Thread: Road Courtesy

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Originally Posted by IC2

We are all too well aware of the dolts with horse trailers. In my area as we have one of the "premier" tracks in the US about 10 miles away. From mid July to mid September we have the semi's with the big horse farm flat track horses - and they are seldom a problem, but the pickups all year hauling the 2-4 horse trailers from the local horse farms to the harness track - phew!! They become a nightmare on the 2 lane roads at usually 10-20 mph under the speed limit. Let you pass - nahhh. Then there are the mega bus size motor homes (40-45 feet) and trailers (35-45 feet) that wander the Adirondack Mountains back roads(unfortunately, I have been guilty of that with my 35 footer, but do let folks by when/if I can)

Yeah??so its an international thing with horse people is it??I just thought it was good ol Kiwi ''Im not pulling over,cos my horse doesnt like bumps''syndrome...That makes me feel better.. And we have enough problems with tourists in small campers about 20 ft long who like to travel at 60-70 km/h in a 100km/h zone..

Originally Posted by lamin8r

we have enough problems with tourists in small campers about 20 ft long who like to travel at 60-70 km/h in a 100km/h zone..

...until they get to a passing lane or a stretch of road where it's possible to pass and then they're doing bang on the 100 km/h limit.

And they're very often in convoy...nose to tail...I encountered three in a row the other day in the Uruti Valley.

And our plods have a 'zero tolerance' policy on speeding...5km/h (or less) over and you're pinged.
Instant fine.