let us through but pretty much just parked in the road instead

[Berries]

Riding to work so far this week.

Local 1 runs a red light as I am about to turn right in front of him
Local 2 fails to check over their shoulder to change lanes as I am passing and nearly knocks me off
Local 3 riding through town with his indicator signalling a right turn past a lot of intersections all the way
Local 4 holding up all the traffic doing a solid 80km/h
Local 5 runs a red light by some amount but then going downhill at 70 in a 50 in a truck he was never going to stop
Local 6 doesn't even think of giving way to me when pulling out from a side road.

And it is only Tuesday.

I think some times you need to stand back and have a bit of perspective and not contribute to the BS hysteria that is going on.

[JimO]

Riding to work so far this week.

Local 1 runs a red light as I am about to turn right in front of him
Local 2 fails to check over their shoulder to change lanes as I am passing and nearly knocks me off
Local 3 riding through town with his indicator signalling a right turn past a lot of intersections all the way
Local 4 holding up all the traffic doing a solid 80km/h
Local 5 runs a red light by some amount but then going downhill at 70 in a 50 in a truck he was never going to stop
Local 6 doesn't even think of giving way to me when pulling out from a side road.

And it is only Tuesday.

I think some times you need to stand back and have a bit of perspective and not contribute to the BS hysteria that is going on.

sorry about that i will try harder next time

[buggerit]

Riding to work so far this week.

Local 1 runs a red light as I am about to turn right in front of him
Local 2 fails to check over their shoulder to change lanes as I am passing and nearly knocks me off
Local 3 riding through town with his indicator signalling a right turn past a lot of intersections all the way
Local 4 holding up all the traffic doing a solid 80km/h
Local 5 runs a red light by some amount but then going downhill at 70 in a 50 in a truck he was never going to stop
Local 6 doesn't even think of giving way to me when pulling out from a side road.

And it is only Tuesday.

I think some times you need to stand back and have a bit of perspective and not contribute to the BS hysteria that is going on.

too bloody right ya whingers, can someone tell the guy on the bike? (sniveller)

[Berries]

sorry about that i will try harder next time

It's your Thai wife that concerns me more.

[JimO]

It's your Thai wife that concerns me more.

as long as my kiwi wife doesnt know about her its ok

[Moi]

Good to see locals now featuring in the paper...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11419101

[willytheekid]

I think some times you need to stand back and have a bit of perspective and not contribute to the BS hysteria that is going on.

You may wanna stand back and take a good hard look at the fraudulant IDP licenses the Chinese are "legally" using in NZ.

As china is NOT a signed party to the group that ACTUALLY ISSUES these licenses, how the fuck can they hold one...or use it over here?? - ILLEGAL!!

And yet the popo & Gov't green stamped the things

FACT!!!- CHINA DOES NOT HAVE A LEGAL INTERNATIONAL LICENSE!!. (yeah...google THAT SHIT!)

- yet the Govt, media & police have kept this fact VERY quiet from the public...because they LEGALLY should not be driving in NZ without passsing a NZ license test...not handing over a KNOWN fraudulent document and getting behind the wheel.

And the rest of the world is also facing the same problem -
http://www.richmond-news.com/news/th...hmond-1.947451

But there Police and Govt are aware of the issue and are actively trying to do something about it....not selling there country out for a quick buck while watching these fuckers kill innocent kiwis through stupidity, ignorance and blatant fraud!!

Please...investigate the licenses that chinese visitors use...if its a IDP - it IS a fraudulent document.- FACT!!

"Test them before they drive" (And charge em!!...make some income for OUR country!)

POSTED FOR SEAN!...R.I.P Grant Roberts

[Berries]

You may wanna stand back and take a good hard look at the fraudulant IDP licenses the Chinese are "legally" using in NZ

The Chinese do seem to be unique, with driving rules totally at odds with our own, read some of this blog.

The question I ask is could I rock up to some town in China and rent a car? From everything I have seen the answer is no, unless I speak the language fluently and feel au fait with the world of bribery. So based on the "reciprocal arrangements" we always hear about they should not be allowed to drive here without an extensive test that includes open road driving.

Obviously this still leaves the Indians, Australians, Brazilians, Germans, Dutch, French, Canadians and Yanks, Taiwanese, Swedes, Brits, South Africans, Aucklanders, Sudanese and all the other associated wops and wogs from around the world who visit. And the Arabs. And the locals obviously. But it's a start.

[neels]

Well, after a trip south last weekend I can see some of what the problem is.

There is a comparison that can be made between bad local drivers and bad tourist drivers, and that would be that the tourists are a shitload more dangerous.

Sure, there were some locals driving in a retarded fashion, the best example being the idiot in a bighorn who was crossing the centreline and cutting corners in the shingle while going as fast as possible on the straights so I couldn't pass after I'd caught up to him in my terrano (sad, I know), the usual pigheaded kiwi arrogance of not wanting to be overtaken.

But the tourists were doing dangerous shit. Passing on blind corners, pulling out in front of cars on 100k roads so oncoming traffic had to hit the picks to not clean them up, stopping in the middle of the road to get out and take photos.

So from my observation, local drivers are ignorant and are likely to piss you off, tourist drivers are oblivious of other traffic and more likely to kill you. Not sure what the answer is, we want them here and we want their money, as above perhaps an education campaign that in this country you can't just bribe your way out of things would be a good start to having people obey the road rules.

[madbikeboy]

The Chinese do seem to be unique, with driving rules totally at odds with our own, read some of this blog.

The question I ask is could I rock up to some town in China and rent a car? From everything I have seen the answer is no, unless I speak the language fluently and feel au fait with the world of bribery. So based on the "reciprocal arrangements" we always hear about they should not be allowed to drive here without an extensive test that includes open road driving.

Obviously this still leaves the Indians, Australians, Brazilians, Germans, Dutch, French, Canadians and Yanks, Taiwanese, Swedes, Brits, South Africans, Aucklanders, Sudanese and all the other associated wops and wogs from around the world who visit. And the Arabs. And the locals obviously. But it's a start.

Yes, you can rock up and rent a car, bike, woman, goat, or horse in China. Driving in China sucks. Almost as bad as India. India is crazy. Italy is crazy, but at least all the Italian women are hot (except any Italian women over the age of 23, they've got hairy lips and more chins than a Chinese phone book). The Netherlands is a good place to drive. Germany too (except for the fucking Polizi). France rocks because they love bikers. Canada is nice to drive in, because Canadians are really nice. You can die of boredom and old age driving across the flat bits. Sweden sucks to drive in (they're all called Sven and they all drive Volvos at 3 kph under the speed limit). The US is awesome to drive in. I used to set my cruise control in the Exploder at 99 miles an hour, and I got stopped basically never. Aside from one time where I was drifting in the snow, and a sheriff had a chat with me. I convinced him that it snows 11 months of the year in Auckland, and we need to prove drifting skills to avoid all the sheep which roam wild.

Worst place ever to drive? India. Them's fuckers are cray cray.