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Friday, 31 August 2007
Scary driving
One of the scary 'innovations' for road building here is having a centre lane which can be used by both sides of the road. It is popularly nicknamed the 'suicide lane' because it is a very dangerous institution esp. with the number of utes/trucks on the road. When turning left off a busy street you turn into the suicide lane very carefully to make sure that no oncoming traffic is also pulling in. You can pull in at any time, anywhere along the road. I guess the Americans don't believe in building dedicated turning bays. It is convenient in a sense but given the driving behaviour around here it is also very very scary. Driver beware!
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Hey - we have those in NZ - dont call them suicide lanes though... we dont call them anything - but they are very very handy!!
When we travelled in a particular south-east Asian country a few years ago, that's pretty much how the road everywhere functioned; it was Rafferty's rules. Absolutely hair-raising. Cheers, A.
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