Basic Rules For Driving In Sydney

[Falchoon]

Turn signals will give away your next move. A real Sydney driver

never uses them.

Under no circumstances should you leave a safe distance between

you and the car in front of you, or the space will be filled in by

somebody else putting you in an even more dangerous situation.

Crossing two or more lanes in a single lane-change is considered

"going with the flow."

The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance

you have of getting hit.

Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive

bodywork. The other guy doesn't have anything to lose.

Braking is to be done as hard and as late as possible to ensure

that your ABS kicks in, giving a nice, relaxing foot massage as

the brake pedal pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a

chance to stretch your legs.

Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as suggestions and

are apparently not enforceable in the metro area during rush hour.

Please remember that there is no such thing as a shortcut during

rush-hour traffic in Sydney.

Always slow down and 'rubber neck' when you see an accident or

even someone changing a tyre.

Everybody thinks their vehicle is better than yours, especially

ute drivers.

Learn to swerve abruptly. Sydney is the home of High-Speed Slalom

Driving thanks to the RTA, which puts potholes in key locations to

test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.

It is traditional in Sydney to honk your horn at cars that don't

move the instant the light changes.

Seeking eye contact with another driver revokes your right of way.

Never take a green light at face value. Always look right and left

before proceeding.

Remember that the goal of every Sydney driver is to get there

first, by whatever means necessary.

Real Sydney women drivers can put on pantyhose and apply eye

makeup at seventy-five kms per hour in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Real Sydney men drivers can remove pantyhose and a bra at

seventy-five kms per hour in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

[OwnaXR6T]

Has someone got a camera in my car!!!

[xrturb]

pretty well sums it up

you are miss ing one more thing and that is on freeways the right lane is a must for sight seeing

[OwnaXR6T]

No right hand lane is a QLD thing

[Jaymz]

Yeah I gotta agree that people love hogging the right hand lane here in QLD to drive well below the speed limit. It seems on the 4 lane sections of the M1 that the right hand lane is for the slow traffic whilst noone will dare drive in the far left lane (usually the slowest) which I find makes my trip a lot better if I stick in that

[Zathris]

This my Friends, is y I hate going to Sydney,

That and the very narrow roads!

[stardust]

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Has someone got a camera in my car!!!

Yes btw you were doing 35 kph when you were putting on your pantyhose.

Ken

[Benny]

Driving in Sydney means you've gotta change your attitude to agressive rather than layed back and you've gotta guard you position in the traffic. The inside lane that is closest to the gutter that only opens up between packed cars is known as the express lane.

[Geeseman]

See this thread for valuable pointers...

[TurboDewd]

  Zathris said:

This my Friends, is y I hate going to Sydney,

That and the very narrow roads!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I dont mind driving in Sydney, its just some of the ridiculous intersections and roads theyve got there which sucketh. And all these 'dont turn left here' and 'dont turn right here' signs.