Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Oct 29th 2006, 4:52 am
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Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Hello
Well having read Geordie mandy's post about right hook turns, I got thinking about my own trip in a couple of weeks time, and realised that although I have been to Oz twice before and driven around QLD and NSW I have no idea what a right hook turn is and how I should execute one, or what I should do if some other nutter is in the process of executing one.
So can someone tell me in simple terms that a Buzzy can understand how I perform this manoeuveur?
Are there any other different driving rules I should be aware of?
Thanks
Buzzy
Well having read Geordie mandy's post about right hook turns, I got thinking about my own trip in a couple of weeks time, and realised that although I have been to Oz twice before and driven around QLD and NSW I have no idea what a right hook turn is and how I should execute one, or what I should do if some other nutter is in the process of executing one.
So can someone tell me in simple terms that a Buzzy can understand how I perform this manoeuveur?
Are there any other different driving rules I should be aware of?
Thanks
Buzzy
Oct 29th 2006, 4:56 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Hello
Well having read Geordie mandy's post about right hook turns, I got thinking about my own trip in a couple of weeks time, and realised that although I have been to Oz twice before and driven around QLD and NSW I have no idea what a right hook turn is and how I should execute one, or what I should do if some other nutter is in the process of executing one.
So can someone tell me in simple terms that a Buzzy can understand how I perform this manoeuveur?
Are there any other different driving rules I should be aware of?
Thanks
Buzzy
Well having read Geordie mandy's post about right hook turns, I got thinking about my own trip in a couple of weeks time, and realised that although I have been to Oz twice before and driven around QLD and NSW I have no idea what a right hook turn is and how I should execute one, or what I should do if some other nutter is in the process of executing one.
So can someone tell me in simple terms that a Buzzy can understand how I perform this manoeuveur?
Are there any other different driving rules I should be aware of?
Thanks
Buzzy
If you are wanting to turn right at an intersection where the tram goes straight ahead, you pull into the left lane with your right indicator on. You sit in front of the traffic that are on your left, heading in the direction you want to turn until their lights change and then you take off in front of them....
Clear as mud???
Oct 29th 2006, 4:58 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Hello
Well having read Geordie mandy's post about right hook turns, I got thinking about my own trip in a couple of weeks time, and realised that although I have been to Oz twice before and driven around QLD and NSW I have no idea what a right hook turn is and how I should execute one, or what I should do if some other nutter is in the process of executing one.
So can someone tell me in simple terms that a Buzzy can understand how I perform this manoeuveur?
Are there any other different driving rules I should be aware of?
Thanks
Buzzy
Well having read Geordie mandy's post about right hook turns, I got thinking about my own trip in a couple of weeks time, and realised that although I have been to Oz twice before and driven around QLD and NSW I have no idea what a right hook turn is and how I should execute one, or what I should do if some other nutter is in the process of executing one.
So can someone tell me in simple terms that a Buzzy can understand how I perform this manoeuveur?
Are there any other different driving rules I should be aware of?
Thanks
Buzzy
You get in front of the line of traffic that is stationary, and pointing in the direction you want to go ...then when the lights change....you go....smartish
Oct 29th 2006, 5:03 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Are they just a Victorian thing? I know we don't have them in Qld 
Oct 29th 2006, 5:07 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Originally Posted by Hels Bells
this might make it easier to understand
Oct 29th 2006, 5:14 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Originally Posted by CasG
Where is the arsehole tailgating the green car?
Or the tithead in an old Falcon/Commodore trying to undertake you before you get a chance to do any kind of manoeuvre :scared:
Oct 29th 2006, 5:16 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Are they just a Victorian thing? I know we don't have them in Qld
Yeah, just Victorian as they are designed to allow the traffic to flow around the trams....
Oct 29th 2006, 5:17 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Originally Posted by jond
Or the tithead in an old Falcon/Commodore trying to undertake you before you get a chance to do any kind of manoeuvre :scared:
Why is they always have those!!
Do you have one...! ?? !
You have the arsehole tailgating you as you ram into the tithead.......and then the lights change!!!
Oct 29th 2006, 5:18 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Hello
Well having read Geordie mandy's post about right hook turns, I got thinking about my own trip in a couple of weeks time, and realised that although I have been to Oz twice before and driven around QLD and NSW I have no idea what a right hook turn is and how I should execute one, or what I should do if some other nutter is in the process of executing one.
So can someone tell me in simple terms that a Buzzy can understand how I perform this manoeuveur?
Are there any other different driving rules I should be aware of?
Thanks
Buzzy
Well having read Geordie mandy's post about right hook turns, I got thinking about my own trip in a couple of weeks time, and realised that although I have been to Oz twice before and driven around QLD and NSW I have no idea what a right hook turn is and how I should execute one, or what I should do if some other nutter is in the process of executing one.
So can someone tell me in simple terms that a Buzzy can understand how I perform this manoeuveur?
Are there any other different driving rules I should be aware of?
Thanks
Buzzy
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Oct 29th 2006, 5:18 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Right, thanks Hels for the vid of how everything should work in an ideal world.
Thanks everyone else for removing the confidence I was just gaining!!! :scared:
Buzzy
Thanks everyone else for removing the confidence I was just gaining!!! :scared:
Buzzy
Oct 29th 2006, 5:19 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Right, thanks Hels for the vid of how everything should work in an ideal world.
Thanks everyone else for removing the confidence I was just gaining!!! :scared:
Buzzy
Thanks everyone else for removing the confidence I was just gaining!!! :scared:
Buzzy
Oct 29th 2006, 5:25 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
[QUOTE=CasG]oh yes !!!
Why is they always have those!!
Do you have one...! ?? !
Nah I am the hoon in the Impreza (or so the OH reckons)
I think since I got that car my driving habits have gone backwards 20 years, I feel like I did when I used to have my 3.0ltr Capri, but what do you expect I am an Essex boy
Why is they always have those!!
Do you have one...! ?? !
Nah I am the hoon in the Impreza (or so the OH reckons)
I think since I got that car my driving habits have gone backwards 20 years, I feel like I did when I used to have my 3.0ltr Capri, but what do you expect I am an Essex boy
Oct 29th 2006, 5:28 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
[QUOTE=jond]
Snap I had a 2.8i sport - why did work keep calling me Body?
Originally Posted by CasG
oh yes !!!
Why is they always have those!!
Do you have one...! ?? !
Nah I am the hoon in the Impreza (or so the OH reckons)
I think since I got that car my driving habits have gone backwards 20 years, I feel like I did when I used to have my 3.0ltr Capri, but what do you expect I am an Essex boy
Why is they always have those!!
Do you have one...! ?? !
Nah I am the hoon in the Impreza (or so the OH reckons)
I think since I got that car my driving habits have gone backwards 20 years, I feel like I did when I used to have my 3.0ltr Capri, but what do you expect I am an Essex boy
Oct 29th 2006, 5:30 am
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Re: Right hook turns and other gotchas - driving in Oz
[QUOTE=jond]
....expect nothing less 
I have a big Ford job....but really miss my Celica Sports....just not the same
....but then again...you can't do 120 mph down the roads here
Originally Posted by CasG
oh yes !!!
Why is they always have those!!
Do you have one...! ?? !
Nah I am the hoon in the Impreza (or so the OH reckons)
I think since I got that car my driving habits have gone backwards 20 years, I feel like I did when I used to have my 3.0ltr Capri, but what do you expect I am an Essex boy
Why is they always have those!!
Do you have one...! ?? !
Nah I am the hoon in the Impreza (or so the OH reckons)
I think since I got that car my driving habits have gone backwards 20 years, I feel like I did when I used to have my 3.0ltr Capri, but what do you expect I am an Essex boy
I have a big Ford job....but really miss my Celica Sports....just not the same
....but then again...you can't do 120 mph down the roads here