DRIVING LESSONS

[happy daze john in oz]

I have been driving for almost 50 years now without any major incidents. But I think I may have to go back to a driving school to learn the new laws, the ones the younger generation, and some older, are now usuing.
I did not know indicators are no longer required when making a turn or pulling over to the side of the road.
Nor did I know it is Ok to go through red lights as long as cars on the green had not started to move.
I never knew you could cut in from the left turn only lane into a long line of straight ahead cars just to get to the front of the line. It saves a lot of time instead of waiting at the back of the line for your turn.
I never knew you could pull up along side a car with a left turn indicator on as long as you beat him to the light when he tries to turn.It is now Ok to throw cig buts out of the window as modern cars do not have ash trays. I must also learn to weave at break neck speed in and out of the traffic so I get to the next red light first. I must learn how to control the steering wheel with my knees while I send a text or eat my bowl of cereals that I did not have time for before leaving home. I have also discovered that in some areas you do not have to display number plates, that will save some money. Thankfully I do not wear make up but if I did I know that I could use the rear view mirror to put it on, well that is what it is for is it not?? And I can buy one of those new cars with a lot of optional extras like stop and brake lights, headlights and indicators.So what else do I need to learn to be classified as a modern day driver?

[Ivan Cloherty]

So your new licence is the same as ours over here then John, although apparently it's not compulsory anymore to have one

[Tony Morcom]

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I never knew that 70mph was the minimum speed limit on motorways.
I never knew it was compulsory for girls to multitask and spend their time texting whilst in "control" of a lethal weapon weaving in and out of the traffic.
I never knew it was compulsory for 'white van man' to have a mobile phone glued to his ear whilst driving one handed.
I never knew that it was OK for every one else to break the rules but if I do there is suddenly a police car behind me.
I never knew my wife was psychotic until she got behind the wheel of a car!

[alf corbyn]

i never knew it was ok to overtake or even undertake an HGV just to show you can, then pull into a layby 200 yards up the road, or tow a car at 60MPH dodging in and out of slower moving vehicles.
whT ABOUT CREEPING PAST A RED LIGHT IF YOU AREONLY TURNING LEFT. sorry caught wrong key.
if you are a rumanian, or pole or other east european, it is perfectly ok to drive along the hard shoulder on motorways with your eight wheeler and trailer at eighty plus as you don't know the rules of the road.

[Neville Roberts]

I remember taking my test in NYC , the tester was giving me instructions ,and directions on where to drive he told me to go 2 city blocks and make a right hand turn and pullover too the sidewalk .when i had completed his directions .and parked I asked him what next , (he was asleep )so I had too wake him up and ask him if I had passed .oh sure he said and stamped my application . have been a good driver ever since . by the way it takes about 1/2 an hour for a driving test in NYC .at least that was in 68.the worst drivers are here in florida .

[Doc Vernon]

Well all i can say is "I Never Knew" thats if i get pulled over for any of the New Road Rules! LOL!
Crazy isnt it!
Please forward me the new Road Rule Book!
Cheers

[Lou Barron]

Well i thought driving in Dunedin was bad enough but after reading these posts it not to bad after all
It might be a better place if people had a little more patience and used the indicators but it could be worse like some of these other places in the world were driving is a headache

[Jacyn Wade]

Now, what would be the general rules regarding roundabouts? I hesitate to use the word "laws". They are a rarity in Canada but we've just recently had two new ones built between my town and Collingwood. I have watched people approach them at breakneck speeds and then have no idea how to follow a designated lane or change lanes to reach their desired destination. Yield signs are apparently there for decoration. Looking out the window to see where other drivers are is optional. I too may have to read up on the new rules, ha ha.

[John Arton]

Whole heartly agree with all previous posts. They all talk about "boy racers" but I find that young women are the worst. If you were to take their mobile phones away from them the suicide rate would rocket as they appear to treat there mobile as just an extension permantley attached to their right hand and never to be put down, irrespective of what they happen to be engaged in.

Regarding round abouts.
Up till around 1990 Norway had no round abouts at all and despite many Norwegians (well at least the ones I knew) being mainiacal drivers, they had few accidents at cross rounds and junctions.
The first round about was put ( If I remember correctly) on a "A" road between Stavanger and Oslo and immediatley became a tourist attraction (well i guess thats what you get from living in country that a crtain times of the year has almost continual daylight, whilst for the rest, continual darknes. LOL to my Norwegian Mates). This roundabout within a short period of time became the most dangerous spot to drive in Norway.
rgds
JA

[Keith at Tregenna]

GUERNSEY, Channel Islands:

Loved driving on Guernsey: They had a filter system at near every and all junctions, where traffic would filter one by one and eased much congestion.

Ist rule in the UK regarding roundabouts is as all exits would be to the left: driving right around a roundabout would take an eternity.

The amount of people that give directions including turn right at the roundabout is amasing and virtually impossible ?

K.