Imagine how much do you see or heard the headline “accident on the road” on the new bulletins, radio, online newspapers even hard copy newspaper daily?
Since moving out to Eureka 7 months ago, I notice many drivers drive passing me or passed next to our home daily, are crazy enough to take over or to drive more speed daily. We live next to the State Highway 26 between Morrinsville and Hamilton City.
The life of State Highway 26 can be boring or exciting times for everyone who lives around Eureka, Morrinsville, Newstead and Tauwhare. Recently over the last three months there were 3-5 accidents along State Highway 26 and the nearest location was the most popular spot – Hardbottle Road. A truck with a trailer caught on fire in the trailer and a company car killed a couple drivers. I recalled there was a power cut along Holland Road in the early hours of the morning. A car smashed into a power pole and caused the power cut around the rural country.
When I drive along the open stretch road and many ‘stupid’ drivers decided to over take the long stretch road by driving over 120kph. That was the most dangerous and stupid to do that… It amazes me that there were approximately once every 3 drivers to pass along State Highway 26. The reality of the speed area is 100kph on the state highway motorway. In the ‘back bone’ of the rural roads, it is the same story and many local drivers drive over 100kph in the quiet open farm roads. These are pretty isolated places in the rural ‘back bone’ roads.
There are a couple rural schools along the road – Tamahere-Newstead Primary School, Eureka Primary School and Motumaoho School. The speed zone is 60kph. Drivers still drives up to 80-100kph if there is no traffic police watching. Many times I see a traffic police officer parking near LIC/Dairy Research Centre and this place is definitely a worst black spot area due to high rate of car/truck/van accidents even cyclists for many years. There were several drivers killed in the intersection of this area.
How can we prevent these stupid drivers? There is nothing we can do for them and it is simple tool for every drivers – to learn and keep safe through education.
Life in Eureka 