Who gives way.the vehicle on the outside or the one on the inside!
alltorque350,
Apr 10, 5:58pm
The one in front goes first
gabbysnana,
Apr 10, 6:04pm
The one on the left indicates in advance that it intends to merge into traffic as the left lane closes, those in the right lane are expected to allow it to merge like a zip. (It is an offence in Australia not to do any of the above.) Another way to look at it is the right lane traffic are overtaking, our road rules are keep to the left, as the two lanes merges obviously the overtaking vehicle in the right lane backs off.
unbeatabull,
Apr 10, 6:13pm
Depends on the sign, most lanes have the left lane merging with the right, meaning right car goes first, then left, then right etc. Some signs have it the other way, with the right lane merging into the left.
gammelvind,
Apr 10, 6:37pm
Isn't the general rule to give way to the right. By that the inside one gives way to the outside, and then we do the zip move. The reality is that the crappiest car has right of way.
thunderbolt,
Apr 10, 6:43pm
I do, blue falcon, Jafa attitude.
Your choice, back off or hit the curb/cross the centreline when I squeeze you out.
thewomble1,
Apr 10, 6:45pm
The green car goes first.
hybridtheory1,
Apr 10, 7:39pm
Yep, sounds about right. I remember reading something like this in the road code many moons ago.
Its simple, merge like a zip - I see so many retards on the road trying to pretend they have the fastest car on the planet, when its only a ford falcon, or a honda.
mark.52,
Apr 10, 7:48pm
This is the closest. The lane that ends should give way, if it comes down to that. But really, people should start to space their following distance out a little in advance of the merge, and do so like the saying goes.
This doesn't seem to happen much.
nightboss,
Apr 10, 8:08pm
It not a "Give Way" situation. The car being passed must maintain the speed they were doing prior to passing lane, the car passing must be able to complete the move within the length of lanes, without exceeding the speed limit and without crossing solid yellow lines.
daves01,
Apr 10, 8:12pm
Nothing worse than seeing someone come up from behind in the passing lane and you know that they arent going to get past you within the confines of the passing lane and yr lane .happened to me tonight.Wouldnt have been an issue except that there were 2 cars doing it and then watched the 2nd car cross over the double yellow lines .
irule,
Apr 10, 8:13pm
I would think that the car in the lane that is finishing should do the zip thing, indicate, find gap, move into gap. Of course the other curteous motorists will allow this to happen.
pauldw,
Apr 10, 8:25pm
Trawling through the Road Marking manuals it seems that if a lane is meant to give priority to another then there will be a continuity line across the end eg slow vehicle lane. Where traffic is meant to merge there's no line eg passing lanes.
thunderbolt,
Apr 10, 9:22pm
Made worse of course by Mr Plod staking out the lanes, so the cars overtaking are too scared to squeeze the pedal more and get past sooner. Or worse the tools that pull out and use the whole lane to slowly pass one car.
jenny188,
Apr 11, 2:01pm
Car in outside should yield, as it can only overtake if it has the clear space to do so.
rta777,
Apr 11, 2:45pm
Hi everyone,
After 24 years as a courier on Auckland's roads here's what I've found out by asking Police mates and by first hand experience.
This is the LAW:
Where two lanes reduce to one and you are leaving/joining a centreline YOU must indicate and yield to the right.
i.e.: The car on the left is leaving their centreline (the one between the two lanes) and joining a new centreline (the one between the,now dual carriageway) must indicate right and yield when merging to the traffic in the right hand lane.
HOWEVER - this is how the COURTS apply the above law - and the POLICE charge accordingly:
Should two cars crash in the above scenario: If the car on the right strikes the car on the left behind the driver's door then the car on the right should of yielded to the car in front - on the grounds that the car on the right had a better chance of seeing, and therefore, avoiding the accident.
If the strike is on/in front of the left vehicles' door it's the left's fault.
#1 rule of driving: ALWAYS avoid an accident - even if you are in the right.
Hope this helps.
Stay safe out there.
Robert :)
neville48,
Apr 11, 4:19pm
If you are from West Auckland you have the right of way.unless you are driving a jappa in which case you must give way to everyone.unless you are a personal friend ,or family of Sheryl West and drive a jappa then you have right of way,limted. If you drive a Holden or a Falcon and are a personal friend or family of Sheryl West you have right of way unlimited. I hope this helps answer your question.
ryans,
Apr 11, 5:08pm
If the center line between the two lanes ends, so one lane doesn't merge into the other, you don't need to indicate.
matthew111,
Apr 12, 1:03pm
courtesy
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