Tom H

And another one happens

Keys snatched from another foreign driver | Stuff.co.nz

I wonder if any of these foreign hating, superb Kiwi driving locals would dare take the keys off any local in the highly unlikely event they perform reckless driving????

Doubt they will since the locals are superb behind the wheel and never do anything that could risk injury.

Quite scary how the media are trying to brainwash people that it's all the foreigners fault for the road accidents, despite so many statistics proving we're dealing with a small minority. If this continues, we may see some vigilantes out there which of course would only target foreign looking or rental car drivers.

RobClubley

This is a worrying trend, which the media is encouraging.

arthurfowler

Agreed. I couldn't believe the news when I saw them complaining about tourist drivers.

Also, don't forget cyclists. They cycle on the footpaths with kids and elderly people walking around. I think that is massively dangerous and no-one seems to care.

RobClubley

I drove about 90km yesterday. I nearly got taken out by a woman in a Pajero (appropriate name) who thought me indicating right at a roundabout meant straight on.
And a Honda people carrier thing just casually moved into my lane with no signal leaving about 0.5m between us.
Shame my new dashcam broke and the replacement isn't here yet

bourbon-biscuit

I was listening to the radio a couple of days ago and the discussion was about rural roads and what one speaker called death bridges (the ones that are single lane only). She was complaining about them because she said they are such death traps as they are so often after hairpin bends so you don't get enough time to see them when you are doing 100km/h.

My husband has taken to indicating right at roundabouts in Hamilton when he is going straight over because he has been so nearly taken out too many times.

Charismatic

I think indicators will likely confuse the roundabout situation further .

bourbon-biscuit

Maybe there are different crap ways of driving depending on where you live

Bo-Jangles

I had quite hair raising experience last night whilst driving at 100kph along SH1 I was overtaken by two crazy cars that were racing each other, going at least twice as fast as me; arms held aloft out of every windows giving the one fingered salute and weaving in and out of traffic across four lanes.

I suppose they were on the whistle stop tour with little time for sight-seeing.

garethwm

Youre saying they were going 200 on the motorway weaving in and out of cars and no one reported them on star 555 and were not picked up by any of the police, that in my experience are hiding behind 1 in 5 offramps or the police helicopter or one of the many police cameras? Where was it exactly? I dont believe ive ever seen anyone doing 160 on the motorway, let alone 200, unless they have a perverse preoccupation with police chases or a desire to lose their licence.

Bo-Jangles

What difference does it make to you, as clearly you think I made it up.

Nobody was going to get their number at the speed they were going and by the time you senses had returned and processed what actually just happened they were well gone, although we were half expecting to find some carnage further along our journey.

I see a police car occasionally parked on the Northern Motorway just after the bridge, everyone knows they are there so not likely anyone would be stupid enough to race along that section. Other than that I wouldn't say they are particularly evident or at every fifth off-ramp. It's not like we have dozens of off-ramps, is it?

Besides which all the boy racers have scanners in their cars anyway, so they know how to play the game.

garethwm

Ok. I was thinking spaghetti junction. I guess I did sound disbelieving but the way you described it painted a surreal picture in my mind. 200 kph is quite a speed. I would have pulled over and called the police. You dont need the plate number. It would have initiated a major operation and possible jail time for the drivers. Dont want hoons like that on the road. Sounds like lives were at risk.

Justcol

Then where have you been.

Lets not forget 200kmh is only 120mph. I've traveled from Dover to Manchester at higher speeds than that only dropping bellow 100mph at junctions,
its not that fast and its not difficult to not get caught.

I've gone over 275kmh on more than one occassion , again its not difficult, in fact its easier in NZ as there are so few police and almost zero cameras.

Its not meant as a boast just pointing out that because you dont see it doesnt mean its not going on all around you

Tom H

More sensationalism from the media

'I want to keep people safe on the roads' | Stuff.co.nz

And now I see that the locals are resorting to racism. Chinese people asking what does F*** off Asian mean. Very classy, dropping to the lowest form of all. The people saying that must be British, since that happens with eff off person from Pakistan etc at home.

I look forward to reading the first report when a local takes the keys off a Kiwi driver. 18th September 2048 I reckon we'll see the first one.

Charismatic

It's nice to see racists have a new outlet: Bullying tourists.

garethwm

Yea. It was never a good idea for the media to praise that person who took the keys. Some of the racists among us think it legitimises their abuse of Chinese. The guy who took the keys in that last article comes across as a right plonker.