There is a story on NewstalkZB's site at the moment about an accident involving a turning milk-tanker and an idiot.
There can, of course, be no doubt in the idiocy of the Audi driver.... BUT .......
there can be doubt as to the actions of the tanker driver.
As a young fart so many years ago (and a long-standing professional driver since) I was taught (and practiced) that when turning right it is safer to, when possible, pull to the left and let any following traffic clear before turning right.
Based on the video, that was possible in this case.
On South Island roads, at least, this practice has been discontinued and I have at times been forced to brake hurriedly to avoid some idiot "parked" in the centre of the road.
The standard of driving in this country has been dropping remarkably in recent years and the NZTA would help make the roads safer if they addressed issues like this rather than continue their competition to create the most dangerous road designs ever and push newly-made-up gobblety-gook onto the public.
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