Dumb drivers who don't know the road rules

**PrincessBandit** · 3rd August 2011, 18:48

Last night I went twice through a crossroad intersection here in manure-wa (heading to my destination then back home again) and both times I had people turning (from Maich into Halsey Rd for those who know the area) waiting for me as I sat at a Give Way.

I realise that they were both probably thinking of the give-way-to-everything-on-your-right business, but they seemed oblivious to the fact that it is actually a controlled intersection. I was on the controlled Give Way, leaving them free to turn yet they sat there looking at me as if wondering why I wasn't moving.

Wtf is with people driving big metal machines on our roads who don't even have any understanding of the rules governing something so important as who has right of way? Sure, they well may have thought "better to be safe than sorry, and wait" but if they don't know this, what else are they ignorant about???

**pzkpfw** · 3rd August 2011, 18:59

We are just monkeys in clothing, and 50% of us are below average intelligence.

**James Deuce** · 3rd August 2011, 19:02

Originally Posted by pzkpfw

We are just monkeys in clothing, and 50% of us are below average intelligence.

Heeheehee, he said monkey.

**Oblivion** · 3rd August 2011, 19:10

Originally Posted by james deuce

heeheehee, he said monkey.

buttscratcher!!!!!!!

**MIXONE** · 3rd August 2011, 19:17

And don't get me started on indicating at roundabouts...

**PrincessBandit** · 3rd August 2011, 19:21

Originally Posted by MIXONE

And don't get me started on indicating at roundabouts...

Yeah, I know some people who believe indimacating is on a "need-to-know" basis...

As for this bloody dumb ruckus of roundabout indicating, I ain't gonna do it! (my indicator stalk might wear out

)

[Sure, I can understand left and right turns, but if you're going straight ahead through the roundabout? ]

**JimO** · 3rd August 2011, 19:29

what really gets me is the people turning on to a 2 lane one way road, you turn into the closest lane, you dont sit and give way to the other guy because he has his own lane to turn into

**awayatc** · 3rd August 2011, 19:50

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

...

As for this bloody dumb ruckus of roundabout indicating, I ain't gonna do it! (my indicator stalk might wear out

)

[Sure, I can understand left and right turns, but if you're going straight ahead through the roundabout? ]

And your point is........?

You understand but can't be bothered?

**nosebleed** · 3rd August 2011, 20:11

The problem is personified by the latest ad campaign where the son is being taught to drive by his dad.
The point they're making is that although the learner achieves the entry point to driving the fathers responsibility doesn't stop.

The problem of course, is that it's time for this hand-me-down style of driver "education" to stop.

Bad habits from drivers such as those mentioned here are being inherited by the next generation with ignorant acceptance.

It's time for NZ to get real about driver education and seriously start to adopt the stricter systems already practised in Europe and Japan.

The teaching style that applied to most of us when we learnt is no longer relevant

**steve_t** · 3rd August 2011, 20:19

Originally Posted by JimO

what really gets me is the people turning on to a 2 lane one way road, you turn into the closest lane, you dont sit and give way to the other guy because he has his own lane to turn into

Actually, I had a co-worker get ticketed by a cop for that exact thing. He turned left into the lane but the person coming from the other direction turning right wanted to be in the left lane to get into a driveway. The cop saw it as a simple Left turning driver not giving way to a right turning driver. Guess that's the law

**FJRider** · 3rd August 2011, 20:20

Originally Posted by pzkpfw

We are just monkeys in clothing, and 50% of us are below average intelligence.

Speak for yourself ... oop's you are ...

And the OTHER 50% of US ... are (well ABOVE) average...

Monkey see ... monkey do ...

**James Deuce** · 3rd August 2011, 20:27

Originally Posted by steve_t

Actually, I had a co-worker get ticketed by a cop for that exact thing. He turned left into the lane but the person coming from the other direction turning right wanted to be in the left lane to get into a driveway. The cop saw it as a simple Left turning driver not giving way to a right turning driver. Guess that's the law

No, the cop's a moron and your mate should have challenged that ruling.

**steve_t** · 3rd August 2011, 20:29

Originally Posted by James Deuce

No, the cop's a moron and your mate should have challenged that ruling.

I think he yelled at the cop on the roadside for a while but I dunno if he ended up challenging it properly. So if you're turning right into a two laned road and need to get into a driveway on the left that's about 8m from the intersection, what do you do? Where's SD or Rastus?

**Scuba_Steve** · 3rd August 2011, 20:29

Originally Posted by steve_t

Actually, I had a co-worker get ticketed by a cop for that exact thing. He turned left into the lane but the person coming from the other direction turning right wanted to be in the left lane to get into a driveway. The cop saw it as a simple Left turning driver not giving way to a right turning driver. Guess that's the law

the PIGs' a moron (& wrong)... but hey thats not really news 2 anyone here

**Scuba_Steve** · 3rd August 2011, 20:36

Originally Posted by steve_t

I think he yelled at the cop on the roadside for a while but I dunno if he ended up challenging it properly. So if you're turning right into a two laned road and need to get into a driveway on the left that's about 8m from the intersection, what do you do? Where's SD or Rastus?

you have to follow standard lane change give way rules after turning into the lane closest to you just like the law says