Unacceptable behaviour

having driven in many country's, my south Australian experiences gives me the opinion that driving is not so bad.

but there is one exception. merging!

an other example would be New Zealand, big signs up every where ( or there was) saying Merge like a zip. example if every car on the right let one car in not two and not none, one car. the cars merging from the left are of the same mind. 1:1 two cars do not try to push in and you know when its your turn to change lane.

over here we have cars stopped in a merging lane, where you should be accelerating to match the merging speed. and that's dangerous.

or you indicate to merge or change lane and some dickhead accelerates into the space you were merging into. the last ones do not concern me to-much and i am ether in the 110 or a beaten up van. rule of mite

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Originally Posted by Eevo

i believe australia to be the odd one out here.
nowhere else in the world does everyone queue up in the righthand lane with the left empty

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Commonly known as the "Far Queue"

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Commonly known as the "Far Queue"

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TOO TRUE.
So, remember this: If you are one of those who would consign others to the FAR QUEUE and you are stuck in traffic cursing, curse yourself. It's your fault.
If someone props in front of you in a merge lane, curse yourself. It's your fault. If someone refuses to let you merge, curse yourself. It's your fault.
Be kind, be courteous, swallow your pride, and we'll all get there more quickly, with fewer trips to the Panel Beaters. Cheers, Billy.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Particularly from a Landrover driver.

Melbourne man hands himself in after alleged road rage attack - 9news.com.au

He deserves two years in jail and a lifetime licence ban.

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To take a tangent for a moment, (and nothing in the incident is to be excused) It gets my goat how the topic is dealt with by the media. Have you ever heard the media use the brand name of the vehicle more often in a single article, in fact in multiple articles Road rage driver nearly destroys own Land Rover in Glen Waverley attack. They seem to be trying to blame the marque for having some violent trait or some other status. It was an old Freelander 1 no status in one of those.

Unless I'm mistaken, you usually hear generic terms like the SUV driver or 4WD driver did that, but you rarely hear something like the Toyota driver or the Holden driver etc.

Its bloody annoying!

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Originally Posted by Eevo

i believe australia to be the odd one out here.
nowhere else in the world does everyone queue up in the righthand lane with the left empty

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That is just Adelaide.
When I was working in Adelaide, I was amazed by this phenomenon as I drove along the Anzac Hwy from Morphettville to Wayville unimpeded in the left hand lane swiftly passing all and sundry.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

That is just Adelaide.
When I was working in Adelaide, I was amazed by this phenomenon as I drove along the Anzac Hwy from Morphettville to Wayville unimpeded in the left hand lane swiftly passing all and sundry.

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which is illegal i beleve

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Originally Posted by 85 county

which is illegal i beleve

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Show me the road rule.

I was driving according to the road rules.

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130
Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road
(1) This rule applies to a driver driving on a multi-lane road if:
(a) the speed-limit applying to the driver for the length of
road where the driver is driving is over 80 kilometres
per hour; or
(b) a keep left unless overtaking sign applies to the length
of road where the driver is driving.
Note 1 Length of road and multi-lane road are defined in the
dictionary.
Note 2 Part 3 deals with speed-limits.
(2) The driver must not drive in the right lane unless:
(a) the driver is turning right, or making a U'turn from the
centre of the road, and is giving a right change of
direction signal; or
(b) the driver is overtaking; or
(c) a left lane must turn left sign or left traffic lane arrows
apply to any other lane and the driver is not turning left;
or
(d) the driver is required to drive in the right lane under
rule 159; or
(e) the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or
(f) the traffic in each other lane is congested; or
(g) the traffic in every lane is congested; or
(h) the right lane is a special purpose lane in which the
driver, under another provision of the Australian Road
Rules, is permitted to drive; or
(i) there are only 2 marked lanes and the left lane is a slow
vehicle turn out lane.
Rule
130(2)(g)
amended by 5th
pkg, Item 55
Rule
130(2)(h)
inserted by 5th
pkg, Item 56
Rule
130(2)(i)
inserted by 5th
pkg, Item 56
Offence provision.
Note 1 Centre of the road, left traffic lane arrows, obstruction,
overtake, right change of direction signal, special purpose lane, traffic
and U'turn are defined in the dictionary.
Rule 130(2) note
1,th substituted by
5 pkg, Item 57
Note 2 Rule 159 deals with traffic signs that require a particular kind
of vehicle to drive in the marked lane indicated by the signs.
Note 3 Rule 329 deals with when a traffic control device applies to a
marked lane.
(3) A keep left unless overtaking sign on a multi-lane road
applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and
ending at the nearest of the following:
(a) an end keep left unless overtaking sign on the road;
(b) a traffic sign or road marking on the road that indicates
that the road is no longer a multi-lane road;
(c) if the road ends at a T?intersection or dead end ? the
end of the road.
Note Road marking, T?intersection and traffic sign are defined in the
dictionary.
(4) In this rule:
lane, for a driver, means a marked lane for vehicles
travelling in the same direction as the driver, but does not
include a special purpose lane in which the driver is not
permitted to drive.
Note 1 Marked lane and special purpose lane are defined in the
dictionary.
Note 2 Rule 95 deals with driving in emergency stopping lanes, and
Division 6 of this Part deals with driving in other special purpose lanes
slow vehicle turn out lane means a marked lane, or the part
of a marked lane, to which a slow vehicle turn out lane sign
applies.
Note A slow vehicle turn out lane is designed for slow-moving vehicles
to move into to allow faster vehicles to pass in an adjacent marked lane.

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

To take a tangent for a moment, (and nothing in the incident is to be excused) It gets my goat how the topic is dealt with by the media. Have you ever heard the media use the brand name of the vehicle more often in a single article

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Funny, that was my first thought when I read the article. They always seem keen to point out it was a land rover. Perhaps we're all deviants :twisted:

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I tend to think that it's the phenomenal, out of character behaviour for the vast majority of Landrover drivers, that draw attention to the brand.
That sort of attitude is accepted and expected from many of the Jap and Jeep crowd.

Massive over-reaction. The 'victim' whilst not deserving of the scale of response, shows how dangerous it is to inflame a situation, with so many ice affected and stressed out 'experts' out there, it's flirting with danger to risk a short-lived victory wave or a put down gesture - age does help with this realization :angel:

...and it's not just the blokes or the civilians :wasntme:

This in Qld ...:o

Bad-tempered policeman confesses in court to road rage ramming - 9news.com.au


As for Adelaide, why can't drivers keep left on the express way? Just because there are no 'keep left' signs, surely they don't think it's not required at 100kph? This is just one reason why annual/biannual road rule mail outs/emails should be considered to keep motorists learning...and reminded, kind of like proficiency testing :ninja:.