> No, we do have speed limit signs just as you say. It's just that they're pretty standardised. You very rarely see a sign for anything other than 50kph, 80, or 100, apart from situations like roadworks or other temporary hazards.
> Reading your comments, I guess what I was thinking of as confusing is better defined as the weirdness, to me, of a country so big that there is so much variation. Even the idea of having states is so different; the huge population and all the detailed administrative and government systems that it requires.
> NZ has much the same land area as the UK or Japan, but our population is only 3 million. That loosely divides into 1 million in the city of Auckland, 1 million spread around the rest of the North Island, and 1 million in the larger South Island, which is mountainous and very sparsely populated.
> It's amazing to think that just one big city in the US can contain several times our whole population, and all jammed into such a small area.
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> Brunnen-"I like variation, and weirdness too"G

I think you just sold me a trip to New Zealand.
Howard