Posts by andrew llewellyn
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As Andrew observes it's probably mostly ignored, but it is what the law says
I think that most people are ignorant of that law - although I presume the professional drivers that ferry the big trucks & buses up & down the length of the country should know of it at least.
But if so, then they do willfully ignore it. I mentioned somewhere back in this thread, the scary truck drivers on SH1 - just last week, I passed two articulated trucks (double lanes - there were actually 6 of these trucks in a line), to have one in front change lanes to block us (I was pretty assiduously doing almost exactly 100kph, there are a lot of police cars on that stretch.
We ended up sandwiched between two when the double lane ended, the one at the rear tailgating & sounding his horn. There was nowhere to go, not even forward any faster, we were getting upwards of 120kph by then.
We sneaked past them at the paraparumu lights.
Maybe they were SUV haters?
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The logical corollary would be things where we are absolutely dire by international standards that nobody complains about
Commercial radio?
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<quote>So we can yell abuse at truckies when they speed?<quote>
Now that you mention it </cough>
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However, vehicles weighing greater than 3,500kg (the old class B licence limit) are subject to a speed limit of 90km/h on the open road.
I didn't know that. It must be pretty much ignored I think.
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All I'm doing is responding to the arugments you've made. I believe I've done so clearly and politely. That is all.Z
Josh, y6ou're clearly & politely telling me you know better than me what I need.
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Wow - 1 in 5 accidents causing death or injury involve trucks.
http://www.transport.govt.nz/assets/NewPDFs/section3-trucks-2006.pdf
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I think up thread people provided some information about how this was a reality problem for SUVs, not just a perception problem.
Did they? I reasd some stuff about saintly minivan drivers & satanic soccer mums, but not much in the way of hard fact. A fait bit of unsubstantiated opinion.
A quick look at this is quite interesting though.
http://www.transport.govt.nz/assets/NewPDFs/section2-casualties-and-crashes-2006.pdf
Probably a very good argument in there for banning trees & lettboxes. Not so much for outlawing SUVs.
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the Honda CRV,
Oh yeah, the 2 litre, 4 cylinder CRV, which had a big save the planet sticker stuck on it by a guy who hopped out of an old Ford Falcon station wagon.
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whereas you don't need to be as big and heavy as an SUV to perform the functions they're used for or to get the safety advantages they offer
Tell you what Josh, why don't I sketch out my needs & run them by you, then you can tell me what I should do or buy.
Maybe I don't deserve to drive a motorised vehicle at all?
How do you know what functions I use them for? Or anyone else for that matter? A lot easier to make some generalisations based on what appears to be prejudice.
Sound OK?
Personally, I believe buses and trucks are WAY bigger than they should be, and there are lots of them on the roads that I use.
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Tell you what - I drive a VW Touareg & an Audi A3 (not at the same time.)
Stop beating around the bush, call me a rich prick & I'm out of here for good.