Following Distance - Free Stuff That Just Keeps Giving

[Jeeper]

Has anyone read the road code recently to refresh themselves on what it says for traffic turning right on open roads with no centre median space? Stopping in the middle of the road is asking for trouble.


https://www.drivingtests.co.nz/roadc...n-on-a-narro/#

[T.W.R]

They're doing it wrong. Go to the Swamp first, get shitfaced, then turn left and next left and you're home. Safe as caravans.

There's plenty who do that already Know a few good stories that emanated from the Swamp over the years had a 2nd cousin who pulled pints there for nearly 20yrs and another family friend who spent about 10yrs doin the same there from the mid 90s to early 00s.

All the roading development through there's going to tame things down a bit but the next thing will be the chaos that ensues from the spaghetti junction that's forming up further out

[Moi]

Has anyone read the road code recently to refresh themselves on what it says for traffic turning right on open roads with no centre median space? Stopping in the middle of the road is asking for trouble.


https://www.drivingtests.co.nz/roadc...n-on-a-narro/#

The road code suggest both turning from the centre of the roadway and turning from the left-hand roadside:

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/ro...iving/turning/


I agree with the comment from the drivingtest site, turn from the left. However, their reason is a response to the appalling driving standards of many - you might get rear-ended... so the following driver wasn't looking to see what's going on up ahead!

[rastuscat]

Interesting to see the tangent this has gone off on. Still, it's opened a good discussion.

[Scuba_Steve]

Interesting to see the tangent this has gone off on. Still, it's opened a good discussion.

Next you can start a thread on keeping left unless overtaking... That's the one that probably annoys me the most when in a cage

[Akzle]

I wonder how many of such turning drivers have been rear ended by braking and not indicating first.

you are a fuckwit. just in case anyone needed reminding.

drivers hitting shit in front of them should, at very least, be indicted of failing to stop short. followed closely by "being a fucking idiot" and "attempted murder by being a fucking idiot"
followed by a swift kick square in the nuts, or a cunt punt, as applicable.

vote akzle.

Has anyone read the road code recently to refresh themselves on what it says for traffic turning right on open roads with no centre median space? Stopping in the middle of the road is asking for trouble.


https://www.drivingtests.co.nz/roadc...n-on-a-narro/#

a pet peeve of mine. i even started a thread to similar effect. if some gaycunt mod hasn't PD'd it.

[Jeeper]

Anybody driving in the fast/right lane for anything other than overtaking should be ticketed.

[Akzle]

Anybody driving in the fast/right lane for anything other than overtaking should be ticketed.

yeha. that's legislated as "failing to keep left"

not nearly so crucial for enforcement as "exceeded the posted speed limit by less than 9km/h as detected by approved detection horseshit"


safety, you understand.


vote akzle. the former wil be punishinble by public flogging, the latter wil be a non issue.

[Jeeper]

You should run for the Parliament, some of your thinking is more sensible than most of the thinking by current politicians.

[caspernz]

Interesting to see the tangent this has gone off on. Still, it's opened a good discussion.

Yep, you've got a good following Pete

Next you can start a thread on keeping left unless overtaking... That's the one that probably annoys me the most when in a cage

I'll even vote for a ban on trucks in the right hand lane on 3 lane sections. Provided the keep left rule is enforced properly. Even though I'm a trucker I'm mighty annoyed when I see elephant racing going on

[awayatc]

Driving in Europe recently I was pleasantly surprised to see all the trucks in the slow lane....

Can only assume it must have been legislated.
Can't imagine all European truckies being socially responsible.

[Akzle]

You should run for the Parliament, some of your thinking is more sensible than most of the thinking by current politicians.

fuck running, sounds too much like exercise. i'm not even going to jog.

also i'll abolish parliament. you'll be voting for an benevolent dicktatorship.

[rastuscat]

On the courses I run I tell people to use the left lane unless there's a reason to use the right lane. Seems like a fair plan.

It just cheeses me off when people drift along in the outside lane for no reason.

The new traffic lights in Rangiora actually encourage people to use the right hand lane of two. Poor engineering.

I did a thread a while back about how the left lane has become the fast lane, because so many people default to the outside lane.

Nothing's changed.

[Berries]

Has anyone read the road code recently to refresh themselves on what it says for traffic turning right on open roads with no centre median space? Stopping in the middle of the road is asking for trouble.

If you look at section 2.5(2) of the Road User Rule you will see that they went away from suggesting this as best practice some years ago but in subclause (3) said you could do it "in the interests of safety". Seeing someone stationary on the left indicating right when I am coming up to them gives me the shits. Somewhere up near Ashburton I saw someone doing this in the opposite direction. Watched a second car indicating right stop next to the centreline next to the first car then when I passed them watched a third car that had nowhere to go slam up the arse of the first car.

For me if I am driving a car and know I am going to be turning right up ahead and have someone behind me I pull left well before the intersection to let them get passed me removing that particular hazard.

[rastuscat]

If you look at section 2.5(2) of the Road User Rule you will see that they went away from suggesting this as best practice some years ago but in subclause (3) said you could do it "in the interests of safety". Seeing someone stationary on the left indicating right when I am coming up to them gives me the shits. Somewhere up near Ashburton I saw someone doing this in the opposite direction. Watched a second car indicating right stop next to the centreline next to the first car then when I passed them watched a third car that had nowhere to go slam up the arse of the first car.

For me if I am driving a car and know I am going to be turning right up ahead and have someone behind me I pull left well before the intersection to let them get passed me removing that particular hazard.

I came across a well nasty crash at the McLaren Falls turnoff about 25 years ago.

Car had pulled left to let traffic clear from behind prior to turning right. When the driver was clear had turned out and got hit side on by a motorcycle coming through from behind.

Any right turn is a risk.