Hi all
I'm just trying to understand why people don't wait until they get at least 2 lanes clear on a multi lane road before entering it to turn left.
For clarity, I believe that you should not enter a multi lane road if there is another vehicle in the second lane even if the lane that you're wanting to enter is clear.
Is this not the case?"
I blew my horn this morning at someone who did this and the guy got very offended signalling me to pull over. I ignored that and then he tried to cut me off and was being a jerk overall.
I decided to just pull over and wait 5 mins before resuming my journey to avoid road rage but it got me thinking on why he behaved in the manner. Maybe he didn't know the rule or maybe I'm not clear on it as I've encountered this many times before as well even when people are entring from a slip road.
Here's the obligatory MS Paint diagram:
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/18071/66763/msp.png
Basically this.
Comes down to driver skill and some common sense which some people on OzB and the general public have definitely shown to lack. Like a 200m on ramp but the drivers in front of you struggling to do 80km/h then proceed to brake even more when it's time to merge into 100km/h traffic. SMH