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| Thread ID: 128546 | 2012-12-27 20:26:00 | Welcome to NZ, our roads will drive you insane | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 1320403 | 2012-12-27 21:30:00 | They have a mindset for those roads ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1320404 | 2012-12-27 21:31:00 | Narrow roads what tosh, where i learnt to drive you could touch the hedgerows with both mirrors at the same time. I'm sure the other English people on here will agree, I have yet to find any roads in NZ as narrow as that. You've never been on the Kaikohe - Donnellys Crossing Road - or the Ohura - Stratford Road then. :eek: We're talking, if the road is formed, where they are only one lane - and instead of hedgerows, solid rock. Or Skippers Canyon! :eek::eek: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1320405 | 2012-12-27 22:19:00 | Narrow roads what tosh, where i learnt to drive you could touch the hedgerows with both mirrors at the same time. I'm sure the other English people on here will agree, I have yet to find any roads in NZ as narrow as that. I remember those roads, especially in the the South of England, great fun especially while driving a transit van. Stopped head to head with a car, whose turn is it to backup up, come on, really its a transit so its your turn ? |
gcarmich (10068) | ||
| 1320406 | 2012-12-27 22:41:00 | I remember those roads, especially in the the South of England, great fun especially while driving a transit van. Stopped head to head with a car, whose turn is it to backup up, come on, really its a transit so its your turn ? I can understand that especially if one vehicle is a heavy vehicle. It is much safer for a car to back up than a heavy truck (usually). |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1320407 | 2012-12-27 22:43:00 | You've never been on the Kaikohe - Donnellys Crossing Road - or the Ohura - Stratford Road then. :eek: We're talking, if the road is formed, where they are only one lane - and instead of hedgerows, solid rock. Or Skippers Canyon! :eek::eek:Still nothing wrong with the roads if you drive to the right conditions. Maybe with the exception of the Skippers road where part of it slid into the Shotover river a year or two back. Roads are only dangerous if you drive dangerously on them. |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1320408 | 2012-12-28 00:02:00 | It is well accepted by roading engineers all round that world that better roads are safer. But the luddites on here are happy to drive on dangerous narrow roads. Why do any road works ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1320409 | 2012-12-28 00:48:00 | Nothing wrong with the roads, its the drivers on them thats the problem. +1 Exactly. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1320410 | 2012-12-28 01:00:00 | Two things. One major solution that would save lots of lives throughout the world is for all countries to drive on the same side of the road. This is part of the problem, those drivers that cross over onto your side of the road rather than keeping to their side of the centre line. Can't see how all of us on the same side helps at all. Two things. Secondly NZ roads are very narrow and many single lane highways with no median barriers. Yes, perhaps that's why the persistent crossing over, more room needed perhaps? :D |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1320411 | 2012-12-28 02:23:00 | I think the roads are good, any bad drivers I try and sort out if I can. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1320412 | 2012-12-28 02:27:00 | I think the roads are good, any bad drivers I try and deal to if I can. Corrected for you. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
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