Niles Crane
4th Nov 2003, 07:46
State transport ministers will be meeting next week in Canberra to adopt new road rules. These new rules have been influenced by the NAS and their desire to make Road rules less restrictive for private car owners.
The new rules will be as follows:
1. When enroute, ie, between traffic intersections, private vehicles will travel in the Right lane at all times. trucks, Buses and taxies will travel in the Left lane. To facilitate these changes, all roads will be upgraded to Dual Carriage ways. As enroute is low risk, all drivers are requested to look out the window for vehicles turning as indicators are no longer required.
2. At hight traffic intersections, now called "A" interesections, traffic lights will be installed. (Controlled Intersections).
3. At medium density intersections, (Uncontrolled Intersections) round abouts will be installed, now called "D" intersections.
4. At all other intersections, all Give way and Stop signs will be removed to facilitate traffic flow as the risk of collision is low. Now called "G" intersections.
Their is now no need to stop or give way at any intersection as round abouts assist traffic flow for medium levels of traffic and at "G" intersections the traffic is so low that looking out the window is all that is required as their is a lot of space between vehicles. (Big Road Theory)
This system is Worlds Best Practise as these are the rules that are in place in most places in the world, particularly Third World countries.
Education will be in place well before the introduction on 1 December 2004.
The new rules will be as follows:
1. When enroute, ie, between traffic intersections, private vehicles will travel in the Right lane at all times. trucks, Buses and taxies will travel in the Left lane. To facilitate these changes, all roads will be upgraded to Dual Carriage ways. As enroute is low risk, all drivers are requested to look out the window for vehicles turning as indicators are no longer required.
2. At hight traffic intersections, now called "A" interesections, traffic lights will be installed. (Controlled Intersections).
3. At medium density intersections, (Uncontrolled Intersections) round abouts will be installed, now called "D" intersections.
4. At all other intersections, all Give way and Stop signs will be removed to facilitate traffic flow as the risk of collision is low. Now called "G" intersections.
Their is now no need to stop or give way at any intersection as round abouts assist traffic flow for medium levels of traffic and at "G" intersections the traffic is so low that looking out the window is all that is required as their is a lot of space between vehicles. (Big Road Theory)
This system is Worlds Best Practise as these are the rules that are in place in most places in the world, particularly Third World countries.
Education will be in place well before the introduction on 1 December 2004.