Double Yellows

[kevie]

hahahaha yeh but I think a wet bus ticket costs the person more

[BAD DAD]

I'm interested in the double yellow lines from the point of people parking in the lane with the lines just to the left of their car, in otherwords blocking the lane, while they attempt to make a right turn into a driveway. Personally I think it is stupidly dangerous but surely it is also illegal? Couldn't get that particular detail from our copy of the "roadcode" . Does anyone have actual knowledge on this?

[smoky]

???? well that seems clear enough
Don't cross the yellow in either direction unless your cross and carry a cross, then you might cross over but the cops might get cross, I hope that gets the message accross.

[peasea]

That's part of the problem with the NZ road rules; grey areas, vagaries and being subject to interpretation. Then, when you get to court some other clown has another set of grey areas, vagaries and interpretations. Use your noggin and take any tickets on the chin; if they catch you.

[What?]

Assuming everyone here has a license (yeah, yeah, never assume...)
We are all pretty quick to mouth (type??) off about stupid cagers doing dumb shit, yet it's pretty obvious that some people here are no better when it comes to knowing the rules.

Sorry Duc, but you asked a question that, assuming you have a license, you have no excuse for not knowing the answer to; the answer is in the road code, which you should have studied and learned in order to obtain your license. If you use a vehicle on the road, it is your duty to know the rules that apply. I am not being sanctimonious (or hypocritical) and saying you must obey all the rules, but you should know what they are, for your own safety and that of other road users.

And NO, it is not legal to cross a yellow line to enter a driveway. Or the rest area/lookout on the Kaimai summit (it is nothing less than a miracle that we have yet to have a fatal there).

[What?]

That's part of the problem with the NZ road rules; grey areas, ...

Nothing grey about yellow lines.

[peasea]

Yeah, that one is pretty simple, however, the goal posts do get moved from time to time. Having just put my eldest daughter behind the wheel and putting my nose into a current Road Code, I have to admit there are things in there that weren't in there when I sat my license, back in the day. It pays to brush up.

[Duc]

Assuming everyone here has a license (yeah, yeah, never assume...)
We are all pretty quick to mouth (type??) off about stupid cagers doing dumb shit, yet it's pretty obvious that some people here are no better when it comes to knowing the rules.

Sorry Duc, but you asked a question that, assuming you have a license, you have no excuse for not knowing the answer to; the answer is in the road code, which you should have studied and learned in order to obtain your license. If you use a vehicle on the road, it is your duty to know the rules that apply. I am not being sanctimonious (or hypocritical) and saying you must obey all the rules, but you should know what they are, for your own safety and that of other road users.

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The 'Road Code' is not actually the law (as in 'Legislation'). A judge and a cop does not pull out the Road Code when making a judgment on driving behaviour. They use the law as it is written. (Most of it not in The Road Code)

The road code does not define the finer points of the law and ignorance of the law is no excuse in court. Hence the original question which was prompted by circumstance. I thought I may have been #555'd when I passed a slow moving car on a hill and I did not cross the Yellow Line.

Read my original question again.

[What?]

What you were doing was quite legal. It used to be quite clear in the Road Code - maybe not so now??

Interestingly enough, the last comment I made turns out to be bollocks. A cop once gave me a warning for turning into a driveway across a yellow line, but reading the rule it is clear that the yellows must not be crossed only when passing another vehicle. Thus the cop was sensibly right, but technically incorrect (back in those days we didn't argue...)

[Smorg]

So if you come across a Yellow Foodstuffs Scaniatruck/trailor in Taranaki, Hawkes Bay or Manawatu...... think twice about passing me on yellows ...I WILL *555 you

Aww did you fail your police exam?

[rwh]

What you were doing was quite legal. It used to be quite clear in the Road Code - maybe not so now??

Interestingly enough, the last comment I made turns out to be bollocks. A cop once gave me a warning for turning into a driveway across a yellow line, but reading the rule it is clear that the yellows must not be crossed only when passing another vehicle. Thus the cop was sensibly right, but technically incorrect (back in those days we didn't argue...)

That rule appears to be purely about how to mark them out, not what to do when driving on the road.

Richard

[mdooher]

That rule appears to be purely about how to mark them out, not what to do when driving on the road.

Richard

he really ment this one...
Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004
Part 2 Roads (r 2.1 to r 2.14)
Passing
2.9 Passing where roadway marked with no-passing line



(1)This clause applies if a driver is at or approaching a portion of a roadway where the road controlling authority has, in accordance with any enactment, marked a no-passing line applying to traffic moving in the direction in which the driver is moving.


(2)The driver must not pass or attempt to pass a motor vehicle or an animal-drawn vehicle moving in the same direction within the length of roadway on which the no-passing line is marked until the driver reaches the further end of the no-passing line, unless throughout the passing movement the driver keeps the vehicle wholly to the left of the no-passing line.

[Ixion]

Interestingly, I may apparently cross the yellow line when passing cyclists ! Unless they classify as animal drawn vehicles.

[Duc]

he really ment this one...
Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004
Part 2 Roads (r 2.1 to r 2.14)
Passing
2.9 Passing where roadway marked with no-passing line




(2)The driver must not pass or attempt to pass a motor vehicle or an animal-drawn vehicle moving in the same direction within the length of roadway on which the no-passing line is marked until the driver reaches the further end of the no-passing line, unless throughout the passing movement the driver keeps the vehicle wholly to the left of the no-passing line.

Here is the answer I was looking for all the time with the relevant "legal".

[mdooher]

I just had a thought (no it didn't hurt) This means you can cross the line on to the other side of the road to go around any obstruction that is not a motor vehicle or animal drawn thing... like rocks or even a cyclist anything...ok I know you would have to be a bit stupid