Driving in Perth
Jan 17th 2011, 4:33 am
#16
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Joined: Oct 2009
Location: Perth
Posts: 2,237
Re: Driving in Perth
There are several tricks to safe driving in Perth:
1. A lot of Perth cars do not have indicators
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2. A lot of Perth drivers cannot read, recognise or understand:
4. Assume that you will be tailgated and cut-off.
5. Be ultra-alert, as you will probably encounter ths type of behaviour every time you go somewhere. Hot weather can make people extra tired and cranky. If there happens to be a downpour while you here, it can make the roads very slippery after prolonged hot weather. Perth drivers often do not adjust to the driving conditions.
6. In particular, be wary of:
7. Understand that the typical Perth driver seems to think that it is their road and you are slowing them down by merely being on it
. Most drivers drive with their windows closed, aircon on, perhaps radio/music/phone on, and IMO seem to be in their own little world, unaware of what's going on around them.
Broadly speaking, you should find it very similar to driving in the UK, as we found that standards had dropped there as well (except for courtesy)
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1. A lot of Perth cars do not have indicators
.2. A lot of Perth drivers cannot read, recognise or understand:
- "stop" signs
- "give way" signs
- roundabouts
- merging
- road rules
- courtesy
4. Assume that you will be tailgated and cut-off.
5. Be ultra-alert, as you will probably encounter ths type of behaviour every time you go somewhere. Hot weather can make people extra tired and cranky. If there happens to be a downpour while you here, it can make the roads very slippery after prolonged hot weather. Perth drivers often do not adjust to the driving conditions.
6. In particular, be wary of:
- men in 22-40 age group in shiny new utes
- souped-up sedan-type cars with fancy wheels and flashy lights
- tradesmen's vehicles with stuff moving about in the back
- truck drivers - WA roads belong to them above all others. Some very large trucks on suburban roads in Perth, not just in country areas
- speed limits - follow these, rather than the speed that everyone else is driving. The speed signs can change a lot on one road in a relatively short distance. Beware school zones, 40 kph from 0730-0900 and 1430-1600. Schools start going back late Jan.
7. Understand that the typical Perth driver seems to think that it is their road and you are slowing them down by merely being on it
. Most drivers drive with their windows closed, aircon on, perhaps radio/music/phone on, and IMO seem to be in their own little world, unaware of what's going on around them.Broadly speaking, you should find it very similar to driving in the UK, as we found that standards had dropped there as well (except for courtesy)
.
Jan 17th 2011, 1:08 pm
#17
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: High up in Joondalup.
Posts: 4,228
Re: Driving in Perth
There are several tricks to safe driving in Perth:
1. A lot of Perth cars do not have indicators.
2. A lot of Perth drivers cannot read, recognise or understand:
4. Assume that you will be tailgated and cut-off.
5. Be ultra-alert, as you will probably encounter ths type of behaviour every time you go somewhere. Hot weather can make people extra tired and cranky. If there happens to be a downpour while you here, it can make the roads very slippery after prolonged hot weather. Perth drivers often do not adjust to the driving conditions.
6. In particular, be wary of:. Most drivers drive with their windows closed, aircon on, perhaps radio/music/phone on, and IMO seem to be in their own little world, unaware of what's going on around them.
Broadly speaking, you should find it very similar to driving in the UK, as we found that standards had dropped there as well (except for courtesy).
1. A lot of Perth cars do not have indicators
.2. A lot of Perth drivers cannot read, recognise or understand:
- "stop" signs
- "give way" signs
- roundabouts
- merging
- road rules
- courtesy
4. Assume that you will be tailgated and cut-off.
5. Be ultra-alert, as you will probably encounter ths type of behaviour every time you go somewhere. Hot weather can make people extra tired and cranky. If there happens to be a downpour while you here, it can make the roads very slippery after prolonged hot weather. Perth drivers often do not adjust to the driving conditions.
6. In particular, be wary of:
- men in 22-40 age group in shiny new utes
- souped-up sedan-type cars with fancy wheels and flashy lights
- tradesmen's vehicles with stuff moving about in the back
- truck drivers - WA roads belong to them above all others. Some very large trucks on suburban roads in Perth, not just in country areas
- speed limits - follow these, rather than the speed that everyone else is driving. The speed signs can change a lot on one road in a relatively short distance. Beware school zones, 40 kph from 0730-0900 and 1430-1600. Schools start going back late Jan.
. Most drivers drive with their windows closed, aircon on, perhaps radio/music/phone on, and IMO seem to be in their own little world, unaware of what's going on around them.Broadly speaking, you should find it very similar to driving in the UK, as we found that standards had dropped there as well (except for courtesy)
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Although my driving is not as bad as lady down at hilarys today who done a U'y on a roundabout! 
