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submitted 3 weeks ago by Joshi@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

"Indicating to pass" is insane and needs to stop

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[-] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 weeks ago

I live in an area in regional Victoria where you’ll get behind one of these guys for a 5-10km stretch.

And I grew up in regional NSW where it could be more like 15-20km.

If you’re on the asphalt you overtake if you can see it’s safe to do so as usual, or if the operator can clearly gesture to you, unmistakably, with a hand signal that it’s safe to go around.

I’ve never heard of the right turn signal thing.

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve seen it a few times when travelling. I think that the best way for a slow vehicle to indicate that it is safe to overtake is to indicate left (near-side, passenger-side, kerb/shoulder-side, whatever) and merge onto the shoulder. This is what the majority of tractors do in my local region.

This provides those following better visibility of the road ahead and allows them to make up their own mind.

Also, those following, just be patient. The only reason why the tractor would be deliberately driving slow to annoy you is because you a being a dickhead. Don’t be a dickhead on the road.

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in rural sa and many trucks will indicate to let the person behind know it's clear, especially over a crest.

[-] Joshi@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

For crying out loud, never ever ever do this, god, if there is a crest then you can't even see once you pull out. Don't do it.

[-] Sasha 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've seen it a lot, mostly by road trains on the Nullarbor, and we would wait for them to stop indicating. It's just a brief signal, one or two flashes and then you're safe to check if it's safe.

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