Right lane hogging retarded twat gets some comeuppance.

[Ulsterkiwi]

hogging the outside lane is one thing, its when you have two vehicles side by side doing 90kph on a stretch of motorway that the patience of even the most saintly will get tested. Not that I am into sweeping generalisations (spoiler alert) but yesterday morning was a case in point. Little old man in his glorified shopping trolley doing 90 on the inside lane, fair enough. "Mature" woman in a fuck-off-I-am-more-important-than-you soft top mercedes doing same speed alongside him for about 10kms was the thing that frustrated me, then there is no opportunity to take advantage of our rules which do allow passing on the left. She had absolutely no clue what was going on behind her. Meanwhile the cameras-in-vans were making our roads safer.

[Smifffy]

Or try being stuck behind one slow truck behind another heading north from Atiamuri, then the second truck pulls into the passing lane going up Tar hill, and uses the whole length of it to get past, at about 80k.

[Brett]

Driving in NZ is shockingly bad full stop. Keep right is a big one, as is general road etiquette and manners. If I have to undertake, then I do. On the bike, used to just accept the fact that sometimes it would purely be a case of playing slalom through the traffic. Driving overseas is always such a great pleasure given the more adult attitudes that people display.

[george formby]

Driving in NZ is shockingly bad full stop. Keep right is a big one, as is general road etiquette and manners. If I have to undertake, then I do. On the bike, used to just accept the fact that sometimes it would purely be a case of playing slalom through the traffic. Driving overseas is always such a great pleasure given the more adult attitudes that people display.

Concur. Loved riding around Europe.

I've adjusted my attitude here as much as poss. When my progress is thwarted by numpty behaviour I try to think of the savings in fuel, tires etc. Still have the odd spit, though, in extreme cases.

[caspernz]

Concur. Loved riding around Europe.

I've adjusted my attitude here as much as poss. When my progress is thwarted by numpty behaviour I try to think of the savings in fuel, tires etc. Still have the odd spit, though, in extreme cases.

And yet I'm willing to guess that even your imaginary on-board machine gun runs low on ammo quite quickly

[Swoop]

Or try being stuck behind one slow truck behind another heading north from Atiamuri, then the second truck pulls into the passing lane going up Tar hill, and uses the whole length of it to get past, at about 80k.

Otherwise known as "elephant racing".

[Tazz]

Or try being stuck behind one slow truck behind another heading north from Atiamuri, then the second truck pulls into the passing lane going up Tar hill, and uses the whole length of it to get past, at about 80k.

Why are you of such great importance that you need/deserve to get past sooner than the second truck?

Do you wait for vehicles that might be able to overtake faster behind you to pass before you do?

If sharing the road makes anyone angry they should take a bus.

[TheDemonLord]

Why are you of such great importance that you need/deserve to get past sooner than the second truck?

Do you wait for vehicles that might be able to overtake faster behind you to pass before you do?

If sharing the road makes anyone angry they should take a bus.

When I am driving the Mummy-Mobile, of course I let the faster/more powerful cars overtake first, if you don't - you are a cunt.

[Smifffy]

Why are you of such great importance that you need/deserve to get past sooner than the second truck?

Do you wait for vehicles that might be able to overtake faster behind you to pass before you do?

If sharing the road makes anyone angry they should take a bus.

Actually, I frequently do let vehicles that are clearly quicker than me go first at a passing lane, particularly if I've clearly been holding them up for the previous 20 mins. It's called courtesy, or possibly manners or etiquette, and I indeed consider it part of sharing the road with others. Strangely those that I see least likely to share with others, like to call themselves "professional drivers".

The other point is that for the rest of the time they are driving 10km/hr slower than I am allowed to drive. Did I say it made me angry? Or were you talking about Ronnie, the angry self-righteous truck driving twat?

[Tazz]

Actually, I frequently do let vehicles that are clearly quicker than me go first at a passing lane, particularly if I've clearly been holding them up for the previous 20 mins. The other point is that for the rest of the time they are driving 10km/hr slower than I am allowed to drive. Did I say it made me angry? Or were you talking about Ronnie, the angry self-righteous truck driving twat?

yeah not you in particular mate, just in general So much rage on the road should be self directed. You don't see people going off on the sidewalk because they can't walk as fast as they want. It's a public space and you just have to go with the flow.

Nice that you do. So many people that whinge or drive aggressively when held up a bit have some sort of belief that they can/will/must go faster than anyone without impediment but if someone wants to go faster than them then they are just going too fast and can wait

The Speights branded car that does a run down the coast once a month is a perfect example of this. They can't drive for shit but bring shame upon their family every time they are passed or something

To me a truck I've caught up to that wants to pass another one is first in line, no problemo. He's obviously getting held up too.

[Tazz]

When I am driving the Mummy-Mobile, of course I let the faster/more powerful cars overtake first, if you don't - you are a cunt.

Personally (if I want to pass, more often now in a car I just cruise with whoever I've caught up with if they're keeping a steady pace) I get a run up so I don't hold anyone up, including myself, instead of accelerating like a snail in the actual lane, and then usually end up catching up to the 'faster' cars that do 120-130 on the straights when they slow down to 50 for any slight bend in the road

[TheDemonLord]

Personally (if I want to pass, more often now in a car I just cruise with whoever I've caught up with if they're keeping a steady pace) I get a run up so I don't hold anyone up, including myself, instead of accelerating like a snail in the actual lane, and then usually end up catching up to the 'faster' cars that do 120-130 on the straights when they slow down to 50 for any slight bend in the road

Hahahaha

True that - if I have got the timing right in the Mummy-Mobile - then yes, you are absolutely right.

[R650R]

Or try being stuck behind one slow truck behind another heading north from Atiamuri, then the second truck pulls into the passing lane going up Tar hill, and uses the whole length of it to get past, at about 80k.

Like as if car drivers never do that.... yeah right.
There's a number of scenarios that can bring that situation about but to use the whole length of atr hill would be highly unusual.

[Gremlin]

Hahahaha

True that - if I have got the timing right in the Mummy-Mobile - then yes, you are absolutely right.

Unless you do exactly that, and as you're about to pass the vehicles in the slow lane, the last one wakes up, puts its indicator on while moving then suddenly realises there is a large van right there.

Pulls back in, but you've already braked and you spend most of the passing lane re-gaining the speed and slowly passing

No... never had that

[Smifffy]

Like as if car drivers never do that.... yeah right.
There's a number of scenarios that can bring that situation about but to use the whole length of atr hill would be highly unusual.

It's not that unusual, particularly later at night. Car drivers do do that, but not usually the full length, and usually can get a bit more speed up a bit more quickly.

Also around midnight or so on SH1, the trucks drive in convoys, often so close together that in most of the passing lanes, you need to be able to pass the whole lot of them, as there nowhere open to pull back in safely. They get all kinds of pissed off if you cut them off.

It's also funny how they are only too happy to force you to drive 10 km/h slower than you usually would for great long stretches, and then when you get in front of them, and force them to drive 10 km/h slower than they like to go, they get all het up about it.