Cars & Transportation

round abouts

Cars & Transportation

Posted by: stretch

14th Jan 2011 12:34pm

in nsw country towns drivers are still using round abouts without indicators
it is no wonder city people tell us country drivers are the worst in the australian country
why are the police not charging them
and some of the cops believe the round abouts are to small to even bother using them indicators

Comments 16

dave
  • 8th Apr 2012 11:46pm

i live in the country and they are the worst drivers in nsw

Anonymous
  • 1st Apr 2012 09:33pm

Ah Stretch, the new laws are stupid. I'm going straight through a round about and I have to indicate when I enter it? It does make lots of sense and it vers confuses other drivers too.

Ceebass
  • 28th Mar 2012 03:44pm

I'm living in a nsw country town at the moment and round abouts are all over the place here. I can't count how many times i've gotten road rage over stupid drivers that don't know how to signal properly. I don't think it's because they don't know how to drive, i think they just don't care. Unfortunately, the police can't charge anybody, because when they are around, everybody drives like they should. I think they should put cameras around, the same way they have cameras on some speed limited roads.

maccaa
  • 16th Mar 2012 11:25pm

it happens every where i see it all the time, the police should charge them or one day there is going to be accidents

Anonymous
  • 7th Mar 2012 01:03pm

yer i had to make sure i did it in my p's test n while i was on my l's i indicated but now i hav my p's ive noticed so many people still dont do it even though i still do it its the law wish otherss would do it too

stretch
  • 22nd Dec 2011 11:28am

i believe you have the answer and if on a bike be twice as careful

Doc
  • 22nd Dec 2011 10:16am

I understand you friend.
I have found bad drivers just about everywhere.
It's up to us good drivers to always be aware & on the lookout for bad drivers & allow for their stupidity & aroggance.
A lot of times the local coppers just could not be bothered upholding the law on small mattaers because of the way the courts deal with the offenders.

Anonymous
  • 7th Dec 2011 03:01pm

to be honest every time i go near a roundabout there is always a crash and i am sick of it i think we should just get rid of the whole thing to stop all the hassle

stretch
  • 8th Dec 2011 11:52am

i agree would personally prefer to see traffic lights
they are safer
more acurate
and a lot easier to see where people are going directional wise
i ahve seen some fierce crashes at roundabouts and some unreal squables from not knowing they need to use indicators of and on roundabouts in nsw no matter how small they are

Redskin253
  • 18th Feb 2011 03:35am

Turning right or left use your indicator. When going straight leave it off ! In the ACT , the home of roundabouts , most are 2 lanes and at busy intersections , if you put on an indicator right and at the peak change it to left indicator the person waiting in the outside lane thinks it is safe to go as the person is saying that they are going right - but there not ! It is misleading to other drivers , takes the drivers concentration away from driving, observing others and trying to change gear, steer and play with indicator stalks . Wake up to the person who thought up that bright idea.

CAT17
  • 27th Mar 2012 07:12pm
Turning right or left use your indicator. When going straight leave it off ! In the ACT , the home of roundabouts , most are 2 lanes and at busy intersections , if you put on an indicator right and...

Oh Redskin253 I have "played" round abouts in the ACT for about 20 odd years and I can tell you it was a nightmare negotiating those two lane round abouts. Most people don't know that you need to be in the outside lane if you are either turning left or going straight ahead. It is the B nuts that stick to the inside lane at all cost (comfort zone maybe?) and then tuck over to the outside lane to go left or go straight ahead from the inside lane??? Indicators go off like fireworks and no one knows what anyone is doing or where they are going. I used to have to negotiate 3 "terror zones" on my way to school and I can tell you it sure got the adrenalin going - I was well ready for a class of 6th graders! I now live in Adelaide and again round abouts are a problem. Only use indicator to turn off the single lane round about no exit indicator needed. I must be cursed by the things I now live where there are 3 to negotiate to go to my gym and 3 to take my hubby to the clinic? Actually now I am in so much of a spin I'm not sure if I got the rules right!

stretch
  • 18th Feb 2011 10:11am
Turning right or left use your indicator. When going straight leave it off ! In the ACT , the home of roundabouts , most are 2 lanes and at busy intersections , if you put on an indicator right and...

great and i thought it was only quenslanders that had the no indicators in nsw
in nsw you indicat when entering the round about as well for exiting the size of the round abouts dont matter either it is $120 dollar fine for failure to indicate on or of
but the cops do the same thing
crazy idea but have seen some great car crashes on them
thank you

amanda6393
  • 17th Jan 2011 02:51pm

I totally agree on this one. I'm from a country city and it never ceases to amaze me how many people don't know roundabout rules. Whether it's turning from the wrong lane, indicating incorrectly or crossing over into the middle lane mid roundabout, it all drives me bonkers!
I've been in an accident where the driver (towing a caravan) believed it was perfectly OK to travel alongside me up to a 2 laned roundabout (I was on the inside lane) the go right around the roundabout in the outside lane (not indicating either!) to proceed back in the same direction he was coming from. As I was going straight ahead, where was I supposed to go? Grrrrrr!

stretch
  • 19th Jan 2011 01:52pm
The damage was isolated to the left hand front of my vehicle, so no damage to right hand side at all. The police didn't attend as there was no property damage and no injuries. I had to file a...

the crazy thing is if the damage is under $500.00 the police will not attend an accident scene in nsw unless some one is hurt or decesed
nrma is generally a good companie to deal with but without the police report from the accident scene it can take months to work out
the police need to reavaluate the way it works as $500.00 does not sound like a lot of money but when the facts are required it is a lot easier when there is a third party
i have been considering using a camera and a survey site to drop a few of the bad drivers right in and a few of them are police officers
what do you think will it work

amanda6393
  • 18th Jan 2011 02:34pm
how did you get out of the car
did the police attend the accident
what was the insurance company like to deal with

The damage was isolated to the left hand front of my vehicle, so no damage to right hand side at all. The police didn't attend as there was no property damage and no injuries. I had to file a report to the police for the insurance company though. My insurer is NRMA who are fantastic to deal with. I had to draw a diagram for them as to what had happened as the other driver told their insurance company that I was at fault (he didn't know the road rules obviously). I was still receiving phonecalls with queries from NRMA months after the car had been repaired as the insurance companies were obviously battling it out between each other. I guess they realised I wasn't to blame as I never heard anything more about the issue after that.

stretch
  • 18th Jan 2011 11:23am
I totally agree on this one. I'm from a country city and it never ceases to amaze me how many people don't know roundabout rules. Whether it's turning from the wrong lane, indicating incorrectly or...

how did you get out of the car
did the police attend the accident
what was the insurance company like to deal with

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