Driving - rules web site?
Sep 29th 2005, 11:26 am
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Driving - rules web site?
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
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
Sep 29th 2005, 11:44 am
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
[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
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
Sep 29th 2005, 11:46 am
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by andy_sheila
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
)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
Sep 29th 2005, 12:02 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by 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,
CB
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
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/
Sep 29th 2005, 12:07 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by cov-canuck
What province are you looking at? Try the following for Ontario.
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/
Sep 29th 2005, 1:24 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by 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,
CB
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
Sep 29th 2005, 1:29 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by Snave
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?"
You can also do it in Arizona, as we have just discovered.
Sep 29th 2005, 1:44 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by Souvenir
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.
Sep 29th 2005, 1:54 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
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.
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.
Sep 29th 2005, 1:59 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by BH PNP
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.
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.
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
Sep 29th 2005, 2:27 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by Snave
OK - that overturns everything I've been told!!! Especially as Gatineau (AKA Hull) is the only place in Quebec I'm likely to be.
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.
Sep 29th 2005, 3:07 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
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.
Sep 29th 2005, 3:38 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by R2D2
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. Cheers
Oggy
Sep 29th 2005, 3:52 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by NessieOggy
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
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His skid marks are probably still there. Mine came out in the wash.
Sep 29th 2005, 3:56 pm
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Re: Driving - rules web site?
Originally Posted by Souvenir
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.
His skid marks are probably still there. Mine came out in the wash.
