Auckland Central Motorway 

Hi there , thanks a lot , that was the middle of winter so luck with the weather indeed 😀

Thanks Mircea 😀

Hi Jean glad you liked this one , I definitely had you in mind putting it out having enjoyed your city tours for a while now and as you say the differences and similarities between a country with 5 million and 330 million !!. I’ll make some more of these in differing locations I think, thanks for the support 😀

Hey thanks a lot , its a busy section and you really have to stay alert when its super busy.

Thanks Peter, you’ll be struck doubt by the similarities to Aussie, theres a lot of cross synchronisation at a officials level between the two countries when it comes to signage etc .

@@Chris-NZ Yep, very similar😀

Hey thanks a lot😀

Hi there, glad you liked the drive, there are a lot of marina’s in Auckland which is also known as “the city of sails” 😀

Hi there, yes its a pretty interesting drive especially with the changing seasons .

Hey thanks a lot 😀

Thanks Tony, I was debating if I should post this one , it was sitting on my PC for quite a while . Its off-peak but an interesting contrast to the same strip I posted during one of the hard lockdowns when I was sent to south auckland for my 2nd jab. (I live on the North Shore) .

Hi, haha, more fun than in the peak hours thats for sure 😀

Thanks , much easier driving away from the sun 😀

@@Chris-NZ keep in touch friend 😍🤝

Hi there glad you liked the drive through a section of our biggest city (1.6million) . 😀 Its very different to the rest of NZ .

Hi, yes not too shabby as far as the weather goes especially as I filmed this mid winter when it’s usually pretty horrible weather wise !!

Hi yes, seeing the city early morning is a treat although I can say when I changed to using the Birkenhead ferry back in 98 getting out of that commuter motorway morning rat race was heaven on earth and the view from the ferry pretty good as well.😊

@@Chris-NZ Haha, yes I get that! 👍

Hi there, yes the city motorway with a lot of it elevated does offer some cool views, especially off the Harbour Bridge . 😀 thanks for coming by and leaving a comment 👍😀

Thanks Anna, yes not so many countries drive on the left , one of them being Japan which is where we source a lot of good secondhand cars . I wasn’t sure about this video but I find one of two channels that do them quite interesting . If I get enough views I might do another somewhere different .

Hi Jennifer , Yes the lanes on the bridge switch back and forth on weekdays , five towards the CBD in the morning and five in the reverse direction in the evening with four each way in the off peak and weekends .There are two big machines the size of locomotives that pick the concrete barrier up and move it one lane at a time, you can see one briefly if you freeze at 1:33 . The barrier is continuous like a giant chain. Its been in operation since 1990. A solution was needed after a series of fatal crashes on the curved approaches on the south side. There was an especially bad crash where an ED doctor from Auckland hospital was killed with it being recorded on the bridges CCTV , this of course pushing those with the $$ to act where as a few drunks offing themselves previously was some how “inevitable” . Working with crash data at the time we called this the “judge and jury “ mentality. Thankfully that kind of thinking has receded somewhat . Yes, I have a few km under my belt, estimated it one day - over 900,000 km with 150,000 of that in my job - road safety and road engineering - tends to get you out and about a lot - best part of the job of course 😀👍

@@Chris-NZ Ah, so this was your specialty! 👌 In Seattle they have reverse lanes for rush hour and weekends- with just arrows above to tell if you are green to go or red to not go- I don’t drive there in rush hour so I’m Not sure how well it works- Your solution seems much safer for all. Too bad about the Dr., but I’m sure this ended up saving lots more lives!

@@JenniferLupine hi, yes we have those lane use arrows in a couple of places as well, personally I hate them and never drive in the one that swaps . I’m sure the bridge barrier has saved many lives over that 32 years of operation. 😀

Hello back 😀

Hi, there are a lot of countries with driving on the left, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, UK, India, and about 70 others ! 😀 Thanks for the view 👍

@@Chris-NZ, im from Indonesia. Indonesia drift on the left same like Australia and New Zealand.

@@Bokek8600 You won't have any trouble driving if you come here on holiday 😀