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4 May 2009, 08:42 (Ref:2455018)
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KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING
"KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING" that's what the signs say an Australian Freeways and Motorways. So why do so many Australian drivers have trouble understanding it? Maybe it is my limited mentality but to me it is pretty self explanatory
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4 May 2009, 08:58 (Ref:2455028)
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Now Its too much effort to travel on the left because you have to be aware of other roads users coming up on the right and it takes more effort working that power steering and indicator switch... So You set the speed you think you are comfortable with and stick to the right lane... no matter what!!! 
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5 May 2009, 06:49 (Ref:2455608)
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Your right 275..
There would also seem to be an outbreak of neck problems with the above mentioned too. They seem to be completely incapable to move there heads a few degrees either way from straight ahead |
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5 May 2009, 07:39 (Ref:2455631)
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NAH! I wish everybodt would stay in the right lane! That way as I always keep left I will have a clear run.
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5 May 2009, 12:08 (Ref:2455791)
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It's the same here - but I can understand why some people don't want to - prime example on Saturday when on a motorway, happily doing the speed limit in the inside lane because cars in front were doing same speed, junction [that I wanted] coming up, guy comes up to overtake me, realises he wants junction, starts pulling into the inside lane whilst alongside me - no indicating, nothing, just forced me to take avoiding action and then waved merrily after pulling in knowing what he'd done was taking the p. Drive in the inside lane as you should do, and you'll find yourself being cut up many times by people being impatient / wanting the junction and going from outside to inside lane, etc!
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6 May 2009, 06:49 (Ref:2456256)
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I commute down the A34 everyday and its always the same. The 'overtaking lane' is full with cars doing 60mph, leaving the left lane free of traffic bar the odd lorry....
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6 May 2009, 10:21 (Ref:2456349)
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Overtaking in NZ on the left is legal, so here it is a real problem as too many drivers believe they don't need to keep left. At least the UK doesn't allow overtaking on the left or trucks in the right lane of a motorway, so generally, its a joy driving in the UK.
It's only when you drive overseas you realise just how good it is driving in England! Six weeks driving in the UK and you could probably strangle three or four bad drivers. In NZ, you only have to be on the road six minutes and you will have come across three or four total idiots. |
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9 May 2009, 23:24 (Ref:2458844)
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I had the miss fortune of driving down the Hume Hwy late yesterday. Again they can't read signs. Maybe there should be literacy test when you go for a licence over here
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10 May 2009, 00:10 (Ref:2458854)
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This is a pet hate of mine - why can't everyone just keep to the left? It's not all that hard and makes a HUGE difference to traffic flow.
I know what you're saying with the cut in artists suze but to be honest, the same can happen in any lane. Mind you, when I lived in Qld I didn't mind it so much as the left lane on motorways up there was so often completely empty. I used to refer to it as the "Queensland Fast Lane" and use it all the time. Then once people started keeping to the left it was filled up but there were still enough numbtys in the right lane to keep the rolling road blocks in place. Ho hum, not much we can do about what other people are doing - just got ot grin an bear it. |
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14 May 2009, 23:11 (Ref:2462677)
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Depending on where you are in the world, in some countries it doesn't seem to matter what side of the road you drive on.
Several years ago I was in Grenada driving on a winding road and approaching a blind corner when I was confronted by a lorry completely on my side. I was told by the driver that everybody comes round that corner on that side because of a series of enormous pot holes on the proper side that had been there for years! After about a mile down the road there was a garage come breakers yard full up with written off wrecks, and I wondered if they were all hired holiday motors 
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15 May 2009, 01:00 (Ref:2462705)
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Try living in Adelaide... In peak hour...
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15 May 2009, 10:36 (Ref:2462855)
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Balls of steel (knob of butter) They're Asking For Larkins. ( Proper beer) not you're Eurofizz crap. Hace más calor en España. Me han conocido a hablar un montón cojones! Send any cheques and cash to PO box 1 Lagos Nigeria Africa !
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15 May 2009, 11:38 (Ref:2462877)
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Looks like Rose Bay on at Saturday morning
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16 May 2009, 07:15 (Ref:2463277)
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 Your move Gordon ! 
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16 May 2009, 16:29 (Ref:2463484)
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Balls of steel (knob of butter) They're Asking For Larkins. ( Proper beer) not you're Eurofizz crap. Hace más calor en España. Me han conocido a hablar un montón cojones! Send any cheques and cash to PO box 1 Lagos Nigeria Africa !
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18 May 2009, 07:22 (Ref:2464322)
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28 May 2009, 06:21 (Ref:2470694)
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Subaru's seem to be a bit of a problem believing the out side lanes are for them
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12 Jun 2009, 13:36 (Ref:2481026)
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Just got back from Mauritius where I witnessed probably the worst driving I've ever seen. They drive on the left, but this seems to count for nothing on their dual carriageway. Under taking, hogging the right hand lane, unreal. Add into the mix overtaking on blind crests and tailgating at 70mph and I'm amazed I got to the airport in one piece...
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13 Jun 2009, 10:40 (Ref:2481482)
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15 Jun 2009, 13:58 (Ref:2483779)
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with learners in Aus they have to be accompanied by a fully licenced driver so obviously the numbnut teaching the learner is a useless driver unaware of the road rules so obviously the learner is definatly going to be a complete nuff nuff of a driver. |
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15 Jun 2009, 14:02 (Ref:2483781)
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15 Jun 2009, 14:55 (Ref:2483813)
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16 Jun 2009, 07:51 (Ref:2484271)
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16 Jun 2009, 10:42 (Ref:2484389)
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tell me about it mate. if half the dumbo's that have licences (how they get them is beyond me) used an ounce of common sense the accident figures would be cut dramatically IMO.
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23 Jun 2009, 03:56 (Ref:2488738)
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It's not just the Continent or Oz. We have more than our share in the US as well.
Of course, over here they'll give anyone 16 years of age who can drive around the block without crashing into something a license. I see plenty of blithering idiots out on the roadways...and my town isn't that large (250,000). Try driving in a major US city, like Houston. On a GOOD day it would take me an hour to drive to work...on a BAD day..two to two and a half. Plenty of "left lane bandits" as we call them...people who drift along under the speed limit in the left lane and won't move over (we drive on the opposite side as the UK and Oz). Plenty who wait until the last minute and dash across 3 lanes of highway to make their exit, too. I was driving in Chicago about 20 years ago and almost got run off the road by the same car three times on the highway. |
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