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DonPiano wrote:

fredo wrote:They drive on the left in NZ and regularly put on a right blinker to show that they are going straight through a rotary (that turns to the right), which is dumb enough. But also! many put their LEFT blinker on to tell the people coming in at the first turnoff that they are continuing past TO THE RIGHT and often leave the signal on as they do! Both options are completely made-up-on-the-spot rules and you have no idea what you're gonna get from someone, which makes going with the flow impossible when there's traffic, which defeats the goddam purpose of the roundies in the first place.

I digress- almost got murdered yesterday by someone who about broadsided, then beeped at me for thinking she was going left/straight out of the rotary b/c she had her left blinker on. Displeasing.

No worries if you're having a hard time picturing this or if you think it should be in the pet peeves thread- just trust me that it's a retarded process, that posting here is in keeping with the theme of the beef, and that NZ should be destroyed immediately after I leave. WheneverTF that happens.

Ok. Entering a round about in Australia...

If I'm going left, I indicate left.

If I'm going straight, I don't indicate until I hit the point where I'm entering the straight lane, then I indicate left that I'm going straight.

If I'm going right, I indicate right until the last point, then I indicate left.

mfaith wrote:Holy fudge that's the most confusing thing ever. Why would you signal left if you're going right? And signal left if you're going straight? That's almost as bad as calling cookies biscuits, and biscuits scones.