Originally Posted by HiddenPaw

It doesn't surprise me that so many people don't understand road rules. There are so many overseas-born motorists who only have to do a written test to drive on the roads in Oz. I'm not talking about Poms but all the other migrants from the 4 corners of the world, some who've never even seen a roundabout before and have been granted a licence without having been shown how to use one.

My sister used to do all the written driving tests for her town in NW Vic. There is a high [non-European] migrant population, many of whom don't even speak English. She used to have to translate or explain the questions to them - they came from places like Iran, Afghanistan, Vietnam - and a lot of them only had experience of driving on dirt roads and not in urban areas. They can't even read the road signs!

Of course this doesn't excuse the entire population! :)

Originally Posted by banjo

we noticed that with the rain.....people will actually pull over to the side of the road and wait for it to stop :confused:

Originally Posted by Siren & Brian

Thats right its not the Aussies that cant drive its the rest of you lot.

Now I wonder who knows the correct way for indicating on and off a roundabout??? No cheating and looking it up.

Originally Posted by northernbird

Ah yes, the Armadale Rotary!!

It would be interesting to see how a 4 way stop would work here instead of a roundabout.

For the aussie residents, a 4 way stop is a junction with 4 roads feeding in all with a stop sign. You literally take your turn to move away. When you rock up at the junction you have to try and remember who arrived before and after you. Can you imagine that working in Australia, NOT.

Originally Posted by MartinLuther

I do - Vic rules are the same as the UK.

Originally Posted by Siren & Brian

So what is it???

Originally Posted by MartinLuther

Comparing where I live now (Mornington Peninsula) with where I used to live (London), the drivers here* are better on roundabouts. They tend to approach the roundabout in the correct lane and they tend to indicate properly. Unlike London where people would often use the wrong lane to enter the roundabout and where the indication was either non-existent or completely wrong (why do so many people in the UK indicate left when then they are going straight across the roundabout). I agree that the Aussies tend to be a bit more cautious entering roundabouts but I don't see this as a bad thing.

* By here I mean my locality not the whole of Australia.
:)

Originally Posted by Mally Lass

I would love to see them try the infamous Swindon multi 6-way roundabout here then :D Most people in the UK are stumped over that one :eek:

The only thing I found generally with Aussie drivers was that when you flashed to let them out, they stopped dead like rabbits caught in headlights :eek: waiting for something else to happen :p

Originally Posted by MartinLuther

On approach:
- indicate left if turning left.
- indicate right if turning right.
- no indication if going straight across.

On the roundabout indicate left just after the last exit before your exit.

Vic and UK drivers don't tend to do the last bit. UK drivers often don't do any indication at all and quite a few indicate left (on approach) even though they're going straight ahead.

:)

Originally Posted by nickyc

That's because flashing your lights here is traditionally done as a warning. Usually to indicate that there are cops on the road ahead or - if it was dark to tell you your lights weren't on. Flashing your lights at a stationary car would certainly flummox most people.

Originally Posted by nickyc

That's because flashing your lights here is traditionally done as a warning. Usually to indicate that there are cops on the road ahead or - if it was dark to tell you your lights weren't on. Flashing your lights at a stationary car would certainly flummox most people.

Originally Posted by Perthforme

It used to be 1st on the roundy thingy that had right o way till like 91 :scared: