Turn left if you're brave...?

djk said :

Watson said :

drewbytes said :

In the ACT you can only perform a u-turn at traffic lights if there is a sign saying “u-turn permitted”. Any other intersection you can perform a u-turn unless there is a sign saying “no u-turn”.

That sentence makes no sense? I suspect there’s a typo in there.

It makes sense – at traffic lights, you can only u-turn if the sign says so. At other types of intersections, the opposite is true, so you can u-turn unless expressly prohibited.

I believe the intersection near Bunnings is traffic lights, hence why you got booked.

Thanks for clarifying that to me!

Jivrashia said :

My very own gripe: Did anyone know that this street has 5 names?!
– Ballumbir
– Coranderrk
– Cooyong
– Barry Drive
– Belconnen Way

F.F.S

They actually ditched (or ‘degazetted’ I believe is the appropriate term here) Ballumbir Street a few years ago and made the entire section from Northbourne Av to Coranderrk St ‘Cooyong St’.

Corranderrk also goes around a corner at the T intersection so presumably (open to correction here), the alignment of that intersection has been changed at some point, similar to how the Mugga Lane/Long Gully Rd intersection was altered, causing Mugga Lane to continue around a corner at that intersection also.

From memory they also tried to bin Binara St at the same time as Ballumbir to avoid confusion from that road changing names four times (Allara, Binara, Bunda, Rudd) but that was shouted down.

The “right on red” rule – equivalent to turning left on red here – works well in most places in the USA because most people are accustomed to it and actually look before barreling around the corner. Could Canberra drivers be trusted to handle this rule properly? Not going by many on the comments on RA!

Jivrashia said :

My very own gripe: Did anyone know that this street has 5 names?!
– Ballumbir
– Coranderrk
– Cooyong
– Barry Drive
– Belconnen Way

F.F.S

If you think thats bad,,try Soward Way in Tugg. It changes a few more
– Soward Way
– Erindale Dr
– Yamba Dr
– Yarra Glen
– Adelaide Ave
– Capital Circle
– Commonwealth Ave
– Vernon Circ
– Northbourne Ave
– Federal Hwy
– Hume Hwy
– South Western Motorway
– M7
etc etc etc

Watson said :

drewbytes said :

In the ACT you can only perform a u-turn at traffic lights if there is a sign saying “u-turn permitted”. Any other intersection you can perform a u-turn unless there is a sign saying “no u-turn”.

That sentence makes no sense? I suspect there’s a typo in there.

The rule is that U-turns are NOT allowed unless there’s a sign saying they are. Same deal as with the ‘turn left on red light’ signs really. I got pulled over by the cops in Fyshwick once when I missed Bunnings and chucked a uwie (sp???) and they explained this to me.

You are getting confused between the above poster explaining the difference between making a u-turn at an intersection with traffic lights and one without traffic lights.

Making a U–turn at an intersection
without traffic lights
A driver must not make a U–turn at an
intersection without traffic lights, if there
is a no U–turn sign at the intersection.

Making a U–turn at an intersection with
traffic lights
A driver must not make a U–turn at
an intersection with traffic lights unless
there is a U–turn permitted sign at the
intersection.

Watson said :

drewbytes said :

In the ACT you can only perform a u-turn at traffic lights if there is a sign saying “u-turn permitted”. Any other intersection you can perform a u-turn unless there is a sign saying “no u-turn”.

That sentence makes no sense? I suspect there’s a typo in there.

It makes sense – at traffic lights, you can only u-turn if the sign says so. At other types of intersections, the opposite is true, so you can u-turn unless expressly prohibited.

I believe the intersection near Bunnings is traffic lights, hence why you got booked.

my beef is that some of these intersectons with ‘left turn permitted after stopping’ signs, like adjacent to glebe park in civic

Well, you see, with that one you have this quirkiness where Ballumbir St. changes from two lanes to three at that intersection. This means that you have to compensate for the third lane, by sticking your front out way beyond what you would normally, in order to get a better view of the car coming from the right, the two lanes. See bird’s eye view of intersection here

My very own gripe: Did anyone know that this street has 5 names?!
– Ballumbir
– Coranderrk
– Cooyong
– Barry Drive
– Belconnen Way

F.F.S

drewbytes said :

In the ACT you can only perform a u-turn at traffic lights if there is a sign saying “u-turn permitted”. Any other intersection you can perform a u-turn unless there is a sign saying “no u-turn”.

That sentence makes no sense? I suspect there’s a typo in there.

The rule is that U-turns are NOT allowed unless there’s a sign saying they are. Same deal as with the ‘turn left on red light’ signs really. I got pulled over by the cops in Fyshwick once when I missed Bunnings and chucked a uwie (sp???) and they explained this to me.

If road signs confuse you, perhaps you shouldn’t have a license.

Oh, so the same people in which we trust our lives to decide on and install speed limit signage, which apparently will result in eternal life if you stay below the magic number, can’t apply other road signs consistently. Hmm, makes you think, doesn’t it.