Changes in intersection rules

[Badjelly]

The rule changes are describe here

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3398471/Give-way-rules-set-to-change-Govt

You don't get to vote for one change but not the other.

[rainman]

The rule changes are describe here

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3398471/Give-way-rules-set-to-change-Govt

You don't get to vote for one change but not the other.

Not often you will hear me saying nice things about the National govt... but: about farken time. Good on them.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Thank fuck for that. The current rule sucks serious arse.

[slofox]

There are two parts to the proposed changes.

The first - left turning vehicles will now have ROW over right turning vehicles - is merely a return to the rules of yore. This one makes good sense in that it is a return to the "right hand rule"

The second - involving turns at T junctions - actually makes a new exception to the right hand rule.

The Right Hand Rule basically states two things:

1. Give way to all traffic on your right.
2. Give way to all traffic when turning right.

The new T intersection rule would actually cancel part 1 above because although both cars are turning right, the guy who will have to give way, does so to a car on his LEFT. The guy with the right of way takes precedence over a car on his RIGHT. As I said, thereby cancelling part 1 of RHR.

HOWEVER, given that this is what already happens most of the time, I think this exception will work OK. It makes a kind of intuitive sense - to me anyway. Let's hope it makes sense to other drivers as well...