Sam Murdie, who recorded the video on a dashcam he had only purchased two weeks earlier, said he was pretty sure it was a woman driver who darted around the pedestrian refuge and into oncoming traffic.
He said after the incident he also saw the driver appear to txt on a mobile phone at the traffic lights.
"I have seen some pretty bad driving but nothing like that before," said Mr Murdie, a student at Unitec.
He said dashcams were an important way of capturing bad driving behaviour, naming and shaming drivers, and helping to improve New Zealanders' bad record for driving.
In Australia, 80 incidents of illegal and bad road behaviour have been recorded on the global Roadshamer website in the past week - more than any other country.
Until now, most bad drivers would usually get away with their behaviour. But with the prevalence of dashcams and hundreds more being sold each week, these anti-social drivers will be outed - sooner rather than later.
Nadav Golombick, Roadshamer's Australian webmaster, said there are three key reasons for operating the website. To improve the state of driving on the road, deter drives from offending and increase awareness of the dangers of various road offences.
"We name and shame bad drivers by showing their vehicle licence plates and adding them to a database that can be searched by anyone visiting the site," he said.
People use the website, he said, mainly to prevent a repeat offence, the satisfaction of knowing something has been done, and to reduce the likelihood of road rage.
Mr Golombick said every image and video was viewed and authorised before it can be viewed publicly.
Uploaders can select from more than 30 categories including illegal parking, accidents, changing lanes without signalling, cheating traffic, cutting off another driver, distracted & reckless driving, taking up more than one parking space, driving against the traffic, hit and runs, illegal stopping or parking, illegal u-turns, littering, not stopping at a red light, parking in handicapped parking without a permit, road rage and tailgating.
Said Mr Golombick: "Uploading videos could start make other drivers aware they are being watched and will make them more careful. All most drivers want is to get to where they are going safely. Driving on the road should not be more stressful than it has to be. And careful and law abiding drivers means less injuries on the roads.
- Staff reporter
