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I think indicators will likely confuse the roundabout situation further :blink:.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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? :blink:

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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For the first time in the 3 and a half years here, I've agreed with John Key on something!!!!

I never thought this would happen

John Key: Tourist key-snatching could lead to a 'terrible incident' | Stuff.co.nz

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I was scared to death when I first moved here, but I'm used to it now. I haven't had any major mishaps, but quite a few 'WTF' moments when people have done odd things. As a UK driver, I had got used to not using my left hand mirror much. In NZ, you need to use that mirror ! People will pass on the left, merge on the left, sneak up on you on the left...
I have actually improved my own driving now, because I watch everyone else on the road. I no longer assume that everyone knows what they are doing - the vast majority do and are very competent drivers here but there are some who should be fitted with warning signs :-)

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Instead of ranting about 'kiwi' drivers.....:rofl:

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Technically I think it's a stereotype to say Kiwi drivers are crap, but yes , of course not all Kiwi drivers are crap but the ones that are do such a spectacularly good job of it!

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Maybe this is you proving that non-Kiwi drivers are just as big a danger? :D

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This whole foreign driving thing drives me insane! We have lived in chch for 2 years, before that we have lived in Aus, France, Spain and of course the UK. I have been driving for 25 years and both husband and I had road based careers with extremely high annual mileage in UK.

The driving in this small country is awful, in all my years sitting on the UK & Euro motorway networks & huge citie, I never saw anything like the god awful driving I have seen all over NZ.

On this topic Kiwis need to wake up and sort themselves out. NB - I have friends who are Kiwis and agree they are worst offenders.
rant over!!!

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I agree :goodpost: