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| Thread ID: 111807 | 2010-08-12 09:32:00 | Things I dislike about driving in Christchurch, | gcarmich (10068) | PC World Chat |
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| 1127169 | 2010-08-12 19:50:00 | Frong fog lights bounce off the road (especially when wet) straight into the face of the on coming driver. From behind they confuse and also stop you seeing anything else behind you. Drove passed a parked car with its main lights and front fog lights on the other night, couldn't see a bloody thing passed it. Had to slow to about 5 to safely pass it. Its also against the law when visibility is good and comes with a $150 fine which I think would pay for extra traffic cops if they enforced it. Sometimes you find that it is the normal headlights are the problem and not the fog lights. Headlights on cars are getting brighter and if not aligned correctly can cause glare to other motorists. Fog lights should only be used in very poor advisability and are designed to light the sides of the road for you. |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 1127170 | 2010-08-12 20:48:00 | Old people who drive like old people Old people who drive like they have a death wish People who indicate 10 minutes before turning People who have their wipers going full blast when it's barely spitting Old people Turning right onto Cranford St from Innes Rd at 5pm traffic. Bus lanes People filming people driving in the bus lanes to collect revenue. Old people People who sit at red lights with both hands on the wheel looking straight ahead. Tail gaters. Asian drivers (not as bad as old people) When 5 cyclists pile up next to you at a red light People who can't merge Old people Ricer cars Those wicked camper vans / hippie vans People who turn left into a street but don't pull over/in until the last second Cops (especially muftis) who speed Old people Everyone except yourself then. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1127171 | 2010-08-12 20:59:00 | This not specifically targeted at Christchurch: Weekend drivers; When the factory / office closes for the night, the workers who vent their frustrations while driving home; Mothers with tunnel vision racing to pick up their respective little darling(s) when school's out; Ditto but driving the family "truck" (the roads around Diocesan are blocked with wall to wall "trucks" when school's out); "Trucks" parked in angle parking slots. If you're next to one and reversing out in a normal sedan or coupe, it's not until most of your own vehicle has reversed out you are able to see the roadway and oncoming traffic; Drivers who cross all lanes of the motorway in one swift manouvre, Ditto but only indicating -if at all - just as they reach the exit; Drivers on 100 kph country roads driving at 50 kph because they have time on their hands to do so, and for whom a 15 km treck into town is the Big Event of the week, so make the Experience last; Lack of courtesy. Suprisingly, I find Auckland drivers more courteous than drivers in the provincial centres in letting you into a queue. Hamiltonians especially just close ranks. So there. Rant over for the day ... :2cents: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1127172 | 2010-08-12 22:01:00 | I quite like driving in Chch tbh, I reckon people are more sensible than in Nelson, and they know how to merge! :lol: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1127173 | 2010-08-12 22:06:00 | Not neccessarily only in Chch. - People who swing out to the right before making a left hand turn. |
tingle (6539) | ||
| 1127174 | 2010-08-12 22:08:00 | And those that swing left back into the main carriage when taking a right turn. | gcarmich (10068) | ||
| 1127175 | 2010-08-12 22:40:00 | My hates but in West Auckland Woman drivers in 4WDs especially blonde ones with Remers hair 4WDs outside schools picking and dropping off kids Asian drivers including my wife Drivers who slow down too much when turning left off the road Worst of all drivers who dont acknowledge you after you have let them in Drivers who speed past school bus when stopped Drivers I like Tail gaters I just slam the brakes on in my service truck let them crash into the towbar and step frame (made by a nutter in 5mm section box steel) Non indicators at roundabouts since they dont indicate the give way to right does not apply. Just drive into them since a nutter has made a crash/nudge bar from 3" galvanized pipe with 3 back braces. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1127176 | 2010-08-12 22:53:00 | My biggest hate about driving in Christchurch? It means I'm in Christchurch. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1127177 | 2010-08-12 22:57:00 | Thats fair | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1127178 | 2010-08-12 23:08:00 | Wolf Please tell us how old people drive and what age is old ? And remember Wolf you to will be old one day. Wolf can you please tell me how to merge correctly please ?:) Anyone that can't drive. No I will not be old one day. Like a zip. I constantly see people way past where the merging was supposed to end side by side another car. And people that don't go back to the middle of their lane and hang out on one side until either a cyclist or oncoming traffic forces them back into the lane where they are supposed to be. |
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