Learn the bloody rd code

[dangerous]

yippie...... time to bitch, ok lets see amoungest us who can answer the poll corectly.

In the suituation attached below which car/s have the right away (see poll) all cars have a green light red for those at right angles

I bring this up because I sat at the bloody lights for 15min's trying to get through when it was my right away but the dicks in frount would not go.

Now I'm buggered if I know why the LTSA and cops cant do more to educate the drivers of NZ..... now I know the avarage NZ driver thinks they know better and own the bloody rd, but for fuk sakes instead of all the speeding/crash adds on TV showing the result..... why the hell not spend some of that money on adds that show the road rules corectly and avoid ahe crashs... it would be so easy just do it in cartoon format... simple :spudwhat:

[Sniper]

No poll yet, but A and B have right of way.

EDIT: So does C if he stays in the far left lane.

[Pancakes]

They can all go 'cos you are supposed to turn into the lane nearest to you and there are three cars turning into three lanes. A and B would stay parralell and C is a DX corolla so hoofs it straight through, still with the indicator on smoking the place out! sorry, got excited.

[Waylander]

Need more information. What are the traffic light colours at that moment? Some intersections would have A and B with a red light while C has the green arrow. Or is there a stop sign or just a give way sign.

[bugjuice]

what do the lights say? sometimes that can be a factor
else I'm with A & B

[phantom]

yeah they can all turn as long as the bastards turning right obey the rules and stay in their lanes and don't come over into their left lane tooting their horn and giving the finger to the person turning left who quite legally is now in the lane they think they are entitled to

[Waylander]

what do the lights say? sometimes that can be a factor
else I'm with A & B
HA THis time I beat you to it.:rockon:

[Devil]

Heh, silly situations. Its this rule that is most commonly ignored (turning into the correct lane). If I was C, i'd give way (or at least be incredible cautious) even though I didnt need to because there's a 99% chance that someone's not going to stay in their lane.

[James Deuce]

I'm with Devil here. I'd rather sit back and watch A&B crash into each other while they try to jam into the same lane, than be involved in the accident, because both A&B will be wanting to go into the left lane anyway. Stuff the road code, I'd rather survive thanks.

[White trash]

Yeah, to the letter of the law, they all can proceed. Realisticaly, you'd want to be fucken carefull.

[bugjuice]

HA THis time I beat you to it.:rockon:
barsteward

[Sniper]

barsteward

Nice 10 character ploy

[Postie]

I bring this up because I sat at the bloody lights for 15min's trying to get through when it was my right away but the dicks in frount would not go.



hahahahaha, only someone in CHCH would wait patiently for 15 minutes, if you were in Auckland, you would have been out there with a hammer, getting things moving again instead of sitting back with yer speights

[Hitcher]

There are marked lanes. The Road Code says they can all go. But Murphy's Law says the kindy mum in the Pajero (vehicle C) will want to go directly to the righthand lane, the Asian taxi driver in vehicle A wants to drop off a fare immediately after having turned, and the boi racer in the Civic that goes Pish (vehicle B) also wants the righthand lane. Outcome? Chaos.

[dangerous]

Need more information. What are the traffic light colours at that moment? Some intersections would have A and B with a red light while C has the green arrow. Or is there a stop sign or just a give way sign.
all cars have a GREEN light......


There are marked lanes. The Road Code says they can all go. But Murphy's Law says the kindy mum in the Pajero (vehicle C) will want to go directly to the righthand lane, the Asian taxi driver in vehicle A wants to drop off a fare immediately after having turned, and the boi racer in the Civic that goes Pish (vehicle B) also wants the righthand lane. Outcome? Chaos.
Yeah so true.... why the hell does traffic have to drive right across every lane to get the furtherest lane possible.... all cos 12 miles up the rd they want to turn off in that direction.
People must know that they are doing wrong but are to ignarant to be bothered doing the correct thing... only in NZ aye

[Monsterbishi]

All three can go, you're required to turn into the nearest available lane.

Reality is, if you're the one turning left, let the two right turning cars go first, because they won't know the road law and at least one of them will go straight to your lane.

[bugjuice]

There are marked lanes. The Road Code says they can all go. But Murphy's Law says the kindy mum in the Pajero (vehicle C) will want to go directly to the righthand lane, the Asian taxi driver in vehicle A wants to drop off a fare immediately after having turned, and the boi racer in the Civic that goes Pish (vehicle B) also wants the righthand lane. Outcome? Chaos.
and my work would be done.
however. I'd probably be there, between A & B just to mix things up a little.. Then I'd try to drift round the corner, exit onto the straight with some degree of lean and slide, only then for the back to grip hard, launching the front wheel high into the air as I start to straighten up.. flick thru another gear, front touches down at 150kph very softly, with a whisper of smoke, while it just raws off into the standing traffic waiting at the next set of lights only 300m away.. :ar15:

[Lou Girardin]

I nearly got taken out in Newton Rd by a cretin who didn't know he had to stay in the right lane. So, if you're on a bike, wait!

[Waylander]

all cars have a GREEN light......
In that case all three can legally go but for saftey sake apply the give way rule. Let Aand B go and destroy themselfs then C can merily go around them afterwards.

[Jonty]

This situation happens all the time on Wellington's one way systems. Usually it is two opposite streets converging on two lane one way system. Usually the car turing left will sit and wait in case the opposite car turning right tries to fit into its land. Technically in your example everyone can go but until all people know the road code (and how quick you are) you may end up just waiting to see which of the opposite drivers are idiots!!

[mstriumph]

you are all scaring me rigid .... are things really that chaotic over there? :no: :eek5: :thud:

[dangerous]

you are all scaring me rigid .... are things really that chaotic over there? :no: :eek5: :thud:
Over where??? fuk sake were the hell is ... :spudwhat: never heard that as a location, you ashamed of were you live or what :nya:

FWIW over here if you mean Chch then yeah its a bloody mess in town these days... Id hate to try the likes of Auckland where it would have to be ten fold worse, but slower I expect.

[Squiggles]

all the cars have right of way dont they..... since the one turning left "should" move into the closest lane..... and the ones turning right turn into their lanes........ (i voted other tho coz i misread the question :doh: )

[Aaron]

Everyone has right of way in the given diagram.


Now I'm buggered if I know why the LTSA and cops cant do more to educate the drivers of NZ.....
You're joking right? You have seen what people do at roundabouts now following the campaign to re emphasise correct indicating technique?

- Car going straight thru - indicates right before entering the roundabout.
- Car going straight thru - indicates left before entering the roundabout.
- Car going right - indicates left before entering roundabout

I've seen them all. The first two are much more frequent now since LTSA tried 'educating' drives as to the proper way of indicating.

This is why democracy doesn't work...

If you can't figure out how to work the indicator on your car... or stand at the pedestrian crossing banging the button hoping for the lights to change... how are you suppose to understand complex political polices.

(sorry, got a bit OT there).

[Sniper]

That is a classic "To the death" intersection!

[Silage]

I have never had to wait for 15 minutes due to a left-turning car ahead keeping to their "moral high ground" and waited until all right turning traffic had cleared (and the lights changed). But I have been abused for turning into the left lane of a two-lane street. :bleh:

Dose people just don't know the road code.

[Rashika]

ah yes Moorehouse ave If I'm not mistaken.... you having issues with those damn stooopid drivers again eh Dangerous??

all of them can go ofcourse...but ya just know that someone is gonna fk it up...so get out the machine gun :2guns: JUST in case!

[dangerous]

(sorry, got a bit OT there).
No ya dident, this thread is about those that dont know the rd code.
However..... with cycle lans replacing all traffic lanes etc we are slowley being tought not to think for our selves all these up dated rd rules are teaching us to be brain dead PC shit I guess and I dont like it.

The round about thing is a classic example, I have pulled out in frount of a car that had its left indercator on (well I figgered it was turning left so I went) but in fact the car was indercating that it was entering the round about...... fuk me I know that how thick am I meant to be not to relise a car driving at me is entering the bloody intersection :no:


I have never had to wait for 15 minutes due to a left-turning car ahead keeping to their "moral high ground" and waited until all right turning traffic had cleared (and the lights changed). But I have been abused for turning into the left lane of a two-lane street. :bleh:

Dose people just don't know the road code.
Mate it was such a cock up..... you know how it is, people keep driving through a amber light stopping the turning traffic from moving.... by the time the oncomming trafic stops the lights are red.... so turning trafic dont get to move...... ohhh but yes they do, they (1 or 2 max) drive through a red light the traffic now on a green are booting it through and its all turning to a tooting waving the birdy suition..... again

[Sniper]

FFS!!!! I just went down the road to go to the bank and here was a fuckwit in a 4x4 (No offense meant to 4x4 drivers OK) on his cellphone that just drove straight through a red light almost collecting me and someone else who were through the intersection.

Im sure that (OT I know),the road code says "Stop at red lights". Dangerous, I think you are onto something when you say some CHCH drivers are real turd stealers!

[MSTRS]

you are all scaring me rigid .... are things really that chaotic over there? :no: :eek5: :thud:
Yep....it's a deliberate ploy to keep Ockers on their side of the water

[steved]

Another thing about Chch drivers is that they do not know the purpose for median strips. I pulled out of a side-road into the median strip to wait for a gap (Car A in the image). I freaked out both lanes of traffic causing all traffic to come to a stop and my brother-in-law had conniptions. He thought I was completely in the wrong until we got home and onto the LTSA website. Then he thought, "Well, you should have known that Chch drivers don't understand that rule". Haha. :calm:

[mstriumph]

Over where??? fuk sake were the hell is ... :spudwhat: never heard that as a location, you ashamed of were you live or what :nya:

FWIW over here if you mean Chch then yeah its a bloody mess in town these days... Id hate to try the likes of Auckland where it would have to be ten fold worse, but slower I expect.

Settle, Petal ......... :drinkup:
I can relate to your difficulty with the dots .... that’s understandable
- but also immaterial since the “there” in my post obviously relates to YOUR location [NZ] ..... you being the thread starter an the one posting the precedence problem an' all?

sorry for the confusion - an thanks for the clarification :sunny:

[*currently uncertain about where/what and why she is..... also left-handed :no: * ]

[Lou Girardin]

you are all scaring me rigid .... are things really that chaotic over there? :no: :eek5: :thud:

Worse! :gob:

BTW. Who'd like periodic licence retesting?
Because that's the only way people will be motivated to learn the road rules.
Otherwise you do your test at 15 and don't do another till 80.

[dangerous]

Another thing about Chch drivers is that they do not know the purpose for median strips.
True.... but a lot of people just sit ther looking dumb, IMHO when you see a gap in the traffic..... MERGE (I know.... as you try to merge the traffic speed up in order to block ya out)


Settle, Petal .........
Settled...... ----------> :nya: <----------- NB

[Aaron]

However..... with cycle lans replacing all traffic lanes etc we are slowley being tought not to think for our selves all these up dated rd rules are teaching us to be brain dead PC shit I guess and I dont like it.
I totally agree.

[Pancakes]

I answered all of them can go but agree for sure that I'd throw some caution in the mix. I got one question wrong when I first sat my car learners cos I had the picture where I'm going straight through a roundabout and a car coming from my right is going straight through too. (can't put the picture up cos I don't know how! HELP!) The answer was I can go cos I'll be gone once it gets to me but I don't know about pulling out infront of someone in the same situation in real life!

[Waylander]

Uh.. how long ago did you take your test Brian?

[Pancakes]

Coming up 10 years, when I was just little.

[Waylander]

ok cause now if you answered what you did on the test you would have gotten it right.

[Pancakes]

Thats how I remember it anyway, pretty damn sure. Who knows about these things though? I just checked, I'm older than you! I pictured you as some old southern boozer. Imagined the bike right though. No tassells but, what a shame.

edit. I passed the test and got 100% on my bike test too, what a gay. (Not GHEY! hahahahahahahah)

[Waylander]

Not old but the rest of that is true.

[Jantar]

I should write out 100 times: " I must wear my glasses before looking at thumbnails"

I selected "A & B" on the basis of 3 cars turning into 2 lanes. But of course with 3 lanes ALL 3 cars can go as long as they stay in their marked lane. Any car wishing to change lanes must give way.

[outlawtorn]

you missed the option "They should all stop for me!"

:woohoo:

[Pancakes]

You need to go to the LTSA and hand your licence in immediately! and pick me up some Cameo Creams on the way, ok?

[Pancakes]

Did your suede tassels get in your eye?

[outlawtorn]

Did your suede tassels get in your eye?
you talking to me punk? :eyepoke:

[Pancakes]

Your bike would suit tassels but I can't say if your hard enought to pull them off until you've punched me in the eye. I was going to make a comment about polishing your pipes all weekend but I won't until I find out how big you are. heheh, it must be the wind doing this to me!

[outlawtorn]

Your bike would suit tassels but I can't say if your hard enought to pull them off until you've punched me in the eye. I was going to make a comment about polishing your pipes all weekend but I won't until I find out how big you are. heheh, it must be the wind doing this to me!
nah dude, I'd never get tassles, not my style and I don't mind spending the entire weekend cleaning and polishing my bike, I love it sooooooo much.....and respect your elders!!!! :D

[Waylander]

You talking to me or Outlaw, Brian? If you're talking to me, in no way will I ever wear tassles of put them anywhere on my bike. Just not my style.

And still too busy trying to fix all the little things on my bike to worry about pollishing for the moment.

[outlawtorn]

You talking to me or Outlaw, Brian? If you're talking to me, in no way will I ever wear tassles of put them anywhere on my bike. Just not my style.

And still too busy trying to fix all the little things on my bike to worry about pollishing for the moment.
Nah it wuz Brian, people like you and I should ensure that tassles are only ever used by Bon Jovi and no one else!!!!!

[crashe]

If they all had green lights/arrows... then they can all go..

"C" is the closest to turning the corner so can get around the corner before "A" and "B" would even get there.

There is 3 lanes... so they will go into a lane each without stuffing things up and having a accident.

[zeRax]

nnOoOooOo i failed! i said other, didnt know there was a picture attached just selected other cause there was no "motorcycles" on the list >_<!!!!! didnt read first either :(

[crashe]

Another thing about Chch drivers is that they do not know the purpose for median strips. I pulled out of a side-road into the median strip to wait for a gap (Car A in the image). I freaked out both lanes of traffic causing all traffic to come to a stop and my brother-in-law had conniptions. He thought I was completely in the wrong until we got home and onto the LTSA website. Then he thought, "Well, you should have known that Chch drivers don't understand that rule". Haha. :calm:


Mate they don't know what they mean up here in Auckland either....

They quite often will sit halfway on the lane and halfway on the medium strip... like hello how are is the traffic to keep on flowing... cos this dickhead has stopped traffic from moving...
Hell the hell some dont loose part of the rear end of their car....

[myvice]

Too dangerous on the roads in Auckland!
That’s why I ride on the footpaths! Much safer for me

[Skyryder]

I'm making the assumption that there are no left or right hand lights. Just the normal three light setup' green amber and red.

Three cars and three lanes. All three cars can proceed safely.

A turns right into the right hand lane. B turns rights into the middle lane and C turns left into the left hand lane. In other words all three cars stay in the lane they are in on the diagramme. If any of the three cars change lanes they are changing lanes at an intersection which is against the law. It is one of the most blatent road offences here in Christchurch..........that and running red lights


Skyryder

[Sniper]

nnOoOooOo i failed! i said other, didnt know there was a picture attached just selected other cause there was no "motorcycles" on the list >_<!!!!! didnt read first either :(

Dont EVER climb in a car around me

[speedpro]

what a dork, I picked A&B without looking at the thing properly. Of course all 3 can go but in reality because noone ever turns into the correct lane "C" would probably be wise to wait or at least be VERY cautious.

[Macktheknife]

all cars have a GREEN light......


Yeah so true.... why the hell does traffic have to drive right across every lane to get the furtherest lane possible.... all cos 12 miles up the rd they want to turn off in that direction.
People must know that they are doing wrong but are to ignarant to be bothered doing the correct thing... only in NZ aye
Actually its much worse in places like Italy, France and England, i will try to find a wee pic for you to prove it.

[Macktheknife]

Actually its much worse in places like Italy, France and England, i will try to find a wee pic for you to prove it.
Here tis, I hope

[parsley]

Oh crap. Pressed the wrong button by mistake. There's now a vote for "Cars A&C" that shouldn't be there.

[pritch]

and the boi racer in the Civic that goes Pish

Good one! You must be nearly as ancient as me :-)

I went most of my life without ever hearing *of* a wastegate let alone actually hearing one...

[Ixion]

Good one! You must be nearly as ancient as me :-)

I went most of my life without ever hearing *of* a wastegate let alone actually hearing one...

I wondered for ages what the weird noise was when one went past.

[dangerous]

Here tis, I hope
ahhhhhh... nope, but thats ok I believe ya dont worry, but considering the quanty of traffic on the roads in Chch V's Rome, dont think it is quite the same.


Oh crap. Pressed the wrong button by mistake. There's now a vote for "Cars A&C" that shouldn't be there.
yeahhhhhhhhhh..... sure, LOL bloody clown


I went most of my life without ever hearing *of* a wastegate let alone actually hearing one...
And you ride a Honda..... gezzz man my 82 CX500TC hade a wast gate and most cars/trucks have Presure relief valves its just that they release the pressure into the manifold near the air filter hence ya dont hear the pish sound, thats just for wank value..... :tugger: hmmmm, wounder if I put one on my Navara what it woud sound like :2thumbsup

[Macktheknife]

You think that one is tough check out my new thread!

[dangerous]

Well its been a bit over 24hrs and ONLY 57% of you lot know the bloody road rule.... thats 43% of you that dont have a clue :bleh:
Ok now some said they knew the road rule in this case but refuse to obay it because you dont want to end up in a pile up.... well, in my books that makes you as a bad driver as the twits that dont know the road rule in this suituation......... bloody shocking :eyepoke:

[James Deuce]

Well its been a bit over 24hrs and ONLY 57% of you lot know the bloody road rule.... thats 43% of you that dont have a clue :bleh:
Ok now some said they knew the road rule in this case but refuse to obay it because you dont want to end up in a pile up.... well, in my books that makes you as a bad driver as the twits that dont know the road rule in this suituation......... bloody shocking :eyepoke:

Bollocks, you inbred southern nitwit. That sort of intuition has kept me alive.

[Monsterbishi]

Well its been a bit over 24hrs and ONLY 57% of you lot know the bloody road rule.... thats 43% of you that dont have a clue :bleh:
Ok now some said they knew the road rule in this case but refuse to obay it because you dont want to end up in a pile up.... well, in my books that makes you as a bad driver as the twits that dont know the road rule in this suituation......... bloody shocking :eyepoke:

Not really, it's not illegal to volutarily give way to any traffic, even if you have right of way, an example is waving a car into a stream of traffic in front of you that is backed up.

[James Deuce]

Not really, it's not illegal to volutarily give way to any traffic, even if you have right of way, an example is waving a car into a stream of traffic in front of you that is backed up.

Another good point that will escape Cletus.

How's my bike, by the way?

[dangerous]

Bollocks, you inbred southern nitwit. That sort of intuition has kept me alive.
Inbreading starts at Ashburton and goes south :nya: ..... as for staying alive, well if I was behind you ya wouldent be cos I'd squash ya like the weisely wellingtonian
that you are and keep on driving, fuked if I'm going to sit at a intersection all day just cos you want to stay alive :msn-wink:

[James Deuce]

Inbreading starts at Ashburton and goes south..... as for staying alive, well if I was behind you ya wouldent be cos I'd squash ya like the weisely wellingtonen that you are and keep on driving, fuked if I'm going to sit at a intersection all day just cos yo want to stay alive ;)

You'd need a B Train to squash me, little man.

4x4 PAH! Mind you, saw a Hiace Taxi remove all the breakable front bits on the back of late model Landcruiser this morning. The LC was only mildly dented. The Hiace had steam cocming out the front.

[dangerous]

You'd need a B Train to squash me, little man.
This little man is licenced to drive a B Triple...... so look out you Yamahahaha rider you :pinch:

[Monsterbishi]

How's my bike, by the way?

Good actually, I'll pass your regards on when I'm washing her tomorrow :-)

[TwoSeven]

Biggest problem is not that they dont know the road code, but that kiwi drivers are fooking unpredictable on the road due to being complete noddies. Its my view that the TV program worst kiwi driver, should be renamed to best kiwi driver - because those guys are fookn good compared to what I see on my way thru town every day. :)


The reason why the person wont go, is because that unpredictable behaviour makes them too nervous to venture forth until they are absolutely certain things are safe and because of the lack of any sensible driver training, they havent been shown the correct way of maneuvering thru the intersection.

There is no way in a month of sundays here in christchurch that any turning driver (A) is actually going to drive into the correct lane, then indicate to move into the desired one, instead they'll just swing across all three lanes and cut driver C off from making their move. Driver C knows this and isnt going to move. Likewise drivers A and B are probably expecting the same behaviour from driver C.

:) :) :) :)

[Lou Girardin]

Not really, it's not illegal to volutarily give way to any traffic, even if you have right of way, an example is waving a car into a stream of traffic in front of you that is backed up.

It can be, if you cause an accident.

[Damon]

I thought the road rule was give way to cars turning right? oh well, there's no way you'd get me (being car C) turning with the other two, your asking for it in this town.

[Monsterbishi]

It can be, if you cause an accident.

How could not turning left immediately cause an accident???

[Sniper]

How could not turning left immediately cause an accident???

Idiots that rear end you when their sole point is to see how quickly they can get off the lights.

[Monsterbishi]

Idiots that rear end you when their sole point is to see how quickly they can get off the lights.

Then unless you're doing the same thing as the idiot behind you, then that would happen anyway, regardless of whether you hesiated or not.

[MSTRS]

I thought the road rule was give way to cars turning right?
Sort of....But only if you are turning left & will be sharing the same lane turned into. OR if you are at 90o to each other & both turning right, then the car on the right has right of way. If you are facing each other & both turning right, best practice is to pass to the right of each other. You have right of way if going straight ahead.
Simple.

[Sniper]

Then unless you're doing the same thing as the idiot behind you, then that would happen anyway, regardless of whether you hesiated or not.

True, I only said that because it has happened to me.

[dangerous]

Not really, it's not illegal to volutarily give way to any traffic, even if you have right of way, an example is waving a car into a stream of traffic in front of you that is backed up.
I don't think there is any offence, HOWEVER if you (for example) held up 12 cars behind you to let a couple of cars in (and you had right-of-way) it is POSSIBLE that you could be done for "inconsiderate us" or similar.
Same as traffic that does NOT do the speed limit they can be nicked for something similer.

The fact is it is cars A, B, & C that have the right of way any one in car C sitting there cos they dont give a rats arse about any one else on the road is NOT driving to the road code :apint:

[TonyB]

Finally noticed this. While they are all fine to go as each one has a lane to go into, if I was car C I wouldn't trust the other two....not many people seem to know this rule.

Plus both A &B want to cut across to the left and drive into Animates/ Mitre 10 so C better be bloody careful.

And don't even get me started on some of the bizarre shit I have seen at roundabouts since the public were 'educated'!!

[Monsterbishi]

I don't think there is any offence, HOWEVER if you (for example) held up 12 cars behind you to let a couple of cars in (and you had right-of-way) it is POSSIBLE that you could be done for "inconsiderate us" or similar.
Same as traffic that does NOT do the speed limit they can be nicked for something similer.

The fact is it is cars A, B, & C that have the right of way any one in car C sitting there cos they dont give a rats arse about any one else on the road is NOT driving to the road code :apint:

The plain fact of the matter is though, in the real world, christchurch even, that car 'B' will most likely be completely oblivious to the appropriate law, and will be turning directly into the path of car C anyway, the intersection of Moorhouse and Durham street springs to mind, if you park in the petshop on the corner of the intersection and watch as cars from the C path want to turn left, how manys from the B path turn right into their lane.

It's not a case of not driving to the road code, or not giving a rats arse, it's just preventing a accident, I'm not going to put myself in harms way, even though I know what my rights are regarding giving way, I'm just not willing to spend weeks or months recovering after using myself as a rolling roadcode lesson to some driver who didn't have a clue.

[Waylander]

You know what I'm getting now is when I am turning left onto a one lane per direction road and someone else is turning right onto that same road, the peaple turning right want to wait for me to go.

[dangerous]

The plain fact of the matter is though, in the real world, christchurch even, that car 'B' will most likely be completely oblivious to the appropriate law, and will be turning directly into the path of car C anyway, the intersection of Moorhouse and Durham street springs to mind, if you park in the petshop on the corner of the intersection and watch as cars from the C path want to turn left, how manys from the B path turn right into their lane.

It's not a case of not driving to the road code, or not giving a rats arse, it's just preventing a accident, I'm not going to put myself in harms way, even though I know what my rights are regarding giving way, I'm just not willing to spend weeks or months recovering after using myself as a rolling roadcode lesson to some driver who didn't have a clue.
LOL... me again :nya: The intersection you mention is the one that I sat at for 15min's while fukwit drivers did what the bloody well pleased instead of getting on with driving corectly... shit I have lived/driven over seas and never had these problems, yes it is the NZ driver attude that sucks its a chain reaction aye.

Now I would never expect you to go to Hospital just cos you were in the right..... but why not do as I do, procede to drive into 'my' lane... but I am eye balling the driver in the car comming towards me, if I see he knows what hes doing I carry on... if not then I will hesatate, NEVER (touch wood) have I crashed yet and I have not had to hold traffic up either.

On another note 'us' as bikers should always drive like every bastard is out to get ya, just cos I'm in a cage dosent mean I drive any differant, I think being a biker makes us beter drivers as far as looking into what 'could go wrong'

It has been interseting too note that a lot of those voting for A&B only do relise that car C can go aswell..... I never thought that people sit ther cos they dont trust the other drivers.

[Monsterbishi]

:-) Just goes to show how crappy that intersection really is :-)

I wonder if we could setup a BBQ event on the intersection, every time someone gets stuck at the 'C' spot, we give 'em a hotdog, and the person who cut them off gets chased down and given a photcopy of the pertinent roadcode :corn:

[Sniper]

:-) Just goes to show how crappy that intersection really is :-)

I wonder if we could setup a BBQ event on the intersection, every time someone gets stuck at the 'C' spot, we give 'em a hotdog, and the person who cut them off gets chased down and given a photcopy of the pertinent roadcode :corn:

Ill help :)

[Lou Girardin]

How could not turning left immediately cause an accident???


Not necessarily turning left, but if you caused an accident by stopping when you shouldn't you could be up for careless or inconsiderate driving.
A good example was the woman who stopped in the middle of a roundabout to give way to a car on her left at the Lake Rd/Exmouth St roundabout. It was a tad exciting for a second.

[TwoSeven]

I had to laugh today, and I did think about this post at the time.

On my way home I encountered a car in front of me (on a dual carridge way) trying to do a u-turn at the intersection (its common for them to do it here in chch). Someone else was doing a left turn thru a red light. They both got stuck in the middle of the intersection and ended up causing a jam.

Couldnt stop laughing..

[Ms Piggy]

Each car has right of way b/c each car has to turn and follow into the lane they're in.

I get f*cked off with traffic that gives way when they don'y have to and hold up the traffic.

[RiderInBlack]

A&B have right of way. C can only go IF A&B go into the 2 lanes closest to the centre line, then C can go in the lane nearest the side of the road. It is possible that A&B might try to cross lanes (seen it happen before), so C should wait long enough to be sure they are not doing so before trying to move into the lane nearest the side of the road.

[NodMan]

There are marked lanes. The Road Code says they can all go. But Murphy's Law says the kindy mum in the Pajero (vehicle C) will want to go directly to the righthand lane, the Asian taxi driver in vehicle A wants to drop off a fare immediately after having turned, and the boi racer in the Civic that goes Pish (vehicle B) also wants the righthand lane. Outcome? Chaos.

Thats why we ride bikes!!!
people in cages can sit all day...(or two minutes in Dorkland)
I say break out ya Glock :2guns:
and put the cage dwellers out of there misery