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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by gmonkey Click here to enlarge
    well i guess if i indicate for long enough and pull across cause some stupid 4wd drive is sitting there and wont move and i hit him itd acctually be his/HER fault cause ive indicated for long enough that she should have moved her crap box out of the way.. god i hate 4wd drivers...
    it's not about how long you indicate. as a passenger car, you don't have any special road privileges. buses have right of way by law - ignore it if you like but if you don't give way and hit that bus trying to pull out, you are now legally responsible for damage to a $1mil+ vehicle! yes, a bus is worth more than a Ferrari, believe it or don't

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by lithium Click here to enlarge
    it's not about how long you indicate. as a passenger car, you don't have any special road privileges. buses have right of way by law - ignore it if you like but if you don't give way and hit that bus trying to pull out, you are now legally responsible for damage to a $1mil+ vehicle! yes, a bus is worth more than a Ferrari, believe it or don't
    +1. See page 11 of the following document:
    http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/lic_drivesafe3.pdf

    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by Greg K Click here to enlarge
    I had a 4WD tailgate me for over 2km's when there was a perfectly clear lane next to me to drive in.
    You didn't happen to be sitting on the right lane at the time, did you?
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by lithium Click here to enlarge
    it's not about how long you indicate. as a passenger car, you don't have any special road privileges. buses have right of way by law - ignore it if you like but if you don't give way and hit that bus trying to pull out, you are now legally responsible for damage to a $1mil+ vehicle! yes, a bus is worth more than a Ferrari, believe it or don't
    thats probably a stretch, closer to half a million

    gets more expensive if any of the passengers get hurt tho
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by J Click here to enlarge
    You didn't happen to be sitting on the right lane at the time, did you?
    no i was in the slow lane too!!
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by glider Click here to enlarge
    thats probably a stretch, closer to half a million

    gets more expensive if any of the passengers get hurt tho
    true, perhaps closer to a half-mil. enough to put an uninsured driver into debt for the next twenty years though!

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    grr! i hate it when people tailgate me!! a p-plate tradie driving a SS ute with a huge spoiler started tail gating me today!

    so i changed lanes and we both drove peacefully to work. the end. Click here to enlarge

    btw i have a serious question for the Melbourians...last time i was driving there i was on a road with four lanes, two each direction, and the centre two lanes being tram lines - i noticed almost every car was driving sprawled across both the tram line lane and the left lane! is this a rule for roads which have tram tracks in the centre?

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by lithium Click here to enlarge
    btw i have a serious question for the Melbourians...last time i was driving there i was on a road with four lanes, two each direction, and the centre two lanes being tram lines - i noticed almost every car was driving sprawled across both the tram line lane and the left lane! is this a rule for roads which have tram tracks in the centre?
    Normally with tram line there'll be parked cars in the left lane, so it's not really practical to use.
    When sitting in a lane with tram lines, by law you have to sit to the left of the lines, unless you're within 50m of turning right, in which case you sit to the right of the lines.
    In most cases the tram lines are almost as wide as the lane, and due to there being no real traffic in the left lane most people will sit a bit further to the left of the tramlines and sorta sit in between the two lanes, although they should be mostly in the right lane.Click here to enlarge
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    Had a tailgater (for about 8klm's) the other night when I was in the Triton, dabbed the brakes a couple of time and they took no notice so I jumped on the brakes......that got their attention. Smoke pouring off their tyres.......I pulled over to discuss the situation, but they speed off. The commadore would have looked good with a Hayman Reece towbar hood ornament.

    Quite obvious that drivers have forgotten the 4 second rule.

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by sooty Click here to enlarge
    Normally with tram line there'll be parked cars in the left lane, so it's not really practical to use.
    When sitting in a lane with tram lines, by law you have to sit to the left of the lines, unless you're within 50m of turning right, in which case you sit to the right of the lines.
    In most cases the tram lines are almost as wide as the lane, and due to there being no real traffic in the left lane most people will sit a bit further to the left of the tramlines and sorta sit in between the two lanes, although they should be mostly in the right lane.Click here to enlarge
    ah right, thanks!

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by AH08 Click here to enlarge
    Quite obvious that drivers have forgotten the 4 second rule.

    4 second rule?
    i always thought it was 2
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