Muggy

Well the hot steamy. muggy, sub-tropical weather persists over the North Island,. no it's not a weather report, but you would think that such weather conditions may effect the driving mentality of the average Kiwi, unfortunately it hasn't, it's just as crazy as ever out there.

Consider over the past 24 hours, 2 vehicles running the bus lanes, 3 cars using the centre reservation as a private lane. 2 buses who have gone rouge, a 3 car pile up on the Eastern Highway , yes just another day in paradise.

However given that the New Year is well under way and that the weather as been very kind, it remains the same old traffic issues day, after day, after day, after day. one thing is certain though the number of roadworks that have materialised over the past 2 weeks is amazing, the number of detours I have had to take recent as increased substantially. Whilst I would be the first to applaud such an initiative, the problem lies in the fact that the co-ordinating departs are obviously not talking to each other, the result, chaos on the Auckland roads.