{"id":4704,"date":"2018-04-01T12:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T19:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2018-04-01T12:16:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T19:16:57","slug":"how-to-drive-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/?p=4704","title":{"rendered":"How to drive in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Start by staying on the left. :)<\/p>\n

I found some great resources to prepare for driving in New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out this interactive driving video\/game<\/a>, which is a good chance to practice for any driver. It definitely tests your observation skills!<\/p>\n

Some of the road signs that I found interesting or unusual are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nSpeed limit sign indicating that there is “no restriction” so the national speed limit of 100 kph applies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOne-lane bridge ahead. The little red arrow means that you do NOT have right of way but instead traffic from the other direction (big black arrow) does.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

There are lots of warnings that it will take you longer to drive somewhere than you may expect. I saw this billboard a lot:
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and this great reminder to take breaks:
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One thing I wasn’t prepared for was the extensive construction going on everywhere I went, which certainly did make it take longer to get places. Many of the roads between cities were being resurfaced in various areas, so there was a lot of slow driving on gravel. In one place, there was a sign that we were driving on “wet concrete – wash car today” (!).<\/p>\n

I also found that gas was much more expensive. Somewhat confusingly, prices are displayed in cents per liter (e.g., “199” instead of “$1.99”). I paid between $1.99 to $2.06 per liter, which works out to $7.50 to $7.80 per gallon (!). Giving how much driving I did, this ended up being a non-trivial part of my trip costs. An electric vehicle would make even more sense there :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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