Driving in New Zealand, you can get a ticket if you're not careful.
From time to time, there are also "plainclothes traffic police" squatting on the side of the road, and once they exceed the speed limit, they will be fined.
A netizen sent out a soul torture question on the Internet:
New Zealand has high speeding fines, but the rate of traffic fatalities remains high. Why is that?”
The post said that many roads in New Zealand have a speed limit of 100 km/h, and you may be fined if you drive up to 105 on public holidays, and 110 at other times.
But in the UK, the road speed limit is mostly 70 miles (112 km/h), but police will only issue tickets above 90 mph (145 km/h).
It stands to reason that New Zealand, where speeding is strictly restricted, should be safer.
However, based on the number of road traffic fatalities per year, the UK is 2 per 100,000 deaths9 people, this number in New Zealand is 78 people, more than twice as many as in the UK.
In this case, why does New Zealand impose such a strict speed limit fine?
Is it because speeding is easy to detect, and dangerous driving, drunk driving is difficult to enforce?
Some commentators believe that the high incidence of accidents in New Zealand is due to the fact that many drivers here are too rubbish.
Why are New Zealand drivers not high?There are also many reasons for this.
On the one hand, it's too easy to get a driver's license here.
Even people who have never driven a country road can easily get a full license. If you look at the Finnish driver's license test, you will know that New Zealand drivers are too poor in driving knowledge. ”
A friend of my sister-in-law, when she was taking a driver's license test, the examiner touched her thigh and let her pass the ......I've heard this happen many times.
Ten years ago, when I got my full driver's license, my friend joked that if I wore a short skirt to take the test, I would definitely pass. I was shocked and disgusted. ”
On the other hand, New Zealand does not have a systematic driving instruction system.
I'm from the UK and I've seen driving schools everywhere in the UK, but I've only seen 3 in New Zealand.
Therefore, people here learn to drive by their families, which turns driving into a subjective experience rather than an objective fact. Bad drivers only teach worse drivers.
To use a sport analogy, driving in New Zealand is like a personal competition, where everyone is competing against each other;But in Europe, driving is more of a team sport, where everyone on the road is a team with the common goal of ensuring that everyone gets to their destination safely. ”
There is also a reason that once a driver's license is obtained, the chances of it being banned are slim.
People who get a full driver's license start to become lazy, complacent, and feel like they know all the driving knowledge and regulations.
A lot of people often say, 'I've been on this road for xx years!''Hang on your lips. These people ignore the rules of giving way and do not turn on the lights at the roundabout, thinking that they can save the day no matter what.
If you can revisit the new traffic rules when your driver's license is renewed every 10 years, then the roads will be much safer. ”
In my opinion, if a driver makes a mistake when getting a restricted driver's license, such as drunk driving, dangerous driving, speeding, overloading, etc., then he should have his license revoked and start learning Xi driving knowledge all over again. ”
In addition to the problem of the driver itself, there are many other reasons.
The speed limit is too high on rural roads and in areas with pedestrians and cyclistsLack of public transport alternatives for drinkers;Taxis are too expensive;The road design is not reasonable, and many sections of National Highway 1 are not two-lane ......”
There is also a comment that many accidents in New Zealand occur in rural areas, which is far away from hospitals, which is also the cause of the high mortality rate.
Overall, traffic accidents in New Zealand cannot be improved overnight.
But by obeying the traffic rules, you can at least keep yourself safe.
What do you think about this?