South Island driving route
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@voodoo said in South Island driving route:
2020 clusterfuck stories
wait, who got one of those? And why didn't the story make the Lockdown thread?
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I'm in good shape "down there" if I do say so myself and I would definitely need a "comfort break" on an 8hr drive!
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@booboo said in South Island driving route:
@JC said in South Island driving route:
@dogmeat All I will say is you’ve clearly got a much better bladder than mine.
At his age?
You taking the piss?
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@Crucial said in South Island driving route:
@booboo said in South Island driving route:
You’ve either given @Snowy a new idea or sprung one of his secret weapons:)
Not saying.
Bizarre story. This is certainly a bit worrying about her intentions "a 2-pound (0.91 kg) drilling hammer"As @JC said it should be in the learning thread. Who knew about these things for starters ? "Maximum Absorbency Garments".
Handy for a couple of women driving without stopping from AKL to Welly. -
@JC said in South Island driving route:
In breaking news, it’s now known that it’s possible to drive the entire length of the island on one tank of fuel and without having to stop for a piss. Happy days.
Apparently it's 5 hours from Auckland to Cape Reinga, so the full trip would be around 13 hours. Seems unlikely... Was talking about it with my wife, and I think MoH public servants would generally be trained to accept people's statements at face value, where the police or a department like immigration would be a lot more suspicious.
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Day 1 of the season at Cardrona today. Amazing weather.
There is an Inversion sitting over Wanaka, has been here for days. Just grey fog sitting on the town. Depressing.
But drive up the hill, and it's just blue skies and warmth. So good.
Snow was average, as you'd expect. But great fun, especially for the kids to get their skills back.
Happy days
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As good a place as any for a NZ driving question. Twice on today's trip there have been instances of 2 lanes being funnelled into 1. Both times a few cars have driven down the middle of 2 lanes to prevent anyone going past them and forcing a single lane well ahead of the merge point.
Is that common in NZ? If so, why? Why not just merge at the merge point???
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@voodoo said in South Island driving route:
As good a place as any for a NZ driving question. Twice on today's trip there have been instances of 2 lanes being funnelled into 1. Both times a few cars have driven down the middle of 2 lanes to prevent anyone going past them and forcing a single lane well ahead of the merge point.
Is that common in NZ? If so, why? Why not just merge at the merge point???
Because you have to be in front?
Haven't done a lot of driving in NZ for the past 15 years, but I always got the impression there was a need to "be in front", less than ideal amounts of patience. Speeding up at passing lanes was a particular bugbear.
It's not non-existent this side if the deetch, but definitely less prevalent.
Maybe the roads are narrower and windier with less opportunity to pass so you minimise the need to?
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@voodoo said in South Island driving route:
As good a place as any for a NZ driving question. Twice on today's trip there have been instances of 2 lanes being funnelled into 1. Both times a few cars have driven down the middle of 2 lanes to prevent anyone going past them and forcing a single lane well ahead of the merge point.
Is that common in NZ? If so, why? Why not just merge at the merge point???
I share your frustration. Is a weird occurrence brought about by people that can't understand the action of merging where you have been provided with a merge point. Some even think they are doing the right thing.
If you are in a major congestion situation that goes well beyond the merge then it is courteous not to 'jump the queue' by using the other lane as a passing lane, but when traffic is moving I see nothing wrong in just positioning yourself normally and blending.
For most of our time in London there were roadworks on the Brighton Road heading north which we would have to go through coming back from a day in Surrey. One lane blocked off but cones out for about 100m to facilitate blending. Invariably some twits would come to a grinding halt 500m back to perform a hard turn into the other lane of traffic meaning that lane had to halt as well. Used to do my head in.
Funniest one though was in France heading down the motorway toward the Chunnel check in. This time there were two lanes and a big shoulder and apparently there it really is the done thing to tuck in behind any line that is forming (even though they create a merge). Anyway we had this woman trying to block everyone from going past her by swinging all over the place as others tried to get past as the merge was about 2km away. It was fucking hilarious as we and the car next to us played her for ages watching her boil and gesticulate wildly.
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@Crucial @booboo these were both between Welly and Otaki, and I agree thefolk doing it probably thought they were being fair by blocking off the passing lane. I just got frustrated at their assumption that they had the right to set a new merge point! Just fill up the passing lane as we all arrive, and we can all merge into 1 lane at the appropriate point. Same outcome, no need for a single lane stretching for 2km back!
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@voodoo said in South Island driving route:
@Crucial @booboo these were both between Welly and Otaki, and I agree thefolk doing it probably thought they were being fair by blocking off the passing lane. I just got frustrated at their assumption that they had the right to set a new merge point! Just fill up the passing lane as we all arrive, and we can all merge into 1 lane at the appropriate point. Same outcome, no need for a single lane stretching for 2km back!
Yep. They don't want anyone jumping the queue that they helped create.
Merging should be a major part of obtaining a licence. Merging does not involve stopping and turning. Merging should not force anyone behind you to have to brake.