Patience is required if people attempt to drive in busy traffic over the holiday period when a lot of people will be using the roads.
Editorial
On a Friday afternoon this month, three cars swerved in and out of State Highway 1 traffic between Hamilton and Auckland.
The road was generally busy and at some parts clogged with vehicles slowed by roadworks along the route. These drivers, going at a clip, were adding to the hazard.
It’s a familiar problem over the holiday period: lots of people wanting to get somewhere, and some of them being too impatient or reckless in their driving.
That could take the form of misjudged attempts to pass slower vehicles such as trucks and camper vans, sometimes with corners looming.
The huge volume of traffic escaping cities and towns for the beaches or other centres at this time of the year should make people think twice about whether they really need to travel. Or at least whether a bus, train or plane is an alternative to driving.
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