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Thread ID: 118045 2011-05-17 06:30:00 Give way rules nedkelly (9059) PC World Chat
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1202751 2011-05-19 04:38:00 Ask a panel beater. He'll say keep the rule as it is. It's specifically designed to keep panel beaters & hospitals in business. The most stupid & dangerous rule I've come across. Phil B (648)
1202752 2011-05-19 04:41:00 Ask a panel beater. He'll say keep the rule as it is. It's specifically designed to keep panel beaters & hospitals in business. The most stupid & dangerous rule I've come across.
It maybe a windfall for the panel beaters as motorists come to grips with the change in rules.:pf1mobmini:
prefect (6291)
1202753 2011-05-19 04:49:00 It's a hell of a lot easier & safer to keep looking in front of you when making a turn. Why would anyone want to look behind to try & see what another vehicle is doing when turning left & then base their decision on guesswork. Oh sorry officer I didn't mean to run those people over, I was obeying the road code & looking where I've been instead of where I'm going Phil B (648)
1202754 2011-05-19 05:13:00 When is it due to change.? Cicero (40)
1202755 2011-05-19 05:17:00 When is it due to change.?

Sometime after the submissions have been heard and the laws have been drafted one would think.
Snorkbox (15764)
1202756 2011-05-19 05:19:00 I thought it was early 2012. Dunno why it cant be this weekend & make the world a safer place Phil B (648)
1202757 2011-05-19 05:22:00 Sometime after the submissions have been heard and the laws have been drafted one would think.

Ah, that will take forever, so will give it some thought then!
Cicero (40)
1202758 2011-05-19 05:34:00 I think the rule should stay as it is .

People turning left should give way because it would be safer .

By this I mean that if there is confusion between left and right turning traffic the left turning car will get T boned into their (drivers) door where someone is always sitting (with their liver just waiting to be ruptured) . While the right turning traffic will get t boned into the front passenger where there usually isn't anyone sitting . (I see this at work, driver door intrusions cause massive injuries)

The problem is that the rules aren't followed rather than the rules are wrong . Our traffic laws should be imposed with the religious zeal usually only shown by parking wardens .
afe66 (13778)
1202759 2011-05-19 05:54:00 When is it due to change.?

Transport Minister Steve Joyce said the current give way rules for turning vehicles were confusing and out of step with the rest of the world so they will be changed in early 2012. See here (www.nbr.co.nz).

I also read somewhere that they did not want to change the rules before the World Cup.
Bobh (5192)
1202760 2011-05-19 07:30:00 It's a hell of a lot easier & safer to keep looking in front of you when making a turn. Why would anyone want to look behind to try & see what another vehicle is doing when turning left & then base their decision on guesswork. Oh sorry officer I didn't mean to run those people over, I was obeying the road code & looking where I've been instead of where I'm going


Good call
prefect (6291)
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