Tough new laws increase penalties for dangerous drivers

[minux]

but the thing was .... there was 2 lanes of flowing traffic .... there was no merging ?!?! i was on the lane closest to the island and he was closest to the parked cars and came across on me .....

but if what your saying is right ... if i had of had a accident with the BMW driver after he cut me off sent me into the island and into oncomming traffic ... im at fault for not giving way ?

He was changing lanes, he was at fault. Unless the 2 lanes were merging (2 lanes down to 1) you were not at fault.

 

[1SIKR8]

yay i was right ... p-plater wins over a old bmw driver !!! now to find him and yell at him that he infact is the ######## ! =)

 

[soop]

Does it not make more logical sense to just slow down 2km to let someone in and avoid an accident though?

I wasn't suggesting you were being a twit either mate, You just didn't give particulars.

 

[1SIKR8]

Does it not make more logical sense to just slow down 2km to let someone in and avoid an accident though?

i wouldn't have minded that if the idiot didn't blast me

 

[minux]

Does it not make more logical sense to just slow down 2km to let someone in and avoid an accident though?

I use 2 rules for this, Rule 1, if the car needing to change lanes has sped up beside others in the hope of making up 1-2 places on the road, I refuse to let them in as per the road rules, if they want to hit me, well fine, I don't mind, they have insurance and if they do not, I do, for which they will be sued to recover money to my insurer. Funnily enough, no one has hit me yet. For the record, I do not alter speeds, if they can get in speeding, good on them, I want make allowances of rinpatient wankers
My 2nd rule is, if car is in lane and indicates to move over, I will slow down and let them in.

 

[soop]

Yeah, there's ########s everywhere.

Which is my whole arguement with "hoons". They're punishing one small spectrum of bad drivers. It's rediculous.

 

[STEALTHY™]

I use 2 rules for this, Rule 1, if the car needing to change lanes has sped up beside others in the hope of making up 1-2 places on the road, I refuse to let them in as per the road rules, if they want to hit me, well fine, I don't mind, they have insurance and if they do not, I do, for which they will be sued to recover money to my insurer. Funnily enough, no one has hit me yet. For the record, I do not alter speeds, if they can get in speeding, good on them, I want make allowances of rinpatient wankers
My 2nd rule is, if car is in lane and indicates to move over, I will slow down and let them in.

Basically my rules too. Everyone has to merge, why bother trying to gain 2 spots when it just disrupts the flow. So much easier every 'car' letting one car in, and both lanes move at the same speed.

 

[soop]

Yeah, thats essentially my thoughts.

 

[Tsunamix]

Actually... you know i think that theres a law about not altering speeds when being overtaken ? Maybe it's illegal to slow down to let them in

 

[soop]

If it is, who cares. I'd slow down to avoid an accident any day, versus not and having an accident just on princible.