Driven to distraction

Further to our earlier piece on NZ car habits , NZBC has seen an anonymous submission to an unreleased LTSA report on the quality of New Zealand driving – random quote: “It's really bad” - that makes some suggestions about who should have their licence removed:

Those who change lanes without indicating.

Those who brake before they indicate that they're turning.

Those who don't brake, don't indicate and make the turn anyway, laughing and giving the fingers to drivers behind.

Those who think The Drift or The Dart is as good as indicating.

Those who think indicating gives them a magical right to instantly change lanes.

Those who drive wearing baseball caps or beanies, who are not baseball players or freezing workers.

Anyone with mag wheels, lowered suspension, home-built turbos or spoilers, especially on their car.

Helen Clark.

The Governor General.

Asian drivers, apart from the good ones.

Red light runners.

Those who drive across intersections knowing the light is about to change, but “like, don't care”.

Anyone with an SUV, especially those who don't live in the wops and have a bog for a drive.

Anyone with a 'Baby on Board' yellow plastic tag in their back window.

Those who drive a Holden V8 but aren't taxi drivers.

Anyone who washes their car regularly.

Those who never wash their car.

Anyone carrying bikes on the towbar that are worth more than the car.

Anyone with a towbar.

Those who drive in summer without a shirt.

Those who drive in winter without a shirt.

Drivers sitting at the front of a traffic-lighted intersection who aren't in first gear at the change.

Those who can't do a hill start.

Those who leave big gaps in stop-start motorway traffic.

Those who jump into two-second-rule gaps.

Drivers on the open road who speed up for passing lanes but slow straight after.

Everyone else.