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Road rules quiz baffles drivers: What order should these cars travel through the intersection?

<p>It’s not always easy to navigate through a busy junction – when traffic comes from all directions, motorists may have different ideas on who has right of way and should go through first.</p> <p>This may explain why Queensland drivers were divided over the intersection quiz released by the Department of Transport and Main Roads.</p> <p>In the quiz question, four cars – blue, red, green and orange – are pictured at a four-way intersection. The green car is travelling straight through, while the opposite red car is indicating to turn right.</p> <p>The blue car by the Give Way sign is turning right, while the orange car is at a Stop sign to turn left.</p> <p>The question was: “In what order should these cars travel through the intersection?”</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTMRQld%2Fphotos%2Fa.295748123801411%2F1902638843112323%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500" width="500" height="620" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></p> <p>The road authority hinted that the answer involves the rules surrounding <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/rules/road/give-way?fbclid=IwAR3JK4JD3q4oeKqSU0F4eRZE4_1he-qkO1bMR1cUOslaURfjlzoD1p_CCzU" target="_blank">giving way</a>.</p> <p>The answer was revealed to be the cars in this order: green, red, orange and blue.</p> <p>According to the road authority, the orange and blue cars should give way to the others because they are facing a Stop sign and a Give Way sign respectively.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the green car has the right of way ahead of the red car because the latter is turning across the former’s path.</p> <p>“When two drivers face a Stop or Give Way sign at the same time, the signs essentially cancel each other out. The Stop sign is not more powerful than the Give Way sign,” the road authority said.</p> <p>“In this instance, the driver of the blue car has to give way to the orange car, because the blue car’s turning right across the orange car’s path of travel.”</p>

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Do you know this obscure parking rule catching out drivers?

<p>There’s a little-known parking rule that's catching out a lot of Australia drivers and you’ve probably broken it before without even realising it.</p> <p>The rule was recently brought up on social media when a Melbourne man parked on a side street in Chadstone. There were other cars parked on the street, no signs indicating he could not park there and he had parked there in the past before without issue.</p> <p>But this week the man got slapped with a $159 fine for violating a parking rule he had never heard of before.</p> <p>The traffic rule?  Across the country, you cannot park or stop your vehicle within 10m of an intersection. It is 20m if there are traffic lights on the intersecting road.</p> <p><img width="416" height="312" src="https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/76926ed310490e13e314111fd49fa84f?width=650" alt="Drivers can’t park within 10m of an intersection unless there is a sign stating otherwise. Picture: Road Users’ Handbook/Supplied" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>The man’s partner took to the Public Discussions Above the Law Facebook group to question the rule and ask if there was any way they could contest the fine.</p> <p>“My partner received a fine today for $159 for apparently parking less than 10 metres from an intersection around Chadstone (he works around there),” the woman wrote.</p> <p>“It’s a t-section of some sort … in a side street there wasn’t any signs, and the street was full of cars? Can we fight this fine?”</p> <p>Unfortunately, in all states and territories in Australia have rules preventing parking within 10m or 20m from an intersection, “unless a sign allows you to park there”.</p> <p>If you are caught breaking the rule:</p> <ul> <li>New South Wales – $330 fine and two demerit points</li> <li>Australia Capital Territory – $114</li> <li>Tasmania – $119</li> <li>Western Australia – $150</li> <li>Queensland – $126</li> <li>Northern Territory – $154</li> <li>South Australia – $115 for the 10m rule and $153 for 20m rule</li> </ul> <p> </p>

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What order should these three cars go through the intersection?

<p>In what order should these three cards go through the intersection? If you answered, green, blue and orange you are correct.</p> <p>Why? The driver of the orange car has to give way to the other cars because they are facing a give way sign. The driver of the blue car must give way to the green car because they are turning right across the green car’s path.</p> <p>Want to test yourself with another road rules question? <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/finance/insurance/2018/02/which-car-has-to-give-way-at-this-intersection/">Try this scenario.</a> </span></strong></p>

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Which car has to give way at this intersection?

<p>Which one of these two cars has to give way in the pictured intersection? If you answered the pink car, you are correct.</p> <p>Why? Because the pink car is turning right across the path of the green car.</p> <p>Some people may be confused by the different signs, but remember the stop sign is not more powerful than the give way sign. Both signs indicate that vehicles have to give way, the difference is that a stop sign requires you to stop first before giving way.</p> <p>As the two cars arrive at their respective stops, the stop sign becomes like a give way sign.</p> <p>Both cars have to give way to other vehicles on the road, and then give way to each other at the intersection by following give way rules.</p>

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