Driving on New Zealand's quiet highways through farmland and bush is a completely different experience from driving in Singapore, says a road safety expert.
National University of Singapore undergraduates Sherwin Chong Shi Yun and Xinyue Yang, both 21, and Jia Jun Vincent Lim, 24, died after their campervan collided with a barrier and caught fire.
But campervans and motorhomes are much bigger vehicles and need to be driven very differently compared with a car, said Mr Dylan Thomsen, road safety spokesperson for the New Zealand Automobile Association. Dr Shane Turner, technical director for road safety at transport specialist firm Abley, advised driving these vehicles at an even slower speed of 80kmh.
Outside New Zealand’s main cities, most highways are two-lane, undivided roads that can look different from highways in other countries, he said. The state highway network is predominantly rural. The most common crash types on rural roads are head-on crashes, run-off-road collisions or at intersections.
“My advice at intersections is to be particularly careful and check multiple times when turning or crossing at a give-way or stop-controlled approach that there are no vehicles coming on the main road.”Tourists should avoid driving while tired."People often arrive after a long flight and get straight into a rental vehicle to begin driving,” said New Zealand Automobile Association's Mr Thomsen.
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