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We expect
some interesting responses
to the Transport Minister's
call for comments on the give way rule.
Steven Joyce says our current give way rules for turning vehicles are confusing and out of step with the rest of the world. Here in Tauranga, most are still learning to indicate, let alone turn the corner.

Don Brash is likely to suggest that anyone turning left is a commie socialist and that everyone should turn hard right and keep going that way.
'Abolish the left turn completely.”
Tamati the weatherman reckons as long as you're not going straight, it doesn't matter which way you turn.
Several directors of failed finance companies recommend going straight and fast and don't look back.
Here at the RR Intersection Research Institute we've spent many hours deliberating the options.
It's going to cause a great deal of confusion for some drivers out there, especially the ones who have been around for a while and are struggling with new fangled changes, such as the end of the ice age and the recent switch to decimal currency.
But that's just my two pennies worth.
Surely if Samoa can survive changing the side of the road they drive on, then we can handle a few simple intersection give way changes? Sounds like a Tui billboard.
Panelbeaters are simply delighted.
Latest craze
Planking is the latest craze to sweep the country.
If you haven't tried planking, you don't know what you are missing.
Planking, for the uninformed, is the art of spectacular lying down in odd places.
I've been lying down for seven or eight hours a night, for many years now, and it is highly recommended. Especially on a bed.
Some cavalier plankers have been taking the craze to extremes and a couple of plankers have unfortunately died in the process of planking in a silly place.
It seems to be more of a young person's stunt and gets a lot of airtime in social media sites, such as FacePlank.
The police are taking a dim view of planking, since it has led to carnage but hey, it's better than hooning in cars, or painting graffiti; safer than skateboarding, less irritating than chatter rings and makes more sense than Morris Dancing. Some people are taking some risks in their pursuit of extreme lying down – such as planking on public monuments and bridges.
I expect that if a planker on a bridge gets it wrong and falls in a river, he/she becomes a plonker.
Extremists
Here at RR headquarters we've developed an even more extreme version:
Night Planking. Check out this example:

When I was younger some of my acquaintances had some odd pastimes, not exactly Planking, but it started with a W. Later, a more socially acceptable pastime was streaking and this is better for your health than planking, which really is a bit of a lazy activity… just lying around aimlessly.
At least with streaking, there's a certain level of fitness involved since the streaker needs to be able to outrun anyone who takes a dislike to their speeding nakedness.
This week the world marked a similar pastime – World Naked Gardening Day. I suspect this day was created by all the old streakers that like to get their gear off and roam; only can't manage the running anymore. So instead, they just stagger around their backyards frightening the flowers and embarrassing the veges.
There is of course a valuable by-product of naked gardening – extra exposure to the sun and crucial absorption of Vitamin D.
Downsides are probably hypothermia and the breakdown of neighbourly relations.
We're also assuming extra care is needed around the roses; you wouldn't want to get a prick in the wrong place.
On your bike
If you missed Naked Gardening Day, don't despair; Nude Cycling Day is June 11 and Naked Hiking Day is apparently on June 21. Clearly these are Northern Hemisphere inspired programmes. No-one in their right mind would go naked biking/hiking in NZ in the middle of winter.
And just as long as we don't see some of the above pastimes combined – to create Naked Planking – there won't be a problem.
Here's our action footage of actual Night Naked Gardening (content may offend):

Until next week, stay safe, give way to right turning traffic, use your indicator, think decimal, plank carefully and warm your bicycle seat on June 11.