I know this has been a topic discussed here before, but:
I've just done 1800 kms around the bottom of the South Island. What can be done about the aholes which cruise a 90 - 95 kph, brake heavily for ever suggested 85 kph main road corner, but show them a passing lane and they jump on the jandal to 110 +.
How about speed cameras in the slow lane set at 95 kph and massive fines for 1 kph over 95?
Then we have those who overtake, but then overtake with a 1 kph speed diferential, taking an entire passing lane to overtake one car.
On a better note have just been to Richardsons Transport World and Motorcycle Mecca in Invercargill and Highlands MotoSport Park at Cromwell. All three are world class facilities and well worth a visit.
db.price,
Oct 25, 6:31am
Not a lot to be done unfortunately. As for the people who pass at just above the speed of the other car - blame the crack down on speeding for that. If you go over the threshold (only 4km over) then you get done - passing or not.
The speeduppers are the ones that bug me - only thing with them is having a car that can trump them with enough go to shoot past them. However at that point watch out for cops!
sw20,
Oct 25, 6:34am
Straightliners is what I call them.
The only piece of driving they can handle is the straights. It’s not just passing bays either. I had one that would leave me for dust with my cruise control set to a GPS 104km/h on a straight, but after two corners I would catch up and have to brake otherwise I’d be in his back seat. Then rinse and repeat for the next straight and twisty sections.
tweake,
Oct 25, 8:38am
*555 or roadwatch form. deliberately holding up traffic and deliberately stopping people from overtaking.
serf407,
Oct 25, 8:58am
Sometimes it is better to chill than overtake sillies - Schlesser - Masuoka -Dakar. Schlesser holding up Masuoka, Masuoka tries to drive around and rips rear wheel off. https://youtu.be/CfAJK6GRXvI Marreau brother - renault passing attempt on range rover? https://youtu.be/CtVEX621KeU
myrns,
Oct 25, 9:25am
Its perception of risk. when drivers get to a passing lane they feel safer as the road is now wider and smoother so increase their speed. Its not all drivers just the odd one and it is probably never going to change. I sit at 100kms an hour and often slow down a bit in left hand lane if I notice a few faster cars behind me trying to get by before the road narrows again .
electromic,
Oct 25, 9:54am
I pass a few cars when I am towing because other drivers can't maintain their speed. I got the evil look from a mum with a people mover full of kids when I passed them on swamp road in a dmax and 7metre caravan. They were slow and braked for every bend/bump in the road, they got up to 58kmh on swamp road when I pulled out and I didn't see them again.
edangus,
Oct 25, 11:29am
Silverdale to Warkworth and back. every God damn effn day. Makes me want to buy a POS to barge them.
marte,
Oct 25, 3:02pm
The thing I find is that most people don't know that the right hand lane is a passing lane only. Taken any piece of road with two lanes going forward. And you will find people driving in the right hand lane.
Take a intersection with two lanes forward on this side, and people drive up to the red light, in the right hand lane, and the left hand lane is empty!
Of course, I drive up the left hand lane to the red light, and as soon as the light changes to green, they want to overtake in an intersection and take up the whole single lane on the the other side, trying to force the car in the left hand lane off the road.
Dunno where people get the idea to drive on the right hand side of the road, there's enough talk about tourists doing it.
ross1970,
Oct 26, 3:06am
Op, your post is bang on the money.
tweake,
Oct 26, 4:31am
those who unknowingly increase their speed are only doing a minor speed increase like 5kmh. those who are doing 20-40km/h increase are most certainly doing it on purpose.
sadmuddle,
Oct 26, 5:27am
I am reading today on British roads motorways are overloaded with vehicles and also main country roads throughout the United kingdom. We are going the same way so suggest you get over yourselves!,
lookoutas,
Oct 26, 5:39am
The clatty clitty is back!
I followed a few last weekend.
seadubya,
Oct 26, 5:47am
Passing lanes? LUXURY! We don't have many on the Coromandel Peninsula, none of which are near where I live. What we do have though is the majority of drivers doing 70, 70 in the 100 zones, 70 in the 50 zones, 70 everywhere. They won't pull over in the 100 zone, but they frequently catch up and tailgate in the 50 zones.
sadmuddle,
Oct 26, 5:53am
I am doing about 15000 k per year and seldom held up by any slow drivers and if so it don't bother me much. Increasing traffic volumes will slow traffic down and there is worse to come.
purplegoat,
Oct 28, 9:51pm
Very difficult to be held up by slow drivers when you’re a hogging the right lane holding everybody else up
bashfulbro,
Oct 28, 11:02pm
How about speed cameras in the slow lane set at 95 kph and massive fines for 1 kph over 95?
How does this work?, there is no such thing as a 'slow lane', The speed limit would be 100kph, not 95
hkjoe,
Oct 28, 11:09pm
I think I've found the answer: Is it true that hard core Labour voters never drive the right-hand lane? Are they the ones that speed up in the left-hand lane of an overtaking section, to other's annoyance? (also posted in another thread)
lusty9,
Oct 28, 11:17pm
how about just follow at a safe distance and enjoy the scenery.
lusty9,
Oct 28, 11:19pm
wow your sh$tty dmax towing a caravan passed a mum and her 10 million kids doing 58knots lol oh hang on a minute?!
bwg11,
Oct 29, 12:09am
Typical arrogance and lack of consideration from those who believe it is their divine right to sit in right lane of passing lanes at 90 kms per hour or alternatively, accelerate to 110+ in the left lane.
tgray,
Oct 29, 12:19am
Did you have a nice holiday?
bwg11,
Oct 29, 12:45am
Brilliant holiday thank you
hkjoe,
Oct 29, 1:08am
You are right. It is just arrogance. How dare they?
ross1970,
Oct 29, 2:17am
Spoken like a true muppet when taken in context of what this thread was actually about.
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