Is Tasmania moving to driving on the Right hand side of the road?

Had never even considered that, thanks for the
'heads up'.
Possibly explains some of the nervous looking hire cars around some of our mountain roads, only thought of tourists from the flat lands to our north having troubles with corners.
cheers

I was down there last year driving from Launceston to Hobart following two tourists in a hire car that kept straying to the wrong side of the road, especially on corners and varying between 70 and over 100 in a 100 zone.

It was scary watching them. My phone was out of coverage or I wild have whistled up the coppers. I got past them after two scary attepts and was glad to see them disappear in the rear view mirror.

Pete

Great Ocean Road is another RHS hot spot I'm told as well.
Cheers Craig.........

Yes foreign tourists are a worry in NZ for doing that.
However here in QLD its prevalent as well. No wonder people are obese they are too lazy to walk across the road.

In NZ if you park facing the incorrect way on the wrong side of the road and a cop catches you, not only do you get a parking fine but a careless driving conviction as well as that is the offence for driving on the wrong side of the road.
Saw a campervan parked like that in the middle of the main shopping block in Dunedin. They would have been in deep poo as the parking gestapo got it towed. LOL

$60 parking fine $150 towage Pound charges.

They were lucky a cop didnt get there first would have been even more.

When in Rome ............................

I do think that in both countries the rental companies have a lot to answer for in that they dont instruct the hirers about rules and driving customs especially here relating to 4 wd usage.

They have adopted an idea in that they put a sign ON DASH OR SUN VISOR with a big arrow and a caption that says DRIVE ON LEFT on it.
Only good if you read it I guess.

In saying all that its not only here, I guess it equally applies in countries where they drive on the 'öther"side.

I scared s*** out of myself one day in Anaheim when I turned left out of a driveway to be faced with 4 lanes of rapidly approaching traffic.
Luckily I was driving a rather grunty Camaro so one handbrake turn and hit the gas and we woke up.


Was much more careful after that.

its also illegal to park facing the wrong way of the road here in OZ

Bruce,
I don't think it is any more prevalent in Alcoa country in Sth West Vic than any other country town.


Mrs S

Good afternoon.

Now this will start something????????

You must be very carefull when you go over seas to Tassie, They say they have Two heads......One to look each way, when on the road,.....lovely people down in that part of the world.

Cheers for now....william h...from ... Bunbury..Wa

Lookout William

The wife and I will be over your way early in March.

So if you see a good looking fat bloke jumping out from behind power poles you will know who it is.

Regards BooBoo

No they just sit there on the left hand side of the car looking deeply confused....

No they just sit there on the left hand side of the car looking deeply confused....