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Road rule challenge confuses drivers and sparks fiery debate online


A road rule challenge testing drivers’ knowledge of how to indicate on roundabouts has sparked a fiery debate online.

The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads posted a picture on their Facebook page of a car entering a roundabout, asking drivers how they should indicate if they are travelling straight ahead.

One said drivers should indicate right as they approach the roundabout and signal left as they exit straight ahead.

Others claimed drivers did not need to signal at all.

But those suggestions are both wrong.

If you said no blinker was needed as you approached the roundabout, but drivers must signal left when exiting, you would be correct.

However, the rule sparked debate on the page.

The Queensland Government posted a picture testing drivers’ knowledge on roundabout rules. Source: Facebook/Queensland Government
The Queensland Government posted a picture testing drivers’ knowledge on roundabout rules. Source: Facebook/Queensland Government

One person claiming you did not need to signal at all was met with backlash.

“Check your road rules please,” one commented.

Another however defended the man, saying that was what she was taught when she got her licence.

“Ninety-nine per cent of people don’t even indicate at the best of times anyway,” she said.

Others claimed that used to be the rule but it had since changed and one called for the rules to be reinstated.

“I would prefer no indication at all. Straight through is straight through,” the person commented.

A man also questioned why drivers should bother indicating at all when exiting roundabouts.

“What’s the point of indicating left out … Anyone entering can’t see it anyway,” he said.

Drivers are required to indicate left when exiting a roundabout. Source: Getty/file
Drivers are required to indicate left when exiting a roundabout. Source: Getty/file

Another man expressed his shock at the debate and how many people had conflicting ideas of the road rules.

“I can’t believe how many people shouldn’t be on the road,” he said.

“So many of you would fail your driver’s test.”

The rule is the same across the whole country – drivers going straight ahead don’t have to signal when approaching the roundabout but do have to indicate left when exiting if practical.

Those who break the rule in NSW cop a $187 fine and two demerit points. In Queensland drivers are slapped with a $78 fine and two demerit points.

The penalty in Victoria is $161 and three demerit points and $100 and two demerit points in Western Australia.

Drivers also cop two demerit points in Tasmania and a $122 fine.

In South Australia, drivers are hit with a $377 and two demerit points.

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