Lack of driver confidence is a significant issue the same way overconfidence is. 

mjb:

 

I'd like to see enforcement of "turn into the closest lane when multiple lanes exists" - See Dunedin's one-way system. too many left turners turn into the right lane.

 

i get that here a bit. they do it because they know it blocks the sight line for the next car so they can't see oncoming traffic and it will hold them up. whats worse is a common here is a free turn for the left lane.

however in town you may need to get straight into the right lane because your turning right at the next intersection. it can be worse if they pull into left lane then have to do a lane change straight away.

networkn:

 

rogercruse:

 

A new warning light to let following vehicles know that you are changing speed. (that is, slowing down or speeding up)

 

 

 

Cars with active cruise control and / or regenerative braking need a where to alert other road users when they slow down without using their brake light. So as they slow down, the new warning light lets others reactive accordingly. 

 

 

 

The new light could glow a more intense colour based on your speed... this would need to distinct from, and in addition to the existing brake light could also indicate when you speed up.   

 

 

Do not agree with any of this. Brakes light need to be on or off. brightness levels mean someone has to equate brightness to level of braking, many factors can impact how light is perceived. We don't need additional lights for speed changes either, you should be paying attention when you drive, and keeping a safe distance. Drivers bear responsibility for their driving, and for being aware of other drivers. If you can't, catch a bus or a taxi, or train. 

 

 

 

good point, variable light won't work because sunlight changes the perceived brightness. plus different cars have difference brightness to start with depending on age of bulbs and lens.

Modern cars already strobe the brake lights or flash the hazard warning lights under panic braking. Adaptive cruise control will illuminate the brake lights upon applying the brakes, and cars with regenerative braking will typically illuminate the brake lights at a particular deceleration threshold. 

rogercruse:

 

A new warning light to let following vehicles know that you are changing speed. (that is, slowing down or speeding up)

 

Cars with active cruise control and / or regenerative braking need a where to alert other road users when they slow down without using their brake light. So as they slow down, the new warning light lets others reactive accordingly. 

 

The new light could glow a more intense colour based on your speed... this would need to distinct from, and in addition to the existing brake light could also indicate when you speed up.   

 

Agree with the other comments re risks of alternative means to warn of slowing down, and generally brake lights work fine for the job. I don't know about other brands of EVs that also have strong regenerative braking, but I know for sure my Tesla still uses the brake light to show this:

Does Regenerative Braking Activate Your Brake Lights?

During regenerative braking, Tesla will still activate the brake lights when the vehicle is slowing down, even if the brakes aren't being used at all. Tesla determines whether to turn on your brake lights based on your vehicle's rate of deceleration. If you're unsure if your brake lights are on, look at your Tesla screen, the car in the display shows the brake lights lit up when the brake lights are activated.

source: https://www.notateslaapp.com/tesla-reference/1051/how-tesla-s-regenerative-braking-works

one that needs to change is the bogus "on narrow roads stop on the left side of the road before turning right". its an oxymoron because on its only on narrow roads where there is no room to stop on the left and you not only create a hazard as cars overtake you into oncoming traffic, you now how to wait for both sides to be clear. you can also end up with one car stopping on the left and another stopping on the right. plus trucks etc can't pull over anyway. obeying the rule makes the situation worse.

this rule i suspect came from old days when there was no sides, lanes or traffic. its also from the idiot idea of "your not allowed to stop on the road (your in my way)".

Technofreak:

 

 

1. On dual or more carriageways keep left unless passing.
2. No overtaking in the left on dual carriageways.

 

Yeah nah, based on my experience from driving here in NZ going on 10 years I can tell you that 2 will not work because 1 is completely ignored.

tweake:

one that needs to change is the bogus "on narrow roads stop on the left side of the road before turning right". its an oxymoron because on its only on narrow roads where there is no room to stop on the left and you not only create a hazard as cars overtake you into oncoming traffic, you now how to wait for both sides to be clear. you can also end up with one car stopping on the left and another stopping on the right. plus trucks etc can't pull over anyway. obeying the rule makes the situation worse.

this rule i suspect came from old days when there was no sides, lanes or traffic. its also from the idiot idea of "your not allowed to stop on the road (your in my way)".

another one could be the "holding up traffic" rule. the actual law (not sure if the actual law has changed, i have not heard of it being changed) was that if you had 6 cars behind you, your required to pull over to let them pass. that of course is laughable today. tho today they say "unreasonable" which is a very loose interpretation. every narcissistic ahole on the road thinks anyone in front of them is "unreasonably holding up traffic".

one of the issues is that any rule you make, some feral will use it to their advantage. the standard method of throwing it back in your face applies.

of course with all this rule making it has to be actually enforced and road rules are in the to hard to expensive to enforce bin. people get annoyed, antisocial, when rules that have not been enforced for decades are suddenly enforced.

the other problem to is "interpretation". whats actually law is not what gets policed. its whatever police interpretation is that enforced. a good example was the road code that had several "rules" in it that became law about 30 years later. if i remember rightly one of the was indicating at roundabouts which didn't become actual law until 2000'ish era.

 

This threw me once out in the country. I’d never seen someone actually do it before, indicating right and slowing, then turning left and sat waiting for me to pass.

My reaction was “oh they’re turning right better slow down to pass on the left, oh wait they’re angling left are they doing a U-ie (u-turn), they stopped on the left what are doing now?”.

That's partly because the person did it wrong.

If they're moving over to the left you'd indicate left! 

From NZTA....

Making a right turn from the left-hand side of the road
If other vehicles are moving fast or following too closely, or if the road is narrow, it may be best to wait on the left-hand side of the road to make the turn, rather than stopping in the middle of the road and holding up traffic.

In this situation:

signal left for at least 3 seconds
check your mirrors and look over your right shoulder to check your blind spot
move across to the left-hand side of the road
wait there until it's safe to turn
signal right for at least 3 seconds before you turn
check your mirrors again and look over your right shoulder to check your blind spot
move when it's safe.

jonathan18: it's actually 30 minutes AFTER sunset. To which I thought - and still think - WTH?! 

When to use headlights

You must turn on your vehicle’s headlights:

• from 30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise 


• at any other time when you can’t clearly see a person or vehicle 100 metres away.

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roadcode/general-road-code/about-driving/when-conditions-change/night-driving/

Gordy7:

 

Enforcing no parking on the left side of the road facing the wrong way.

 

Absolutely. I've been into rural roads where someone's parked on the right side (from my perspective), facing away, so I see the reflection of their tail lights and "automatically" assume that I'm veering to the left.

networkn:

 

The recent changes to the give way rules are stupid.

 

Can you supply to link to these changes please? I'm not aware of any recent changes (so I might be doing something wrong!) and a search for "give way rule change nz" is only turning up a change that happened a decade ago.

jonathan18:

 

I don't know about other brands of EVs that also have strong regenerative braking, but I know for sure my Tesla still uses the brake light to show this:

 

I've tested my Toyota and it turns the brake light on when the deceleration is past a particular threshold.