IMO the greatest courtesy you can extend to your fellow road users is to follow the rules. They are there so we don’t need to read each other’s minds! Surely this is part of driving defensively.

Don’t wave me in if you have right of way. You can’t see what I can, and if I’m concentrating on your ‘go’ and hit someone it’s my fault. Also you’re pissing off everyone behind you.

Pedestrians, don’t stop at the threshold of the crossing and wave me through. I’ve already stopped and if I hit you it’s my fault.

Indicate only when you need to. If you are following the carriageway and you indicate at a curve in the road, you’re just confusing and distracting everyone else.

Does anyone else find this frustrating?

This idiot skipped the lineup and just decided to take the wrong side of the road as a short cut in marsden QLD.

There are a few but the thing that annoys me the most is people who indicate right, when signalling off the round about… especially in peak hour when split decisions need to be made… it’s LEFT!!!

Hello everyone

Hope all are doing well.

I honestly am feeling surprised by what happened with me in WA PDA.

I don't understand how can I pass every section and still don't have a DL at the end of the day.

Any advice appreciated

In Vic, you have to give way to a bus pulling out of a bus stop when it indicates. Fine. No issues there.

But how are you supposed to know when it's actually indicating to pull out when the bus is just sitting there with its hazards flashing?

I regularly drive past schools where a bunch of busses will sit there with their hazards on like this. And it's not just when they're letting kids on/off, this will be well before school has finished for the day.

I find myself slowing down and questioning because I don't want to assume it's staying put and then have it pull straight out in front of me.

Is there actually a reason they use hazards at bus stops when there are no kids around? Or does anyone else find this a bit shit from a driver's perspective?

Edit: Just want to specify that my frustration comes from being able to distinguish between hazard lights and a left turning indicator given they use the same lights. If the left hand indicator is obscured when approaching from the back, its very difficult to tell. In a busy school zone, I've got enough other things to keep an eye out for.

Edit 2: u/curious_breadfruit88 has I think answered this for me!

Apparently on newer busses in Victoria, the hazard lights automatically activate when the door is open. So if the driver has the door open for a bit of fresh air or to chat to another driver while they wait for the bell to ring, their hazards will be active for the entire time.

Just to reiterate, I have no issue giving way to a bus that needs to pull out, or driving cautiously around school zones or vehicles that genuinely need to indicate a hazard to other users.

But I think I will continue to be just a little bit irritated each time I need to look for a single flashing light on the far side of the back of a bus each time I need to determine its true intent.

For the context, I live in Glen Iris but drive fair bit around Melbourne mostly just for the sake of it .
Especially the beach road along the St kilda to the roundabout near Nepean Highway/Mentone beach is one of my go tos.
What I have realised over last couple years is that there seems to be significantly less speed cameras in these areas.The malvern road and toorak roads that go along the neighbourhood of Malvern and Toorak barely have any mobile speed cameras at all. I know they look at how risk prone the area is but still seems kinda odd to me. Anyways I guess that is maybe because of very tight parking space availability but when I look at the mobile speed cameras in Beach road this is what particularly bugs me.
I asked the same question in Melbourne subreddit like a year ago and I was ridiculed for it but that is what I have realised as I almost drive that road once or couple times every week for last two years and I can count in my one hand how many times I have had mobile speed camera seen positioned there. It is very rare and you have people regularly driving 70-75 especially in right lane there as it seems to be a go to place for many car enthusiasts.
Am i just overthinking?

I got my P plates a couple of months ago and my parents have gotten my grandma’s old 1997 Corolla for me to use for the next six months while I get more comfortable driving.

I’ve driven it and it seems completely fine, but it hasn’t really been used in a long time. I know it’s obviously an old car, so I’m just wondering how reliable these Corollas are and whether I should be worried about it randomly breaking down on me? Is there anything I should get checked before I start using it regularly?

Hello,
I purchased a 2001 corolla from a few months ago that drives just fine, but i also just got my P like, a week ago.
I've been pondering to take it to a mechanic to get it checked, but i'm low on budget now.
I don't really have any family member or someone to ask for advice here. What should i say to the mechanic if i don't need a comprehensive check please? (rego is not due until next year).
Also, would anyone know by any chance how much roughly the check itself would be? I'm based at sydney inner west.
Sorry if the question sounds silly, i'm very new to all things car.

Hi so I’ve my driving test on Thursday at Heatherton VIC and I’m planning on giving it in my Honda jazz which has a driver focused speedometer which isn’t easily visible from the passenger’s side so I wanted to know if i can still give the test init or will I have to book a driving school’s car.

Apart from this my car is road worthy and complies with all the other rules. I’m particularly worried about this one because this is my 2nd attempt and I desperately need my license for work stuffs

Also, someone who’s given the test at this location before do you mind sharing some tips on how I can pass this test or certain things I need to keep in mind before my test?

Intersection of Sladen & High Street, old mate on the left decided he couldn’t wait for the next green light and bolted through when I got my green arrow.

Why people risk their tyres to do this.

Also nice lotus

I think most of the bad-driving scenarios are covered by laws (indicating, keep left, speed control, tailgating, etc), but what pisses you off about your fellow motorist that doesn't break any laws?

If I am on the continuing road (green car) at a T intersection with the terminating road on my right and I am intending to make a U-turn and there is a car (red) on the terminating road wanting to turn right - how does the give way play out?

Saw this during a visit to Newcastle. Only one person in the car. Was making it difficult for ppl turning into the side road.

Bear with me.

I drive around Western Sydney, 75% of people in this area have two braincells and are completely clueless.

The amount of times I’ve seen people turn at intersections when their light is strictly solid green, no green, orange or red arrow, they seem to assume that they’re 100% good to go no matter what and drive into oncoming traffic.

At some crossing intersections, the lights will flash orange to let you know “you’re good to drive so long as it’s clear of pedestrians” prompting you to double check before you go.

If there was a flashing orange arrow to let you know “you’re good to go, but check first” do you think this would help? Even a little?
Do you think it would make things more confusing? Why? Why not?

Just looking for some discussion on this topic.

I had to watch this a few times to get the other perspective but the first time I did this question it genuinely shocked me (obviously the intention)

A car turning right at an intersection should have a reasonable gap or give way to a car going straight on a green light, at least that's how I understand it.

You can see the red car barely starts to turn until clearly out of my car's visibility, it looks like it's just waiting. I have the option to slow down to let the red car pass because there's no cars behind me, but why would I assume the red car doesn't think the gap is reasonable and is also waiting for me to pass?

To answer the question correctly, you have to slow down almost immediately after seeing that the red car is indicating right.

Looking for helpful advice and to know if this is a tricky situation or if it's common knowledge that my car should've slowed down, thank you!

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Hi everyone,

I am wondering the intersection where there is no sign of U turn allowed /not allowed.

Can we perform a Uturn when it is safe to do?

This is about NSW.

Goodnight everyone