Lord_Farquar

Kids shouldn't play in the road anyway.

Alfresco

No they shouldn't but they get pushed around in strollers and can accidentally walk off the pavement.

Lord_Farquar

Well look after them better.

bcworld

In places where parking is tight it's exactly the same here.

And parking on the continuous side of the road opposite a T junction is specifically allowed.

In the photo below the MX5 has been booked...meanwhile for some reason they never book people parked where the black Holden is...even closer to the intersection. This is a t-junction and there are always cars parked opposite it.

As for the 10m thing...sure fair enough, but at least provide markings to indicate where the 10m ends...are people supposed to take their tape measures along with them? 9.5m from the intersection is a long way...and I reckon you wouldn't get a ticket for it....so there is something very arbitrary about the whole thing.

Alfresco

My kids are fine. It's the Brits that have that mentality and need to look after them better.

I saw a mother the other day pusing a stoller and pressed the button on pedestrian crossing while looking and tallking to a friend or her mother. As soon as it started to beep she pushed the stroller onto the road without even looking to see if the traffic had stopped.

I was stopped at the lights and I stared in disbelief.

Edit I'm not sure I get your point. I am on the some side as you about kids.

Parking within 10m or opposite a junction is a hazard. In most countries it is illegal including the UK. I don't undertsand why the Brits think it's ok to park there (because there's nowhere else to park mentality).

Lord_Farquar

How obsurd a women crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing when the light was on green. The country's gone to the dogs.

Also, us "Brits" take a dim view of drivers killing pedestrians at crossings.

Alfresco

quoll

Nanny is alive and well in Canberra including the most irritating loop recording of a woman telling you not to walk on the travelators, to stand clear of the yellow line and hold on to the handrail (in the Canberra Centre). You can usually hear the message about half a dozen times (if you stand still and hold the handrail etc) per floor. I tend to be homicidal by the time I arrive if I have to listen for a 2 floor travel!

Lord_Farquar

Well stop being so melodramatic.

ABCDiamond

Maybe they should make a law for that, but some people might then say it's more nanny state stuff !

Lord_Farquar

People should need a licence for kids.

kporte

And adult goats too. They chew everything.

bcworld

Well clearly not here in Victoria, and clearly Aussies do think it's OK to park there:

http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/re...ersection3.pdf

Road Rules – Victoria 1999
Road Rule 170 (3)

A driver must not stop on a road within 10 metres from the nearest point of an intersecting road at an intersection without traffic lights, unless the driver stops–
(b)if the intersection is a T-intersection – along the continuous side of the
continuing road at the intersection

...note the ticks on the cars parked opposite the junction. Parked there by Brits no doubt!

ABCDiamond

That's two lanes each way, what if it looked like this though.... with just one lane each way.

kporte

Sweet lord take me now!