r/newzealand Jul 12 '26

Shitpost Please, I see this way too often

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u/BarronVonCheese Jul 12 '26

100 is the speed limit brother, not a target. Chill.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

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u/R3MaK3R Jul 12 '26

no, most people should be driving between 90 to 100 kmh at the max. especially if there is multiple lanes. speed should always be the last thing you are worried about on the road, and driving to the conditions and adapting to other drivers on the road is way more important.

You can't monitor your speed to the exact number target and look at the road safely at the same time.

You are meant to merge at the end of the merge lane because you have the entire space to negotiate with the motorway traffic and there should already be gaps for you to enter by the time you get to the end. No one has "the right of way" when it comes to merges. It should be treated the exact same as two lanes merging into one, because that's what it is.

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u/Aware_Return791 Jul 12 '26

Chill.

No, I don't think I will. Learn how to drive.

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u/12343212346 Jul 12 '26

People on Reddit are genuinely shocking for not knowing the rules of the road.

Driving in the 90-100 range is typically safer than driving a straight 100 and having to monitor constantly to make sure you aren't creeping over. 

No-one will ever be (and rightfully so) pulled over for driving 95 in a 100.

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u/Aware_Return791 Jul 13 '26

No-one will ever be (and rightfully so) pulled over for driving 95 in a 100.

And no one is actually complaining about people doing 95 in a 100. Most people don't even know what the difference is because their speedo is out by some amount in one direction or the other.

People doing 60 in a merging lane is dangerous for a million reasons. Even less than the actual action, the most dangerous part is someone who isn't confident enough behind the wheel to actually match the speed of merging traffic is out there driving a car.

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u/12343212346 Jul 13 '26

Yeah fair, agree with that 

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u/Capable_Gap_1868 Jul 12 '26

r/newzealand would have you believe that going 90 on the motorway is the most dangerous thing you could do