
Originally Posted by
xerxesdaphat
The rules are actually very simple and straightforward. Probably the simplest possible rule set you can have -- just give way to your right. But numbnuts drivers can't necessarily make sense of that.
Actually, the rules in Europe are simpler and make a lot more sense. The trouble in NZ is that we drive on the left and give way to the right. This leads to confusion and a lot of exceptions that require road marking (to the point that when there is no road marking people think the same rules apply as if there were. In Europe they drive on the right but still give way to the right. Because they give way to the same side that they drive on there are far fewer exceptions. The ONLY exception in the Swiss road rules is where a small side street enters a major thoroughfare. In this case there are signs telling you that the thoroughfare is a priority road and traffic on it has right of way over all side roads.
In the town that I lived (about 15,000 people) I cannot remember one intersection that wasn't on the one or two main roads that had any road marking at all. The best and most courteous driving I've ever experienced was while living there.
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