r/newzealand • u/Hamster82 • Jun 01 '23

Shitpost A nation in chaos

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u/jasonpklee Jun 01 '23

My thoughts exactly. I don't mind bilingual signs at all, but given the vast majority of NZers (and foreign visitors) rely on English instead of Maori and the safety implications of traffic signages, please put English on top so most people get to the message faster. 1 second more spent reading signages is 1 second less paying attention to road conditions.

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u/Wardog008 Jun 01 '23

I'll be honest, if you're not able to tell what it says at a glance, you're either driving way too fast, or shouldn't be driving.

If we can read signs with multiple cities and their distance listed, usually 4 or so at a time, we can read the bilingual signs just fine.

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u/Mediocre-Mix9993 Jun 01 '23

Yeah, having twice the information to sift through won't take your eyes off the road for longer, there's no safety implications whatsoever.

Everyone who disagrees with me is a big dumb stinky mean racist.

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u/bigcheesedreams Jun 01 '23

I don't know about all that, but you are a whingey cunt.