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| Thread ID: 53359 | 2005-01-15 05:49:00 | Kiwi Drivers... | manicminer (4219) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 314415 | 2005-03-01 04:53:00 | not when it rains...... | Metla (12) | ||
| 314416 | 2005-03-01 05:08:00 | [QUOTE=tweak'e]well the other problem of having all trucks use the left lane of the motorway is the traffic coming onto the motorway will have to try and squeeze in around a large amount of trucks, not to mention the trucks couldn't use a righthand lane offramp. QUOTE] Not going to be a problem for half of the drivers getting on at the onramp. One of the most annoying bits of driving on the motorway are the onramps. Some people just don't get it, they are joining traffic travelling at around 100 kph, but make no effort to get up to the speed before joining. End result? Everyone in the left lane jumping on the brakes to slow down to 20/40/60 or whatever the fool is doing. Even worse, then these same fools want to immediately cut over to the fast lane, causing further havoc over there. The other problem with the onramps is the "merge-like-a zip" issue, I call it the "Kiwi Zip". It seems some drivers at the onramps think that a zip operates with a 4 teeth (onramp side) to 1 tooth principle. The Constellation onramp on the Shore in the morning is a very good example. But the reverse is also true, lots of people in the left lane simply will not let cars in from the onramp. Finally, its the only country I know where the fast lane on the motorway (Auckland) is the slowest lane. :dogeye: As for trucks, they hardly ever hold me up. :thumbs: |
BoboTheClown (5652) | ||
| 314417 | 2005-03-01 05:36:00 | Wow . 3 milliseconds . Your average perhaps, but the average human is about 300+ ms Yip, I brake for my own brake lights around a roundabout . . . :rolleyes: The decimal system gets to me at times (assumed 10ms = 1 sec) Should have rather said 0 . 3 sec . But seriously looking at some people at traffic lights it's more in the line of 3-4 seconds . :eek: Made a real hash of my calculations didn't I? But it served a purpose, made quite a few people grab for theirs . It's food for thought though, the latest following distances from LTSA still isn't good enough . 40-49km/h 16m 50-59km/h 20m 60-69km/h 24m 70-79km/h 28m 80km/h plus 32m Given that the average car takes 70+ meters to stop from 100kph you still are asking for trouble if something like a head-on accident happens in front of you . |
BoboTheClown (5652) | ||
| 314418 | 2005-03-01 06:41:00 | Ban cars while you are at it. We will just have motorcyles and bikes. Wouldn't that be great :@@: Now that would be awesome! My old man would love that (he's a mad bike enthusiast). And I can just imagine sitting by the side of the road watching all those bikes go by, just for fun! |
manicminer (4219) | ||
| 314419 | 2005-03-01 07:13:00 | I always been puzzled by why some people drive without their lights on in semi darkness and even when it's also raining - what cost do they imagine they are saving. Is it wear and tear on headlight bulbs? | Dally (6292) | ||
| 314420 | 2005-03-01 08:10:00 | Dally: I agree. Whatever wear and tear they save in headlights is going to be the last of their worries in a car crash :annoyed: | Edward (31) | ||
| 314421 | 2005-03-01 09:11:00 | and just to through my 2 cents in to the pot . . . . . . . today on the way home the traffice on the moterway wasat about 40KPh a lady in the lane across was doing her nails . . . . . . . . the dude behind her was chatting on his cellphone . . . . . . . the car in front her sped up, she dident, the car behind her sped up . end result a small crash stopping all traffic for sevral minutes . |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 314422 | 2005-03-01 10:22:00 | Aucklanders are the worst, and most Ive seen are middle-aged (Say, 25 - 40ish) Men/Women... Usually on a Cellphone and cant be stuffed indicating or looking over their shoulder. Theres a reason you indicate for 3+ seconds and all, but if the people in the lane next to you arent looking, then fat lot of good it does. Either that or their in a world of their own... I know its happened to me once, just driving to work and there was so much on my mind that the road was just marginally blurring in front of me, along with the surrounding traffic. Lucky for me the fast lane was travelling at 60km/h (heavy traffic) so I slowed into the left lane and tried to shake the days fares off. Some Sundays you just wish you'd stayed at home because I swear that some people (About half of whom are noticable kiwi or maori) must have got their liscence from a Weet-Bix packet!!! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 314423 | 2005-03-01 10:31:00 | I always been puzzled by why some people drive without their lights on in semi darkness and even when it's also raining - what cost do they imagine they are saving. Is it wear and tear on headlight bulbs? Dally, they have picked this up mybe from Europe or Sweden - in the general greyness lights may help. On thre other hand, it might be that funeral procession custom ..../ |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 314424 | 2005-03-01 11:20:00 | and heres one that has often intrigued me.......folks turn on their lights when driving when the sun getting lower in the sky behind them and large and bright so that they are nicely visible to the poor buggers coming the other way who may be slightly blinded by the big light in the sky..........however some also turn on their lights when driving TOWARDS the sun..........ummmmmm.......cant they comprehend that they are driving towards the BIGGEST spotlight in our solarsystem and they are VERY well lit up and there is NO need to have their lights on ?..... | drcspy (146) | ||
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