Re: [TramsDownUnder] Happy New Year from Hookturnistan

Gday  Richard

Thanks for the R10 vid,no one ever does this stuff

In another life, I would have loved to be a R10 crew member

Cheers,    Mick

On 3/01/2025 3:54 pm, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
> In preparing today's new video, I was surprised to see that in William St the advance right hand lane arrow goes straight ahead, while the left lane arrow points both left and right.
>
> While logical if you know what Hook turns are, it must be more than baffling for visitors driving down this street. I suppose those lane markings are used elsewhere but I never noticed before. You will clearly see these towards the end of the video.
>
> Driver's View Tram 67a St Kilda Rd to Dudley St Siding with shunting scenes
> https://youtu.be/vhN2afF_Qpc
>
>
> Richard
>
>> On 3 Jan 2025, at 2:39 pm, Mal Rowe <mal.rowe@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> ABC presenter Sammy J coined an alternative name for Melbourne: Hooksturnistan.
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>> If you missed it you can catch up at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGA8oeLuHq0
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>> The attached pic illustrates the rule that keeps right turning cars out of the way in the city grid, and beyond.
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>> Advisory signs are visible at the left and a rule observing motorist pulls into the turn lane at right.
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>> Mal Rowe in Hookturnistan
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