Police say road rage is behind a crash on 15th Ave that left one vehicle on its side blocking the lane.
The crash near the 15th Ave/Cameron Road lights happened about 8am on Wednesday.
A car was knocked over in a road rage incident yesterday morning. Photo: Andrew Campbell.
'This was an incident involving road rage. One of the drivers was arrested and is to appear in Tauranga District Court charged with driving while disqualified, threatening behavior and intentional damage,” says Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager Senior Sergeant Ian Campion.
Ian doesn't know which vehicle was at fault, but says there was some issue 'prior to the location where the crash occurred”.
He says there was an issue which happened on Takitimu Drive and continued to where the crash happened.
The road rage crash was just one of several police were called to yesterday.
A crash on Fraser Street at 10.47am also resulted in the arrest of the driver, says Ian.
A car struck a stationary vehicle and drove off, followed by the occupant of the previously stationary vehicle.
Police located the driver and charged a 46-year-old Tauranga woman with driving while disqualified, careless use of a motor vehicle, and failing to stop and ascertain injury after an accident.
Ian say her breath alcohol level exceeded 1200 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. The legal limit is 250mcg/l.
'There was another crash at 4.46pm on Otumoetai Road where a young male driver hasn't been paying attention and has collided with a mobility scooter on a pedestrian crossing.”
The elderly male on the scooter was taken to Tauranga Hospital for treatment.
'This just highlights the need for drivers to take extreme care and concentrate on what they are doing while they are driving. Focus on the drive.”
There was another crash at 7pm on Cambridge Road, near Moffat Road, where a young male driver has rounded a bend, lost control and struck a bank.
'There were no injuries with that one,” says Ian.
'That's a spate of four accidents over the period of the day and all of those were preventable.”
11 comments
Road rage, Drink driving, inattention
Posted on 18-08-2016 09:35 | By bubbles
These are all stupid, stupid things to do on the road, these people know it, they get told not to do it, but don't want to listen because they're stupid.
Hmmmm
Posted on 18-08-2016 10:02 | By How about this view!
Maybe someone could tell me how many cars have been crushed by the law enforcement agencies and why this sort of punishment is not meted out for regular drink-driving offences and road-ragers? For goodness sake, a judge telling them not to be naughty won't keep some of these dullards off the roads.
Just another day
Posted on 18-08-2016 10:24 | By Seriously?
driving in Tauranga. This is the worst city in NZ to drive in with inconsiderate and dangerous drivers that use their vehicles and the roads as more of a game than anything else. Drivers seem to be self-absorbed in their own little bubbles and God help anyone that interferes with their course. No wonder road rage is so prevalent in Tauranga with the number of near misses you can have just going from home to work on any given day. Driver education these days leaves a lot to be desired.
Pre-judging?
Posted on 18-08-2016 11:26 | By intel1
My understanding was that the police should not pre-judge a legal case i.e. state the cause of a crash when its subject to criminal proceedings and/or insurance claims.
Seriously
Posted on 18-08-2016 12:46 | By overit
you hit it on the head. I am 58 and not at ease driving anymore. When I am out on the highway I count my blessings to be home safe.
patients
Posted on 18-08-2016 13:24 | By rosscoo
Patients is all that is required, with more and more people moving to Tauranga roads are going to become more congested and needs people to be more viglant. remember the rule driver to conditions
@rosscoo
Posted on 18-08-2016 21:23 | By R1Squid
The hospitals have more patients than they need from related road incidents.
Defensive driving
Posted on 19-08-2016 08:14 | By Seriously?
If you use the 2 second rule you end up having 2 vehicles push into the 2 second safety gap you've left between yourself and the vehicle ahead. Can be very frustrating. It took my partner 20 minutes to drive 1.5kms last night and in that time he was cut off twice and had a guy try to race him.
Seriously?
Posted on 19-08-2016 08:52 | By Kenworthlogger
Guess what it is like driving a big truck and trailer unit. Everybody jumps in your big gap and they take up your braking space all the time. We will all get there if people take it easy. Its not a race.
jmac
Posted on 20-08-2016 14:14 | By JohnMac
Drivers lose it all the time in tauranga. Any mistake is rewarded with an aggresive res[ponse. What drivers need to reflect on is getting angry just shows immaturity and loss of self control. These peiple should not be on the road. Defensive driving is paramount not behaving like a five year old having a tantrum.
Sylvia
Posted on 22-08-2016 01:50 | By Boobytrap
Road raging in Tauranga? What a bloody hoot. I have been in Hospital in Auckland for the passed 3 months. I am not allowed to drive but have a support person drive. Now Aucklanders have a good reason to road rage. Tauranga, peak hour traffic, is nothing in comparison. Tauranga does not have the worst roads in NZ. You folks saying so need to drive in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. You will feel very differently about driving aroun Tauranga then.
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