"Hitchy" <
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> I basically agree with Flyingdutch. I commute 3 or 4 days a week on
the
> treadly, about 95ks in melb peak traffic. The safest way to do a right hand turn (with arrows) is
> as Flyingdutch described. As for cyclists having the same legal standing as cars.........you're
> right!....but you'll be telling it to the judge in a full body cast (if you live) if you try to
> assert those rights to a 1.5 tonne car (& driver) who wants you out of his way....NOW,
Obeying laws is nice, being alive is better.
My driving instructor told me to obey the law, but, if it's a matter of your own or someone else's
safety - law be damned! Pay the fine, enjoy your life kinda motto.
I make right hand turns from as far left as possible. Some turns, if I'm going to miss the lights, I
will ride through the intersection and pull into the cross road - sort of like a hook turn. It is
often safer to do this than move across 3 lanes of highway...
hippy