That makes sense now..

You're lucky you have the island on the corner - we don't get those here, and people completely disregard the rule about 'when turning into a multi-laned road, turn into the lane nearest you' and head straight on across for the lane on what would have been your side - just lazy cornering. Besides which there's that other rule (still valid here) that you should give way to your right at intersections, and yet another rule (which is the opposite way around in Australia I think) that the vehicle turning right into a street has right of way over a vehicle turning left into the same street.

I just drive at their doors - they generally wake up in a hurry, and swerve violently into the lane that they were legally meant to be in.

In your case, I believe that the car in front (you) has right of way over a vehicle merging into your lane from behind you. If numbnuts had hit you from behind, that would have been his fault, and he would have been liable. A good sharp jab on the brakes usually reminds people that they don't have all the power in the situation.

Cassa said...



try again

Isnt in funny the way using windows paint, makes it look like it was drawn by a pre schooler....?

Hey I like the pic it is better than I could do.
Anyway I still don't see your problem... he came in from the left, and then he wanted to turn left at the next intersection. No problems right?
He didn't need to move to accomplish what he wanted to do... so why would he abuse YOU?

Sorry, sounds to me like
(1) you decided to change into the left lane so as to turn left in say 500m away
(2) he came in from the left
(3) you changed lanes not realising he had moved in there after your decision to turn

therefore he was close to your back bumper after said lane change

???

Ahhh now I get it! In your original post, you said he should have backed off and slotted in behind you to go the next left and it should have been right.
Now it all make sense and I can see he needs an attitude readjustment, especially if the traffic in front of you was solid and no traffic behind. What a knobhead

King, sounds like a good idea, problem is my 4.5ltr landcruiser aint got the guts to smoke it up and leave him in my smoke !!!...... the cj 7 jeep I had with a 360cu rambler would have smoked all 4 , what fun that woud have been!!

Mark _australia said...

there is a mob in Brunswick that can fix all thos eproblems in a cruiser, 7.4L t/d snaps driveshafts

Do they also fix driveshafts?