stellar_muddle | (no subject)

So, is it just SA that has the oddity that at an uncontrolled cross intersection, when 2 cars pull up same time, south heading straight through (blue), east doing a right hand turn (red), red has right of way (ie the car to the right, reguardless of whether or not it is turning)?
(playing with RAA learner's online tests). I get everything else correct, but have failed that one every single time because NZ and ACT have the turning car giving way to the car going straight through.
I can also apparently get enough of the multi choice stuff right to pass (less stringent on how many/what you can fail compared to ACT), without having looked at the Handbook - nothing like common sense getting you most of the way there. I am bad with guessing which number though.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

So what happens if you don't know which way is north?

Most driving rules are common sense, they have to be codified because common sense is not very common. Applying the give way to the right regardless does make sense to me (mind you , I did learn to drive in SA) as it is possibly to not see the right indicator on a car to your right. Also having a blanket rule is easier to keep straight.

The way I got taught (by a traffic cop) is draw a line straight ahead of the car (he dropped a pencil on the car picture). Anything to the right of that line, you give way to.

It certainly gets you full points for the tests.