That fucking sneaky give way rule

[rustic101]

So anyone else been caught out by it?

Generally if you get hit in the Right you are in the Wrong. Of course there are always exceptions; like incorrect lane change etc etc..

[piston broke]

i 'give way' alway's
or,at least ,
i'm alway's ready to give way,in the right or wrong

[piston broke]

double post.
But what is really so hard about give way to the right?

[MaxB]

What gives me the shits is when the paint wears off the road and non locals start treating it like an uncontrolled intersection.

Thinking of one particular turn in Manukau City. The Give Way paint has faded so that in the rain it becomes invisible. Let the chaos begin.

[Bikemad]

Get three females at an unmarked intersection and watch them all sit there giggling.

or four asians at a roundabout...............

[Mudfart]

it has always been a fucked up rule. in 19 yrs of driving i have never given way from LHS of T (I am turning right off the main arterial).
only once has someone been pissed and that was when i was 18, and had my learners on a 125 suzuki.
If I remember the road code from many revisions back, it said the person turning off of the main arterial rd always gets the right of way, to decongest any traffic issues, as the other person at the give way or stop sign, is not in direct traffic flow.

[Max Preload]

The poll is shit. It's ambiguous. I give way correctly.

If I remember the road code from many revisions back, it said the person turning off of the main arterial rd always gets the right of way, to decongest any traffic issues, as the other person at the give way or stop sign, is not in direct traffic flow.

Jesus H. Christ. Hand your license in and take the bus. There's no such thing as the MAIN ROAD RULE. The person on a GIVE WAY or STOP in the side road gives way because they're on a GIVE WAY or STOP. In the absence of either, it's an uncontrolled intersection and thus the GIVE WAY RULE applies.

I just can't understand why people struggle with this simple, logical concept. The people with the most lanes to cross get right of way at an uncontrolled intersection. The guy turning right into a sideroad has to cross only one lane. The car leaving the sideroad turning right has to cross two lanes. A car turning left into the sideroad doesn't have to cross any lanes and gives way to the vehicle turning right into the sideroad who has to one lane of opposing traffic. If all three vehicles arrive at the same time two can go at once (the left turning into the sideroad and right turning out of the side road).

[bogan]

The poll is shit. It's ambiguous. I give way correctly.

clearly that'd be option 1 then. Not ambiguous at all.

[schrodingers cat]

I just can't understand why people struggle with this simple, logical concept.

There's your probem. The problem with common sense is that it isn't. Make something idiot proof and a better idiot comes along.

All this hit in the RHS and you're wrong. This situation is an exception to that misleading piece of shit.

On an UNCONTROLLED intersection give way to the right

[Ixion]

Jesus H. Christ. Hand your license in and take the bus. There's no such thing as the MAIN ROAD RULE. The person on a GIVE WAY or STOP in the side road gives way because they're on a GIVE WAY or STOP. In the absence of either, it's an uncontrolled intersection and thus the GIVE WAY RULE applies.

Jumping J Christ on a motorised pogo stick.

This myth just refuses to die, doesn't it. I used to think it was old law that people were hanging onto. But I have now checked back through the road rules right through to the 1930s , and THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY SUCH RULE IN NEW ZEALAND.

And, logically how could there be ? Who is to determine what is a main road and what is not. It would be necessary to classify all roads. As they do in Pomgolia. Which is where I think the myth originates. Another example of immigrants demanding that this country should be "just like back home".

There is not and never has been any rule differentiating main road and other traffic in NZ.

Get over it .

[Tunahunter]

That rule has been around since '78 - half the population know it - all bikers should fear it - size is everything!

[sinfull]

I'm afraid i don't help educate ppl on the ROW rule at uncontrolled or controlled intersections ! If they hesitate i'm gone !

[Mudfart]

The poll is shit. It's ambiguous. I give way correctly.



Jesus H. Christ. Hand your license in and take the bus. There's no such thing as the MAIN ROAD RULE. The person on a GIVE WAY or STOP in the side road gives way because they're on a GIVE WAY or STOP. In the absence of either, it's an uncontrolled intersection and thus the GIVE WAY RULE applies.

I just can't understand why people struggle with this simple, logical concept. The people with the most lanes to cross get right of way at an uncontrolled intersection. The guy turning right into a sideroad has to cross only one lane. The car leaving the sideroad turning right has to cross two lanes. A car turning left into the sideroad doesn't have to cross any lanes and gives way to the vehicle turning right into the sideroad who has to one lane of opposing traffic. If all three vehicles arrive at the same time two can go at once (the left turning into the sideroad and right turning out of the side road).

I call bullshit. Ive never had an accident at any T intersections, and like i said only one guy ever has tooted, 15 years ago...
And Im very surprised not more people have voted for I assume right of way.
You can claim to be as righteous as you want, but your still full of a 1/2 pound of shit.
I must have gone through 000's of these turns by now, no problems. And when I require to give way, I fucking well do it, any other rule boasts retarded thought. and im not taking the bus coz the bus smells and so do the people riding on it.

[WuZards-Eugene]

I tend to go for the "will this fuck me up rule", so even if I am in the right, if I see myself getting fucked up, then I'll wait. Seem's to work pretty well, and have managed to avoid most of this "shit that cunt almost hit me even though im in the right" crap.

Completely different story when im in the car though. I follow the rules to the letter and any car/bus/taxi thats about to play chicken with me, well im definitely up for it. I make exceptions for bikes and trucks, but I don't mind taking on buses with some of the stupid shit i watch them do whilst im riding.

[bogan]

I call bullshit. Ive never had an accident at any T intersections, and like i said only one guy ever has tooted, 15 years ago...
And Im very surprised not more people have voted for I assume right of way.
You can claim to be as righteous as you want, but your still full of a 1/2 pound of shit.
I must have gone through 000's of these turns by now, no problems. And when I require to give way, I fucking well do it, any other rule boasts retarded thought. and im not taking the bus coz the bus smells and so do the people riding on it.

yeh i'm a little surprised at how many voted alway give way. Coming up the stem at same intersection today and a ute gave way to 3 cars turning right across him, so that makes 5 vehicles doing it wrong and one doing it right since yesterday.