Thread: Grey Nomads - things I've learnt in the last few days.

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

If I stand on a fence post maybe you will be able to see me wave.

What's a hook turn?
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It's Victoria only thing you have to drive in the left lane to turn right t no other state has it

Mrs hh

And if you turn left from a right hand lane, does that constitute a left hook?

The flies are bad this time of the year!

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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

And if you turn left from a right hand lane, does that constitute a left hook?

The flies are bad this time of the year!

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Never called it a left hook before. The angry tram driver doesn't ding his bell. Angry car drivers might toot their horns though and pedestrians glare at you.
Oddly, this type of turn is usually performed by taxis.

Originally Posted by The ho har's

It's Victoria only thing you have to drive in the left lane to turn right t no other state has it

Mrs hh

That's because we think we are prettttyyyyyyyy clever drivers down this way
We cant help it if the rest of Australia can't keep up

A hook turn is not recommended at every Victorian intersection, only half a dozen or so in the CBD . It's quite logical (unusual for Mexico ), as it is fairly awkward for trams to steer round cars waiting to turn right. I was once nearly cleaned up by a taxi, running a red as I was making a hook turn.

Originally Posted by Chops

That's because we think we are prettttyyyyyyyy clever drivers down this way
We cant help it if the rest of Australia can't keep up

That's funny, because if we get drivers up here wanting to turn right from the left hand lane, we'd don't call them clever at all, normally it's a collection of very rude words.

Only in Victoria - I have driven in Melbourne for over 40 years and still don't see the the logic - only a Victorian would think up something so illogical - move left to turn right - I have seen many a car get cleaned up following thi rule.

Any where else in Aust public transport is just considered another vehicle and if someone is turning right in front they wait - so why is it so important for trams to always be allowed to proceed ahead - why can't they wait like everyone else?

The other one is cars have to stop when the tram is stopped - seems reasonable enough on face value but the kamikaze tram passengers seem to think it is their god given right to jump off the tram and bolt across the road without looking - yes the big MacK truck should have stopped but it didn't and the kamikaze got squashed.

As I said - only in Victoria.

Yep, only in Victoria because we can....

And because we have the largest tram network in the world.

Oh, and Mick is correct about how many Taxis get it wrong - that's because most of them cannot drive, and a lot of them don't even have licences.

If anyone needs a lesson, just sing out. I'm in the CBD most days and would average several hook turns a day - and never cocked one up either.

Oh, and there are 19 of them in the CBD.