rod_bunny said...
>>>>> (passing on the left is illegal by the way) >>>>>
The last time I looked at the WA rules, (a while ago I must admit).
It's legal to overtake on the inside if a dual carriage is marked, or if there's a solid dividing island between the 2 directions, I interpreted that to mean it's legal to overtake on the inside on a very wide single lane if there's a dividing island.
Has that changed and when????
This changing of road rules without sufficient notification is another cause of confusion.
Some body mentioned roundabouts??? First it was only signal to leave the roundabout, then it was signal if you're going right or left and the exit.
Then they put in roundabouts so small the indicator doesn't have time to react by the time you've left the roundabout.
Also the keep left rule, first off it's a blanket policy, and people were getting booked for going into the right hand lane just before making a right hand turn, (somebody didn't think that changing lanes at the last minute can be dangerous.)
It then gets changed to areas above 90km/hr, now the cops don't seem to enforce it at all.
EDIT.
Just checked the manual.
You can overtake a vehicle on the left only when:
you are directed to do so by a police officer or
other authorised person;
you are on a multi-lane road and it is safe to do
so; and
a vehicle is indicating/signalling that it is turning
right. You can also overtake any vehicles that
are stationary behind it.
no mention of single lanes and solid dividing islands, never thought that was a safe idea.
)
) but the last 2 trips to Perth did my nut in. Just the plain inconsiderate driving - some clown that sat in the right hand lane doing anywhere between 80 and 90 from south of Murdoch til Mill Point Rd going north on the Kwinana Fwy. People were ducking and diving to get around him (passing on the left is illegal by the way) 1 car went into the emergency lane just before Canning hwy as there was a couple of trucks that were getting cut up by the people trying to get passed this tool. Another did the same thing just north of Como.
