Veserr@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoNew Zealand Minister said lower speed limits are ‘anti-car ideology’ – a new analysis shows they saved livesthespinoff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down12
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·17 hours agoWe have a lot of roads like that in NZ too, just barely two lanes wide. Locals will absolutely do 100 on them though.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-214 hours agoI drove a Yaris from Greymouth to Queenstown and it was a really good drive. The whole side of island had one road and it was empty. All the bridges are single-lane. Not one speed camera the whole way.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·13 hours agoI’ve done that drive a few times now, it’s one of the most incredible parts of the country. And yes, that’s a state highway, considered one of the country’s main arterial roads, and it has one lane bridges.
We have a lot of roads like that in NZ too, just barely two lanes wide. Locals will absolutely do 100 on them though.
I drove a Yaris from Greymouth to Queenstown and it was a really good drive. The whole side of island had one road and it was empty. All the bridges are single-lane.
Not one speed camera the whole way.
I’ve done that drive a few times now, it’s one of the most incredible parts of the country.
And yes, that’s a state highway, considered one of the country’s main arterial roads, and it has one lane bridges.