{"id":585054,"date":"2026-08-30T15:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/585054\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:56:17","slug":"dashcam-footage-shows-car-reversing-towards-missed-exit-at-aucklands-spaghetti-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/585054\/","title":{"rendered":"Dashcam footage shows car reversing towards missed exit at Auckland\u2019s Spaghetti Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThat shocked me. I slowed down and just drove past it carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Because of the deepening nightfall, the motorist said they couldn\u2019t identify the car\u2019s make or read its plate number.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Dashcam footage captured a driver attempting to reverse on Auckland's Southern Motorway after missing an exit.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Dashcam footage captured a driver attempting to reverse on Auckland&#8217;s Southern Motorway after missing an exit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI didn\u2019t call police &#8230; I just reviewed the footage afterwards and thought, \u2018That\u2019s quite dangerous\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Police confirmed  no reports had been received about the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">However, Auckland motorways manager Senior Sergeant Bill Russell told the Herald it\u2019s better to arrive late than not at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPolice would like to remind people that reversing on the motorways is illegal and subject to a fine of $150,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf you miss your lane change or off ramp, continue onwards and make your turn elsewhere when it is safe to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Russell noted that police respond to \u201chundreds\u201d of crashes on the motorway network annually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMotorists are advised to plan their journey well ahead and use navigational devices if they need to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur view is that it is better to arrive late, than not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThat shocked me. I slowed down and just drove past it carefully.\u201d Because of the deepening nightfall, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1975,51,3952,9218,11776,3944,6799,9525,40248,19552,35702,19473,3954,14771,4505,3945,111,43,139,69,38951,418,3953,14649,21419],"class_list":["post-585054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-at","tag-auckland","tag-aucklands","tag-before","tag-busy","tag-car","tag-cars","tag-caught","tag-dashcam","tag-driver","tag-exit","tag-footage","tag-junction","tag-missed","tag-moment","tag-motorway","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-reversing","tag-shows","tag-spaghetti","tag-stopped","tag-towards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}