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| Thread ID: 112961 | 2010-09-28 23:52:00 | Give way road rule change confirmed | george12 (7) | PC World Chat |
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| 1140338 | 2010-09-29 01:30:00 | True but people die from death to. Yep, murders usually cause death too. There be a reason they they are locked up (in theory at least). |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1140339 | 2010-09-29 01:45:00 | Used the theory give way to any vehicle that would hit my drivers door. Which is true most of the time, but not if you're at an intersection and they're at a Give Way sign turning right where you're also turning right. The Give Way sign overrides the "They'll hit my drivers door" rule. Same for if you're turning left, for example into a driveway or shopping mall carpark and they're turning right. You give way only if there are no vehicles behind you in any lane. If there's vehicles behind you, then you have right of way, as otherwise the vehicle from behind could quickly change lanes and sideswipe the other car... This is a much "cleaner" way of thinking: "The person on the left, or turning left, has the right of way" Dead simple! One quick sentence I've though of in about 2 minutes of reading the article myself sums it up. Agreed 2012 is retarded. Change it sooner rather than later, too many people don't know the current rules anyway so changing them won't make much difference to them :p |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1140340 | 2010-09-29 05:28:00 | Let me ask those who are worried about the change! Have you been overseas and did you have to adapt to the local driving rules in those countries? No differant really you adapt. If the Brits and Irish can cross the channel and drive in europe on the wrongside for us and them surely the lowly perfect kiwi can? I got no problem with this rule change and will be adapting on the day it changes without issue. Even after the 9 years it will be of driving under this rule same as I adapted straight away after driving the correct (new) rule after 15 years of driving. Adapt, Survive or Die...pretty much sums it up howver the T-Intersection part of an uncrontrolled intersection has still got me foxed old or new rule, luckily never come across those junction much where I drive. But whats wrong with just putting some paint down and getting rid of uncontrolled intersections? |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1140341 | 2010-09-29 05:55:00 | Why wait until 2012. What's wrong with 2011?? I see that most of the newish and not so newish immigrants in South Auckland will have no problem with the new T junction rule as they already thinks that they way it is judging by the number of near misses I had when I lived there.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1140342 | 2010-09-29 06:19:00 | Taking the right of way even if you are entitled to it is not always the best thing to do anyway. You will, according to the law, be dead right but you can also be dead anyway. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1140343 | 2010-09-29 06:30:00 | whats wrong with just putting some paint down and getting rid of uncontrolled intersections? A lot of these uncontrolled 'intersections' are way way waaaaaay out in the wop wops (like here), complete with gravel roads and one-kilometre long dust clouds. I've learnt the hard way you can't paint dust... :lol: Personally I'm fond of the current setup, because, think about it, when you're sitting at a busy multi-lane intersection, your chance to turn right is pretty slim, you might even have to wait til the lights turn yellow before you even get a chance. Whereas if you're turning left, it's a piece of cake. If you're turning right, you don't want to see a gap in traffic, only to have some moron who can turn whenever he wants to get in your way! |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1140344 | 2010-09-29 06:45:00 | It's probably a moot point as I suspect that the Govt may have changed as there is going to be an election in 2011 which is before the law is going to be changed. Go figure. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1140345 | 2010-09-29 07:22:00 | Glad they're changing the t-intersection rule, no one does it how it is currently anyway. One thing I've never been 100% sure of, if there are two people at a stop/give way sign opposite each other and both are turning right, who goes first? You're both on the right of each other and both turning right. Just whoever pulls out first really? |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 1140346 | 2010-09-29 07:33:00 | If at a stop sign facing each other and both turning right there is no conflict. On the other hand if one vehicle has an indcator on say going right then the other vehicle is entitled to go first as you could think it was going straight across. Both vehicles signalling turning right there is no conflict. There may be some argument about keeping left when turning right but it does say as far to the left as is practicable. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1140347 | 2010-09-29 07:38:00 | If at a stop sign facing each other and both turning right there is no conflict. On the other hand if one vehicle has an indcator on say going right then the other vehicle is entitled to go first as you could think it was going straight across. Both vehicles signalling turning right there is no conflict. Only providing both drivers know their left from their right...not very evident when you see the number of drivers signalling right at a roundabout when they are actually turning (technically) left. :banana |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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