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Gosling1 wrote:dead right mate, I always thought a 'Hook Turn' was a dance move with Peter Pan's nemesis......

May well be too It is kinda unique, the old rh turn from the lh lane thing, seemed a nightmare idea when they first brought it in but credit where due it actually works well, trams get through as was the original intention and cars (generally) have no dramas with the hook turn, tourists being the exception generally

mick_dundee wrote:

Gosling1 wrote:dead right mate, I always thought a 'Hook Turn' was a dance move with Peter Pan's nemesis......

May well be too It is kinda unique, the old rh turn from the lh lane thing, seemed a nightmare idea when they first brought it in but credit where due it actually works well, trams get through as was the original intention and cars (generally) have no dramas with the hook turn, tourists being the exception generally

Sounds kinda strange. i think I won't visit Melbourne till I study up on this rule

i actually covered this abt 12 months ago..ive done em in vic, and nsw..i thought it was legal in all states...but then i got done here in SA...$190 and 3 points...

ZX9R King wrote:Sounds kinda strange. i think I won't visit Melbourne till I study up on this rule

Just get yourself a local escort (Mina probably has some recommendations ) or find a street with a normal rh turn Hook turns apply only in the city (as far as I know) and even then not every intersection so relatively easy to avoid.

We'll brief Tanya up when she gets here so she can edumacate the rest of the Qld crew

mick_dundee wrote:

ZX9R King wrote:Sounds kinda strange. i think I won't visit Melbourne till I study up on this rule

Just get yourself a local escort (Mina probably has some recommendations ) or find a street with a normal rh turn Hook turns apply only in the city (as far as I know) and even then not every intersection so relatively easy to avoid.

bloody hell Mick
you live here and don't know the hook turn setup
mate
is simple...
in the CBD look at the over head signal at each intersection
no hook turn sign....do a normal turn (from the middle)

btw hook turns also apply in South Melbourne

Smitty wrote:

mick_dundee wrote:

ZX9R King wrote:Sounds kinda strange. i think I won't visit Melbourne till I study up on this rule

Just get yourself a local escort (Mina probably has some recommendations ) or find a street with a normal rh turn Hook turns apply only in the city (as far as I know) and even then not every intersection so relatively easy to avoid.

bloody hell Mick
you live here and don't know the hook turn setup
mate
is simple...
in the CBD look at the over head signal at each intersection
no hook turn sign....do a normal turn (from the middle)

btw hook turns also apply in South Melbourne

OK, I can understanf=d that, but most brisbane drivers would get the fark confused outta them. They don't understand the "If ya over the stop line ya can go on a amber signal

mick_dundee wrote:

Gosling1 wrote:dead right mate, I always thought a 'Hook Turn' was a dance move with Peter Pan's nemesis......

May well be too It is kinda unique, the old rh turn from the lh lane thing, seemed a nightmare idea when they first brought it in but credit where due it actually works well, trams get through as was the original intention and cars (generally) have no dramas with the hook turn, tourists being the exception generally

I was terrified from the sounds of it, and couldnt quite picture how it worked in my head. But after watching it be executed 2-3 times i understood it & would happily do it if i went to Melbourne.

I know we all live in the one country
but Vicroads has a site for interstate visitors to Vic

Information for tourists about Victoria's road rules
http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrne/vrn ... 7C00819893


cheers

ive seen it done..i think ive even done it....but i still think its a stupid set up..

Go left to go right. Only in fucken Melbourne....

As for U-turns at traffic lights, they are bloody dangerous as drivers approaching a green (or yellow for that matter) set of lights automatically assume they have complete right of way and that there is no way known anything could possibly stop them from going through the lights.

Just easier not to do them. Besides, they are illegal here.

Hey, we ride bikes, we don't need laws, signs or even intersections to make a u-turn. Hell, with enough 'fun handle' we don't even have to move the front wheel

why they invented the hook turn.

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos ... d536.shtml

is that an ACT numberplate ??? the idiot was probably off his face, with a Hustler on the dashboard.......

Smitty wrote:bloody hell Mick you live here and don't know the hook turn setup

btw hook turns also apply in South Melbourne

Smitty, know how they work and yes do know about the overhead signs as well, the escort thing was referring to another type of escort

thanks for the heads up on South Melbourne, remember now, recently setup Clarendon st for it I believe and the locals are up in arms about it, shopkeepers at any rate are.

photomike666 wrote:Hey, we ride bikes, we don't need laws, signs or even intersections to make a u-turn. Hell, with enough 'fun handle' we don't even have to move the front wheel

were bike riders..we should b exempt from all cager's rules....