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Ok, maybe it'll kick off, maybe it won't.
post your "who has right of way?" questions/answers here.
three lane rd, middle lane is empty. Two cars, one in the left lane, one in the far right lane. Car in the far right lane is a bit behind the car in the left lane, but close enough to parallel that they'll collide if they move toward each other. Both indicate and begin entering the middle lane at the same time.
who has right of way?
(no points gained if you come out with "theres no such thing as right of way")
I assume they're going in the same direction? I would say car ahead has right of way
his question really flummoxed us in Greece several years ago. outside lanes going in opposite directions middle lane for passing. Went over hills and round blind corners with no indication of direction!
Overtaking vehicle gives way
but also
Give way to vehicles on your right
Why is there a vehicle in the far right lane if it isn't overtaking a vehicle in the middle lane ? Without too many details I'd say that vehicle is in the wrong before either start to manouvre.
Then again, the vehicle keeping left in the left lane and presumably pulling out to overtake a slower vehicle in the same left lane should recognise a vehicle sat in the far right lane when there is no traffic in the middle lane is a ****-wit and should therefore give all the necessary precautions ****-wits require. Hence they only have themselves to blame. Otherwise I'd say they are in the right, the other dude should give way.
If I am driving up the M1 / A1 / Gold Coast Highway in a four lane road at night with bugger all traffic around and I am in the left lane doing the speed limit on cruise control and there is a car in the third lane doing 30kmph below the speed limit, just sat there, seemingly oblivious to the world, do I have to change lanes SIX friggin' times just to pass them on the right, or it is OK to just stay in the left lane, pass them on the left and make a gesture as I pass them indicating I believe they have a penis for a head ?
Gateway in Brissy is snail pace in the arvo's, bike are allowed to use the LH verge, 35kph max but they whip up there at 60+. Cars going off don't check this non lane, who gives way, the car going off or the bike in the non lane?
presumably the car turning off is indicating and bike can see it? Overtaking a vehicle indicating to cross your path, is an act of suicide.
A lot of these situations don't really require any one to fully "give way". They just require that sometimes drivers should ever-so slightly ease off the go pedal before waiting and having to slam on the brakes.
I'm always amazed (and amused) watching those dash-cam videos on youtube with how many people manage to hit the horn before they hit the brakes. Most of the dash-cammers believing they are in the right seem to stay completely the same even when they see a car up ahead approaching a junction or in a position where it could quite easily do something dumb. In such situations moving your foot from pressing the go pedal to hovering over the stop pedal really does nothing bad for your journey, it just saves fuel and might save something else.
Now hang on. If you delay somebody by a nanosecond you are the worst driver on the road and deserve to be honked and shouted at or even assulted.
Hahahhaa I simply do not believe you that two drivers indicated to move into a gap IN PERTH
You just swerve in.
The little orange light in your side mirror is not illuminated? Just go! Don't worry if some other vehicle may be there by the time you complete the lane change (swerve). Don't even turn your head.
Anyyyway, there is no rule re: this situation AFAIK, but common sense would dictate that if they both indicate at same time and start to move, the one to the rear has to yield as they simply have to have better visibility - they must have seen the side indicator on a car slightly ahead - but the one a bit further ahead may not have seen the one a bit behind them.
As per the OG question, Perf freeways are their own world where the Laws of Physics and Commonsense do not apply to all drivers,...apparently. Might is right, a Ranger ute is always right, and if all else fails, give way on your right.
