Kiwi drivers
#76
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Re: Kiwi drivers
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.
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.
#78
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Re: Kiwi drivers
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.
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.
#79
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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
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
#80
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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.
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.
#83
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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.
I suppose they were on the whistle stop tour with little time for sight-seeing.
#84
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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.
I suppose they were on the whistle stop tour with little time for sight-seeing.
Last edited by garethwm; Mar 2nd 2015 at 10:07 am.
#85
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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.
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.
#86
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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.
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.
#87
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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
#88
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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.
'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.
#90
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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.