Turning right? Wrong!

If there was one shortcoming, (no actually there were several, but one I want to draw attention to), with the road rule change advertising campaign, it was the omission in the script prefacing the illustrations of 'At an uncontrolled intersection…”
My observation has been the incredulous adherence to the newly explained rules where drivers wait in the right turning position for other drivers to move before taking their turn where it should have been preferential because other drivers were at a Give Way.
This has been particularly noticeable at the Cambridge Road on ramp to the expressway heading into the city. The overbridge has been congested back across the off ramp exit and up Cambridge Road in the mornings as drivers seeking to access the on ramp have waited for traffic approaching from Waihi Road to clear, when traffic from that direction have a clear Give Way sign at which they need to stop and let right turning traffic have priority.
A number of drivers have broken out of the overbridge waiting queue hoping to gain advantage by driving to the Waihi Rd roundabout and joining that supposed priority access, further exacerbating the overbridge queue. I do hope familiarity with the new rules soon settles in.

Mary Hudson, Tauranga.

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