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【澳大利亚】Driving Etiquette 驾驶礼节

时间:2021-07-21人气: 作者:

TheAustralianOutbackisreallyhuge,andthishasgivenrisetotheimportanthand-wavingrule.Becauseyoumightnotseeanothercarforhoursatatime,it’spoliteandcustomarytowaveateverycaryousee.

ThisisfineintheOutback,butwhenyougetintoatownitcanbeveryhardnottocontinuewavingateverycaryousee.This,however,isnotadvisableasitcanbeveryhardtosteerwhenconstantlywaving.Asyoudrivetowardsincreasinglyurbanareas,youmightliketobearinmindthefollowing:

MelbourneDrivingEtiquette

InMelbournetherearetramseverywhereslowingdownthetrafficandgenerallyannoyingeveryonewhich,whilstquaint,areadeptatstoppingyoufromgettingtoworkontime.It’sgenerallyregardedaspoliteifwhenbehindatramthatisstoppingyoualsostop,anddon’tseizetheopportunitytoovertakeontheinsidelanetogetinfrontoftheslowmovingannoyance.Infact,morethanetiquette,thisisalawwhichisaimedatstoppingdriversfromrunningoverinnocentpedestriansastheyunwittinglydisembark.

TheproblemwiththeaboveisthatinMelbournenobodywantstostop.Everybodyseemstoberunningtwohourslateforeverything,andasadirectconsequenceyoucanneverswaplanesortaketurnoffs.Also,youcan’taskfordirectionswhilststoppedintraffic,becauseeveryoneistoobusyswearingintotheirmobilephones.

DrivingetiquetteinMelbournecanbesummedupasfollows:dowhateveryoudamnwelllike(exceptrunningoverpedestrians),justdoitwithconviction,otherwisethosepeopleswearingintotheirmobilephoneswillstartswearingatyou.Andthenyou’lldefinitelyneverbeabletochangelanes.

PerthDrivingEtiquette

Themastermindswhodesignedinner-cityPerthdecidedthatwhatwasreallyneededwasawholeloadofone-waystreetsandtwopedestrianmalls.Therefore,ifyouseedriversfrothingatthemouth,withglazed-overeyes,andgrippingthesteeringwheelwithwhite-knuckledhands,theyareprobablytryingtogettosomewherethatisimpossibletoapproachfromthatangle,andarenowtryingtofindtheTownHallsotheycandrivetheircarstraightthroughthefrontdoortoregistertheirdiscontent.

Asifthatwasn’tbadenough,thesamemastermindshavejustreversedthedirectionsofmanyoftheseone-waystreets.It’snowquiteanadventuretodriveinthecitybecausethechancesofendingupwhereyouwantedtogoarequiteremote,soyoucanspendyourtimetryingtowipeoutthosepeskybicyclecourierswhoflitabouteverywhere.

Thus,inPerth,fewrulesapply.Whenparking,particularlyintheparallelparkingbaysalongthebeach-front(forexample,inCottesloe)parkascloseaspossibletothecarinfrontofyou,tomakeitjustthatmuchharderforthemtogetoutoftheparkingbay.Thisisespeciallyimportantifyouarethelastcarinthelongline,andhaveplentyofspacebehindyou.

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