17-04-2012, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDoctor
That shouldn't be an issue. And actually brings up something I've been wondering ever since I moved here.
At home the rule for turning into multi-lane roads is that you always turn into the nearest drivable lane. That means, in most cases, you can have people turning into a street from both sides of an intersection, or people doing u-turns, without getting in other peoples way.
Is the rule the same here?
Often I've been waiting to turn right onto a multi lane street at the same time as people turning left into that street from the other side of the intersection and had to wait for them all to finish as they're all turning into the lane that is farthest from them. If we both turn into the nearest lane to us we could all go at the same time.
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Yes that is correct Doc BUT it was also helped by the , now removed rule in NZ, that a driver turning left gives way to someone turning right into the same road.
NZ give way rules changed
That previous "give way" rule nearly got me killed when initially driving in NZ as it's the opposite to every other country in the world.
I often do exactly that maneuver you've described with the qualification that I ASSUME that the other driver has no concept of turning into the nearest drivable lane. It has gotten me the odd look and international symbol of love.
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Last edited by GTB Liberty; 17-04-2012 at 12:10 PM.
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