Traffic precautions in road trip, New Zealand

Of course, it is the most convenient way to go to New Zealand for free travel and road trip, but you must know the traffic laws and regulations of New Zealand before going on the road. Otherwise, it will not only be a fine, but also a traffic accident. So Bian Xiao has compiled the following traffic rules that you should pay attention to when you go to New Zealand. Another point is that the driver's seat in New Zealand is opposite to that in China, so be sure to pay attention to safety!

look right before entering the roundabout.

When driving in New Zealand, besides always keeping in mind that the car should drive on the left side of the road, the most important thing to know is the rules around the island. There are many opportunities to meet around the island, which is different from the domestic driving requirements. It may be complicated to say, but if you remember the sentence "Look right before entering the roundabout", you will get the essence.

In detail, before you drive into the roundabout, if a car drives into the roundabout from your right, you need to avoid it; If a car is already driving around the island, it will come from your right, so you need to avoid it. On the contrary, if there is a vehicle ready to enter the roundabout at the entrance on your left before you enter the roundabout, then he should avoid your vehicle (because you are on his right), and then you should decisively accelerate into the roundabout.

I didn't know this rule when I first came to New Zealand, so I thought it was good to drive with an open mind. Sometimes there are so many cars around the island that I always dare not go in. If I give way to the right and the left, the rear car will have a problem.

the principle of lighting around the island

the principle of lighting around the island is also very important. Other cars in the neighborhood are watching how you turn on the lights and decide how they drive. Driving around the island with lights is nothing more than the following three situations.

turn left around the island

if you want to turn left after entering the roundabout, you need to turn left before entering the roundabout.

Go straight around the island

If you go straight through the roundabout, don't turn on any turn signals when you enter the roundabout. After entering the roundabout, turn on the left light before driving out of the roundabout, and then drive out of the roundabout.

Turn right around the island

If you turn right after entering the roundabout, you should turn on the right light before entering the roundabout. Until you reach the fork in the road, you need to exit, turn on the left light, and then exit the roundabout from the fork in the road.

avoidance principle

when you see the "give way" sign, avoid the car in front of you.

when you see the stop sign, you must stop (even if there is no car passing in front of you) and then wait for a safe time to start driving.

Before turning the T-junction, you need to avoid all the vehicles on the road perpendicular to you, whether they are going straight or turning.

threads are like zippers.

New Zealand's traffic laws have a unique principle. "Merge like a zipper" means that when two slow traffic flows merge into one, just like the teeth of a zipper, one enters from the left and the other from the right. Abiding by this principle can effectively put an end to traffic jams at intersections. For over a year, I have been driving on the road almost every day in New Zealand. I have only seen a violation of this principle once, and the road driver has observed it quite well.

red cards avoid pedestrians

When driving in cities or towns in New Zealand, you often see such signs: at both ends of a zebra crossing, each pole has a red disc mark. This is a sign to avoid pedestrians. If pedestrians want to cross the road, you must stop. Don't drive until pedestrians have passed.

express line for two people

On many large roads, there is a T2 sign as shown below, which means that if there are more than two people in your car, you can take this road, but pay attention to the time indicated on the sign. Friends who travel in China, if they drive by car, are usually more than two people. Pay attention to this sign, you can save a lot of time during rush hour.

one car at a time.

before entering the main highway from the auxiliary road, there are signal lights. Sometimes you feel it flashing. In fact, this signal light is used to control the vehicles entering the expressway. Driving is the same as ordinary traffic lights, but sometimes the red, yellow and green lights alternate quickly. This is because the alternating frequency is automatically adjusted according to the traffic conditions of the main roads. This signal light is only turned on when it is necessary to control the traffic flow. When it is opened, there is a w

auxiliary right-turn white diagonal line

On some roads with no barrier in the middle, a diagonal white line is often found. This English name is FlushMedians. Let's just call it a white slash.

the function of the white diagonal line is to buffer the vehicle before or after turning right. For example, car A in the picture below just turned right from the fork in the road and entered the main road. The white line allows the car to make a slight adjustment and wait for an appropriate safety clearance at the left rear to enter the main road. Or as shown in Figure B below, the white line allows right-turn vehicles to have a buffer waiting area), and wait for the safety gap to turn right and leave the main road.

it should be noted that the white diagonal line must not be used for overtaking on the right.

Parking matters

Free and unlimited roadside parking

You can park on the roadside if there are no other signs prohibiting parking, but if there are white lines on the roadside, it is a safer parking place.

Free limited roadside parking

Parking is also a similar sign of paying attention to the surrounding environment. The sign above means that you can park for 6 minutes free on the left side of the sign.

limited roadside parking

The sign above shows that you can park on the left side of the sign for up to 12 minutes, but you have to pay. Then, put the receipt in an obvious position (display screen) on the dashboard inside the car, so that the municipal inspection staff outside the car can see it.