Refering to John's comment about yielding the right of way...
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Originally posted by elipsis
The rest of what you said was good, but the above is poor advice.
ALWAYS take the right of way when you have it, and if someone waves you on when they have the right of way, sit there until they move (unless, of course, they are simply refraining from moving forward to allow you to cross their side of the road).
Why?
Because if you were disregarding the road rules (including right-of-way), guess who's at fault? You. |
I don't know about down under, but up here, what John said makes since, both logically and legally. A week doesn't go by that I don't see someone run a stop sign/light (one near my house in particular) and if I hit them with the front of my car then
I have to prove that they ran the stop sign (and hope there were witnesses).
Know what a the other driver is
supposed to do, but pay close attention to what he
IS doing.
Another common occurance: people waving you on. You don't know why they are - they may be nervous (old ladies
), they may be lost and looking around
, they may have car problems (my old eagle was bad about stalling
), etc. If someone gives you the right of way,
cautiously take it keeping a close watch on what they are doing.
Basically, every time you meet another car, its a judgement call - develope good judgement.
Another tough one: Merging on the freeway. I always try to pick a car and pull in BEHIND it, provided there is an opening. What is fun
is when I'm on the freeway and someone is about to merge next to me. Do I let them in front or behind me? I basically try to judge how fast they are moving: if they are next to me and accelerating, I slow down - if they are holding steady or starting to slow I speed up or change lanes if its an option. Again, its a judgement call and do it ten times, each time will be different.
And if people in the left lane won't get out of your way, just rear end them. If a pig pulls you over, run his ass over too.
