Theres one in Cannington too. Albany hwy heading into the city. Near Alberts.

she got lucky. i got pinged 2 points.

i dont understand why its dangerous either, safer than the woman i saw slow down, then turn right onto a grass island / median strip and then over to the other side of the road...

unfortunately is illegal unless there is a sign....one of my mate got pinged too...dont know about the demerits though..

there's some on South st too. Agreed with it being a pain, especially on Albany Highway where you can't cross traffic anywhere.. Was shopping there the other weekend and it was a right pain to get to the other side.

So has anyone got any theories as to why it's not allowed here? Is it really that dangerous in WA and not anywhere else in Aus?

the way i remember the rule is no u-turns permitted at a controlled intersection, that is, an intersection with traffic lights or a stop sign. Giveway is all good!

Its likely to have something to do with not all intersections being equal. There are sets where traffic will have a green light to merge into the lanes where you are trying to u-turn in to. eg. At a T-intersection, you could get a green right arrow, and the traffic turning right out of the road you are turning into has a red right arrow, but may have a green left arrow. If you did a u-turn you would be turning into traffic you have no visibility of.

Too many intersection configurations for the masses to remember whats safe. Result = blanket ban and a few permitted signs where necessary. Too expensive to put them everywhere! The masses have enough trouble with remembering how to use roundabouts. Dont want to hurt their brains!

It may not be dangerous when 1 person is doing it,
but if it was legal then everyone would be doing it and then all of a sudden
Instead of a right arrow having a smooth flow of people half of them are doing
a u-turn and it just messes up the whole flow.

Not only that often when you have a right arrow the right hand side of you there is a green light for people turning left, if you do a u-turn you are then conflicting with those peoples path, in where it can be dangerous.

[QUOTE=RichX;446083]Yep illegal, and dangerous.[/QUOTE]

it's actually legal (unless signed otherwise) to do a u turn in victoria, so i highly doubt it's dangerous.. just a different set of rules.

like hook turns!