Give way rule for parking spaces?

[noobi]

It's Waiuku, whoever has the best mullet gets the space. Or the oldest Iron Maiden T shirt. One of the two, I know that much.

Usually yes, but I was in Browns Bay, not Waiuku.

[Zedder]

Trying to find a car park in town at 1:30 probably wasn't the brightest idea id ever had, but I needed to go to the bank.

Driving down the main road, the're angled carparks on each side. I indicate to turn into one on my left, at the same time as a falcon heading in the opposite direction to me indicates that he wants the same park on my side of the road, I drive into the space, he proceeds to go ape shit. I couldn't be bothered arguing with him, so just let him have the space after he held up both lanes of traffic for 30 odd seconds while we discussed the matter..

Who is at fault here? Does the new give way rule give me, or him right of way? or is it just down to courtesy? or whoever has the biggest car ?, who knows the most swear words??

It's a courtesy issue, there's no actual legislation covering this as a give way rule. However, according to NZTA, Section 8 of the Land Transport Act 1998 which deals with driving carelessly or without reasonable consideration would apply.

[Asher]

Whoever has the worst paint job gets the park IMO.
If someone with a nice shiny paint job snakes a park from me they can expect it to have a little less paint when they get back than when they left it.

[steve_t]

Whoever has the worst paint job gets the park IMO.
If someone with a nice shiny paint job snakes a park from me they can expect it to have a little less paint when they get back than when they left it.

LOL. I hope you're joking cos if I ever catch anyone removing paint from my car or bike, they'll have less teeth than before they acted so cowardly

[CookMySock]

You're at fault for giving way to him. HTFU.

[FJRider]

Who is at fault here? Does the new give way rule give me, or him right of way? or is it just down to courtesy? or whoever has the biggest car ?, who knows the most swear words??

It's NOT an intersection ... so the give way doesn't apply. You could use the new rule as a guide ... but first in first served.

[oldrider]

First in best dressed.

If you were turning left and him right, nowdays you had the right of way.

Obviously you haven't been in Oamaru for very long! (Most unpredictable drivers in the world live there, IMHO)

[FROSTY:Me]

It's a courtesy issue, there's no actual legislation covering this as a give way rule. However, according to NZTA, Section 8 of the Land Transport Act 1998 which deals with driving carelessly or without reasonable consideration would apply.

Sorry mon Id argue the toss on that one.The standard give way rule now is that left turn traffic has right of way. So if it was an accident then the guy turning right would have failed to give way to the guy turning left

[nudemetalz]

You need a Humvee with a Browning M2 .50cal
No probs then with Falcon drivers.....

[Zedder]

Sorry mon Id argue the toss on that one.The standard give way rule now is that left turn traffic has right of way. So if it was an accident then the guy turning right would have failed to give way to the guy turning left

I thought along those lines originally FROSTY but when I called NZTA about the chip seal problems I'd been hearing about, I asked them about this as well.