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Thread ID: 120261 2011-09-01 03:25:00 Giveway Rules change nedkelly (9059) PC World Chat
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1228000 2011-09-01 06:41:00 Exactly. Snorkbox (15764)
1228001 2011-09-01 06:48:00 At last, after 20+ years since I came to NZ! bk T (215)
1228002 2011-09-01 06:55:00 The rules have changed as the right hand rule did not allow for those turning right into a road on their right into a road where there is no Stop sign, Give way sign etc as the new rules will.

For example at the moment I have to give way to all vehicles on my right. The new variant will allow me to turn right across another turning right if I am on a straight through road.
Snorkbox (15764)
1228003 2011-09-01 09:42:00 Relax. People will be extra careful around intersections to start with. Didn't take me long to get use to the rule here in the UK. wmoore (6009)
1228004 2011-09-02 10:29:00 So make plans to grow old and die while waiting for all the lanes to clear to allow you to turn right.

This change is a HUGE waste of our taxes. Even if it does reduce crashes, the cost of changing lane layouts, traffic signal timings and turning bays at thousands of intersections will cost us a fortune.

Now every city intersection will have to be investigated by an overpaid engineer or similar even higher paid consultant in order to ensure there won't be chaos, and to suggest re-designs to road layouts, signals and signage that somehow should all be instigated at the stroke of midnight on a single date.
Paul.Cov (425)
1228005 2011-09-02 22:21:00 So make plans to grow old and die while waiting for all the lanes to clear to allow you to turn right.

This change is a HUGE waste of our taxes. Even if it does reduce crashes, the cost of changing lane layouts, traffic signal timings and turning bays at thousands of intersections will cost us a fortune.

Now every city intersection will have to be investigated by an overpaid engineer or similar even higher paid consultant in order to ensure there won't be chaos, and to suggest re-designs to road layouts, signals and signage that somehow should all be instigated at the stroke of midnight on a single date.

You have to ask, who exactly decides these matters for us.?
Cicero (40)
1228006 2011-09-02 22:33:00 So make plans to grow old and die while waiting for all the lanes to clear to allow you to turn right.

This change is a HUGE waste of our taxes. Even if it does reduce crashes, the cost of changing lane layouts, traffic signal timings and turning bays at thousands of intersections will cost us a fortune.

Now every city intersection will have to be investigated by an overpaid engineer or similar even higher paid consultant in order to ensure there won't be chaos, and to suggest re-designs to road layouts, signals and signage that somehow should all be instigated at the stroke of midnight on a single date.

Rubbish Paul.
It worked perfectly fine before the change and Aussie change back some time ago and it is more logical if you are turning right to give way to all traffic.
Safari (3993)
1228007 2011-09-03 04:08:00 You have to ask, who exactly decides these matters for us.?

The Government Cicero, the Government. Remember those guys you voted for back in '08? ( That's not 1908 by the way.)

Seriously, the sooner this change comes, and people get used to it, the better. It is only going back to what the road rules were before 1973, and brings us into sync with the rest of the world. It is not as though we were about to start driving on the right!
Richard (739)
1228008 2011-09-03 04:44:00 The Government Cicero, the Government. Remember those guys you voted for back in '08? ( That's not 1908 by the way.)

Seriously, the sooner this change comes, and people get used to it, the better. It is only going back to what the road rules were before 1973, and brings us into sync with the rest of the world. It is not as though we were about to start driving on the right!

That's for the following year.... :D
johcar (6283)
1228009 2011-09-03 05:06:00 But only on odd-numbered dates for the first two years, > > > ;) R2x1 (4628)
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