Hi,

Is there any site where I can view driving instructions? I know I should have checked it all out first before driving last time, but a couple of things caught me out which I didnt know about.

Such as, what are you supposed to do at a crossroads where there is an amber light in the middle of the junction which is flashing? There was no stop sign as far as I remember.

What are the rules for turning right on a red light? Most of the time people seem to do it but I was behind a few cars a couple of times which waited until green.

Many thanks,
CB

[QUOTE=chinnybloke]Hi,

Is there any site where I can view driving instructions? I know I should have checked it all out first before driving last time, but a couple of things caught me out which I didnt know about.

Such as, what are you supposed to do at a crossroads where there is an amber light in the middle of the junction which is flashing? There was no stop sign as far as I remember.

What are the rules for turning right on a red light? Most of the time people seem to do it but I was behind a few cars a couple of times which waited until green.

Many thanks,

The Amber light you mention means that you can proceed but exercise caution (ie look )
You can turn right on red if theres nothing coming and you have come to a complete stop 1st (they are hot on coming to a complete stop) This isn't applicable everywhere tough.
There's no website that i know of but i'll look on the NS government site.
HTH

Many thanks. Hopefully going back soon and I might get a car again to look at some houses so I thought it best to ask.

What province are you looking at? Try the following for Ontario.

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/

Excellent. Thanks for that. We're hoping to move to NS.

Not sure about other provinces, but you CAN turn right on red in Ontario unless there's a sign to the contrary, but you CAN'T turn right on red in Quebec. As we live in Ottawa but pop across to Hull quite often there's always that heart-stopping moment at pole-position of a red light where we say "Quick! Where are we?"

Er, yes you can turn right on a red in much of Quebec. There are some junctions where signs prohibit it, and I believe that it's completely banned in Montreal, but elsewhere (in Gatineau anyway), it's allowed.

You can also do it in Arizona, as we have just discovered.

OK - that overturns everything I've been told!!! Especially as Gatineau (AKA Hull) is the only place in Quebec I'm likely to be.

Hi Chinny

I don't believe there is anything on-line but you can buy the book from Access Nova Scotia when you come over. You'll probably need it anyway for your driving test.

If your worried, drop me a PM and I try and sort out getting you the book sent over to the UK.

Hi Brian,

I should be over soon (I hope - everything crossed), had some twists and turns with our PNP app. My wife starting panicing over the fees and wanted to go Skilled Worker for a while. The application is now in though and just waiting to see if I am offered an interview. Im hoping to be out before the end of October because the Zoom flights from Glasgow finish then.

Cheers,
CB

I think people have just made a generalisation based on what they have seen in Montreal.

Hull, by the way, is not a city but an area. Several years ago, the seperate municipalities of Aylmer, Hull, Gatineau, Buckingham and Masson-Angers were amalgamated and became one city, known as Gatineau. I imagine that most people still identify themselves as coming from Hull, Gatineau etc.

Look out for the 3 or 4 way stops aswell. Its just a crossroads and whichever vehicle is there first, proceeds first. The very first time we ever came to Canada, we didn't have a clue what to do , so sat there like lemons for a couple of seconds.

Just a tip... if you come to a 4 way stop and you arrive at the same time as another vehicle... the vehicle to the right will go first.

Cheers

Oggy

Another tip. Never confuse a 3-way with 4-way. Mere hours after arriving in Canada, we nearly met our maker when my wife mistook a 3-way for a 4-way and we were almost T-boned by a large 4x4 moving at speed.

His skid marks are probably still there. Mine came out in the wash.