It’s 4:10pm in the morning, and you’re in the middle lane heading north on the great southern motorway of our nation’s capital, Auckland.

There are no cars directly in front of you, but quite a few in the lane to your left. Suddenly, without warning, a black ute enters your lane, cutting in front of you.

At this point, you might be wondering, what’s he just done? What’s going on? I can’t interpret this for myself, I need some kind of visual signal.

Well, thankfully, this driver has a heart of gold, and not the kind that would totally fuck up his circulatory system.

Three quarters of the way into your lane, he turns on his right indicator, and you couldn’t be more grateful.

“Oh, he’s veered into my lane,” you now realise. “That’s good of him to let me know.”

This story might seem like just a fantasy. Are there really such considerate drivers out there? As it turns out, there are, as what we just described is a real scenario that happened to a real person, in real life.*

45-year-old Laura Sabor was driving the car that witnessed the generous signalling.

“To be honest, I was a bit pissed off at first,” she said. “This guy just swerves into my lane with no warning, and I was totally confused. But then, he turned on his indicator. It honestly restored my faith in humanity.”

But the driver, 36-year old Devon Mayfield, said he doesn’t deserve any credit.

“Oh look, anyone else would’ve done it,” he said. “That’s what the indicator is there for, right? It’s to let people know what you did.”

Sadly, Laura’s story isn’t a common one, with New Zealand Police saying far too few drivers are using their indicators properly.

In a statement, Police reiterated the need for clear signalling, saying that drivers should turn on their indicators “a good 3 seconds” before or after switching lanes.

*Description is a dramatisation and may not resemble real life.