Thread: Road Rules questions - got me stumped - traffic lights and merging lanes

OP Mate, I have been living outside of Aus for a long time but am sure there are still some plain vanilla intersections with traffic lights, no other modifiers like turn arrows or "turn left any time with care" signs etc.

Surely you have seen such? An intersection with just plain big round red/amber/green lights. You know what to do here right?

These three big round lights are the rule at every intersection always - Anything else is just a conditional modifier. Eg a "turn left anytime with care" sign modifies big round red or amber (does nothing for a green)

Similarly a lit red arrow pointing in a direction you desire to go modifies what you would normally do when facing a big round green. Just like a green arrow modifies a big round red that may be facing you.

Maybe this is totally out of date and overly simplistic. Not trying to be insulting - It's my understanding regards driving in all the many countries where I have driven. Even those like China, Philippines and USA where they drive on the wrong side of the road. (It's real fun driving across borders where you also have to switch sides of the road - like HK into mainland china!)

Originally Posted by p38arover

Fixed it for you. I don't see many NSW Plated vehicles doing U-turns.

Have ever noticed we rarely (ever?) get advice/comments from members who are also police officers?

Just go to Camden Valley Way Horningsea Park/Edmundson on a Sunday when the swap meet is open and it seems every fifth car does a U-turn at the traffic lights, mostly NSW plates.