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Feb 8th 2008, 3:09 am

#31

Muzza04

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Re: how to wind an aussie up..

plant this in Oz

Feb 8th 2008, 5:39 am

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steve99

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Re: how to wind an aussie up..

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Originally Posted by Muzza04

http://www.strum.co.uk/pix/mr.jpg

plant this in Oz

or this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_R...emel_Hempstead)

Feb 8th 2008, 6:08 am

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sme

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Re: how to wind an aussie up..

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Originally Posted by steve99

or this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_R...emel_Hempstead)

Used to drive round this regularly - wasn't so bad if you knew where you were going

Feb 8th 2008, 6:30 am

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saveme

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Re: how to wind an aussie up..

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Originally Posted by sme

Used to drive round this regularly - wasn't so bad if you knew where you were going

I just thought about one of those particularly confusing and scary multi-roundabouts - is it coming off the West Country M?? at Exeter Services. Three or four lanes and '8' shaped roundabouts?? The Highway Code is useless for them.

Feb 8th 2008, 6:53 am

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Ozzidoc

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Re: how to wind an aussie up..

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Originally Posted by JackTheLad

You see, instructors here teach people the wrong rules. At those silly little bubble roundabouts, new drivers are still taught to indicate right as they are going over it, and then just as they are exiting it (about 1 second later) indicate left.

JTL

This is still the preferred method by the members of CSMA - their "Motoring" magazine has had loads of info on this, all sorts of big-wigs discussing it.

CSMA - civil service motoring assoc