Right-turn requirements?

[johnnyflash]

And the car stopped at the left has no visibility of you coming over that brow or around that corner so they can't predict when the road is clear. Better that you are the one that has the control (you can always turn tighter if you have to - unless you're at your limit in the corner).

yep, and only a halfwit would stop just over the brow & await (either in the middle or on the left) to make a turn, but it happens, I prefer to try and give myself AND other road users some control, hence I wouldnt consider either move just over the brow or just around a corner, but rather carry on to a position where I could see and be seen & I would still pull left and let traffic go by safely, its bloody difficult to get a B-train to scoot past a car parked in the middle of the road and I for one would prefer to cover as many bases as in every situation.

[Skyryder]

In most cases unless there are exceptional circumstances the stationary vehicle will be given the benefit of the doubt for liability. I don't agree that vehicles can stop willy nilly anywhere they like just for their own conveniance but the stationary 'rule' does make for a much simpler diagnosis when establishing culperbility.

Skyryder

[steveb64]

yep, and only a halfwit would stop just over the brow & await (either in the middle or on the left) to make a turn, but it happens, I prefer to try and give myself AND other road users some control, hence I wouldnt consider either move just over the brow or just around a corner, but rather carry on to a position where I could see and be seen & I would still pull left and let traffic go by safely, its bloody difficult to get a B-train to scoot past a car parked in the middle of the road and I for one would prefer to cover as many bases as in every situation.

For some strange reason, I have this picture of you driving some distance down the road, vainly searching for somewhere that you can use to do a U turn, so that you can get back to the intersection/driveway that you wanted to turn into...

I think I'm with swbarnett - what would be worse - come over/around a blind crest/corner and find a car stopped on the centerline (leaving a gap down the left) trying to turn right, or come over/around a blind crest/corner and find a car in the middle of a right turn - started from the LH side - so the whole road is blocked?

[johnnyflash]

No, but I would look for a position a little away from the corner, and as I said many posts back it depends on the road, if there room for a car to pass inside without leaving the road? then perhaps I would sit in the middle (and unfortunately many of our main riads are only a very single skinny lane) but even then I would have the courtesy to move a little away from the corner. Ive seen too many accidents in my years on the road, where a little courtesy & common sense would have saved the situation.

[BiK3RChiK]

Just yesterday a truckie was following us and knowing we were going to be turning right just up the road 500m, I pulled off to the left, let him go, then pulled back in and made my turn further up the road... There are many ways around things - it just takes awareness.

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