Just went for an evening run, about to cross the road at a junction and saw that the driver who was about to turn into the road had considered that I may cross without looking and had stopped his car to avoid running me over. He then proceeded to wave me across with a cheery wave before going on his way.

I am not good looking, although it was a little dark, do you think he might have confused me with a policewoman? I couldn't see any foreign plates on the car.

No, we're all hot

Regardless of what many on here say, I still say there are masses of polite, decent drivers out there.

This is actually standard behaviour in Melbourne...it's one of the first things I remember noticing when I emigrated from Qld!

Was the car turning left? And would that direction have taken the car across your projected path?

To this day in the UK, you should give way to pedestrians crossing a road at a junction where you are turning left. Over there it has become so impractical to attempt to do this that it has been forgotten.

I think it is still actually supposed to be done in Victoria anyway. It is certainly the current rule if the junction is controlled by traffic lights.

But nice to hear anyway.

Exactly the same in QLD, you always give way to pedestrians, even if you have a green light.

So nice to have it confirmed that I wasn't dreaming it! And I'm not being sarky.

The only time you don't is if there's a sign stating that motorists do not give way to pedestrians. There's one in our local town centre.

you mean you are supposed to give way to pedestrians.....often translates into "ÿou edge forward towards the person crossing the road whilst revving your engine and generally looking menacing because they have the cheek to be walking in your way."

Really ? Are you saying if there is a green traffic light and you are turning you must give way to people crossing against the lights ? I never knew that.

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. I'm surprised so many of these elite U.K drivers, the ones that think the Aussies are so piss poor, are ignorant of such a basic road rule.

From Your Keys to Driving In Queensland:

When you turn at an
intersection, you must
give way to pedestrians
crossing the road you are
entering.

So even if you have a green light you must give way to any pedestrians crossing the road. The lights are often sequenced so that the pedestrian crossing light is green at the same time the motorist gets the green light.

I'd been here for a few months before I realised that when my light was green on the main road that the green man was showing on the side road. There's many a poor soul that I glared at and muttered about! Fortunately, I'm not very menacing, so unlikely to intimidate, but I felt bad when I realised that they were right and I was wrong! I always gave way to them rather than try to drive through them, but I thought they were all the idiots when it turned out to be me!

They've just clarified some of the rules here in NSW and this is one of them - that you should give way to pedestrians when you are turning into a road.

So that is QLD, NSW, VIC and S.A. for sure...that just leaves W.A. and N.T (oh, and Tassie! ).........and ACT.

ha ha !