NZ Road Code

Some of my favourite unwritten parts of the New Zealand road code:

• What mirror? Maneuvre at the last minute, signal if you can be bothered
• Have your mist lamps on at all times, especially if it is not misty. This allows you full opportunity to show off to those without mist lamps, and to blind oncoming traffic.
• A U-turn must always be completed in one go, even if there is another vehicle coming up the arse of the second part of your maneuvre at 100km an hour.
• For tourists: The most acceptable place to perform an emergency stop for photos is in the middle of a State Highway, just after bends, on double yellows or both.

A fellow Brit commented quite correctly that they find NZ drivers some of the least courteous they've come across. Maybe that's why the real road code includes their crazy 'give way to oncoming traffic turning right if you're turning left but not if you or anyone immediately behind you is going straight on' rule. An attempt at forced courtesy?