Tinkering with give-way rules is a waste of time and public money when so few road users make any effort to know the rules. How many cyclists know that they are required to wear helmets, and to obey the traffic rules just like other road users? How many bus and truck drivers drivers know the minimun legal following distance? How many of them know that there is a minimum distance? It is hard to feel safe on our highways when so many drivers can't negotiate a sweeping left-hand curve without going on to the shoulder, and so many panic-brake at the sight of a bend or an approaching vehicle. And isn't it about time for the authorities to have a roadside chat with the people who creep along when overtaking is impossible, only to rediscover the use of the accelerator when a passing lane starts? I have worked in a country recovering from civil war, visited another country about to have one, and raced motorcycles, but none of these felt as scary as riding my motorcycle in Palmerston North (which must be above the national average for drivers'licences in Braille) on a Sunday afternoon.