Lane driving - what you think

[rastuscat]

Just a quick request for views on whether it would be good to enforce the rules about turning into the correct lane at an intersection.

Like, when turning left you have to turn into the adjacent left lane, and when turning right, into the adjacent right lane.

Nobody here in Chch seems to get it. Would it be harsh to enforce it? It's been law since 1976, surely that's enough time as a lead in. Tee hee.

Or am I being pedantic? How would you feel about getting as ticket for it?

Thoughts and rants welcomed.



Here tis.

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/roa...correctly.html

[Ixion]

Yes. By all means enforce it. The widespread flouting of it is a nuisance at best and can be dangerous. It also adds significantly to congestion .For one thing it makes infeasible the otherwise legal left turn into left lane at the same time as opposite vehicle turns right into right lane.

Just this evening some stupid cow would have taken me out (except I always expect them to do such shit). I am going straight through in leftmost lane , she turning right, into a two lane road (two lanes each direction) from a one lane road. So she should have turned into the right lane, but no , she ran wide straight into the left lane - the one I was in. No drama, happens all the time, I expect it and allow for it. But it shouldn't happen, and the police ignoring it contributes to the wide spread attitude that lane discipline does not matter.

If I got a ticket for it I would be pissed off and indignant, of course. Cos I'm special, and the rules don't apply to me . But I would deserve it.

[awayatc]

I enforce it .....when in my landrover.....
On the bike I throttle my way through...
But yeah know what you mean.....
trouble is that most people here get their licence at new world....
just driving supermarket trollies....
Not kidding....
No other explanation makes sense....

Get a Stebel....139 db can be persuasive....

[3umph]

Christchurch drivers are quite bad for it.... mind you they are quite bad at a lot of things

[Mully Clown]

About 18 months ago they did a blitz on this very thing. Rush hour traffic on the Bealey/Madras intersection, hundreds of people were ticketed. Doesn't seem to have made a difference at all though.

[Skyryder]

One of my pet hates is when the driver in front has the right to turn into the left lane they just sit there and allow those opposite turning right turn into the lane that they have no right (that's the left lane) to turn into. Complicted I know but I think it makes sense.

Me I just push my way in if safe to do so.

Skyryder

[awayatc]

About 18 months ago they did a blitz on this very thing. Rush hour traffic on the Bealey/Madras intersection, hundreds of people were ticketed. Doesn't seem to have made a difference at all though.

Bet you it made a difference to those who got ticketed though.....

Blitz em again....
and again....

[The Baron]

I think this is but a small part of a bigger problem. Poor driving skills in NZ.

[Badjelly]

Just a quick request for views on whether it would be good to enforce the rules about turning into the correct lane at an intersection.... Or am I being pedantic? How would you feel about getting as ticket for it?

Well if I got a ticket for it it would be very unjust, wouldn't it, as I always follow the rules.

+1 to those who think the rule should be enforced.

[Mikkel]

Yes, it should be enforced. Not to take any priorities away from hunting down redlight running fuckwits though.

One of my pet hates is when the driver in front has the right to turn into the left lane they just sit there and allow those opposite turning right turn into the lane that they have no right (that's the left lane) to turn into. Complicted I know but I think it makes sense.

And that's where the stebel gets in handy. Just hold that sucker down until they move - usually they get the message after, let's say, 5 seconds.

I think this is but a small part of a bigger problem. Poor driving skills in NZ.

No, it's not the skill that is the problem - it's observance and instruction that are the issues. If you never bother teaching someone something, or make it a requirement that they learn by themselves, then you can not really blame them for not "getting there" afterwards.

Also, motorists need to have good eyesight for a reason - to use it.