It's not a secret Kiwis from time to time can get a serious bout of road rage.
In fact, last year AA Insurance found one-third of New Zealanders had been involved in a road rage incident.
From driving too slowly, swerving between lanes or not indicating at a roundabout, it can be hard to keep a cool head when it feels like every driver around you doesn't know the road code.
But instead of aggressive honking, tailgating or giving rude gestures, what if you could let drivers know of their mistake after they ride off into the distance.
A New Zealand website has launched to do just that. Plate Alerts is a new site where Kiwis can rate other people's driving by typing in their number plate and leaving a review which becomes publicly available.
But, in case you were wondering, no it doesn't exactly serve as an outlet to tell other drivers they suck.
Rather, users can choose from a selection of reasons on the drop box feature to avoid abusive slander written in a fury of rage.
Instead of giving the one-finger solute when a driver forgets to indicate or cuts in front of you, the app provides a channel to use that pent-up aggression for good - just make sure you have parked the car first.
It's that conversation starter to tell your dad to cool down on the speeding or your sister to work on her parking skills.
Plate Alerts was made by Kiwi Sam Parsons who came up with the idea after he got in the passenger seat of his grandmother's car.
Parsons said his family assumed she was fine and safe to drive but he later saw that wasn't the case.
"It wasn't until I got in the car with her and realised actually her driving has deteriorated quite a lot and it would have been bloody good to have some way of knowing or getting feedback from other people. We could have known her driving wasn't so sharp before then," Parsons said.
"That's the big idea. People can have these conversations with people who maybe need a bit of work on their driving rather than them having an accident, before it's too late."
The idea behind the app is to promote safer driving. A family member or friends can add other people's number plates to their watch list and so when someone leaves a review on their number plates, they get an alert and can talk to them about it.
"They're not just worried about police pulling them over but the social thing of their mates or family looking up their number plate and seeing a review written," Parsons said.
It also has options for people to alert drivers if their parked car's window has been left down or its light are on. People can also leave positive reviews to complement others on their skills.
"Hopefully it will just create a conversation around people's driving," Parsons said.
