That one got me out of heavy fine for turning right from the left lane. They had been doing road upgrades to install traffics lights, so only the left lane was the only one in use, so they had painted the two headed arrow defining it as a lane you could turn either left or right from .... then tarred over it when it went back to two lanes, rather than removing the paint with the burner.supersparky wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:04 pmIt's not just the late model steering correction vehicles that have trouble. When its wet and dark its bloody hard to tell where on the road you need to be. I think the 'blow over with a lick of tar' is less than satisfactory.T1 Terry wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:27 pmThey all have that now, the lane keep assist (LKA) and emergency lane keep assist (EKA) can be a problem in some EVs like the MG4 range, but the latest upgrades have appeared to reduce the steering correction to a warning assist rather than having to fight it for control ..... some people need to lose a door once in while to get them to look before they swing the door open into an approaching vehicle.
The mess the line markers make when changing lane markers and just putting a spray of tar over the old lines can cause chaos if the vehicle tries to do the driving and the operators isn't paying attention.
I recommend good crash protection front and rear if Elon gets his way and driverless vehicles make it onto Aussie roads .......
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The policeman didn't want to listen, so I elected to take it to court and put in a claim for costs to cover the two days work I would loose, one for entering a plea, the second for the actual hearing.
A few days before the second case, I took photos on a rainy night with the street lights and reflection from the now installed red traffic light, clearly defining the two head arrow.
The magistrate couldn't simply dismiss the case because I had entered a claim for costs, so the officer was summoned to appear, only to discover he was no longer a member of the police force ..... I did quite well out of that one, I made up a few pay slips from Aceis Automotive showing quite a good hrly rate, plus overtime every night, it was well known I worked very long hrs there, just not that I was a sole trader, not a company that the previous owner was set up as


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