Melbourne Travel Series: hook turn (Hook Turn)
As soon as they arrived in Melbourne, many people were so ignorant about the traffic rules that they found that they could not find the north at all when they drove into CBD,. Even old drivers who have been driving for many years will find it really difficult to drive downtown Melbourne.
The most troublesome of them is the well-known hook turn-Hook turn! Needless to say, the old drivers who first went to Melbourne don`t understand what`s going on.
The city of Melbourne is full of trams and carriages. So later I developed a special way to turn Hook turn. To ease the congestion of the road.
The area of Hook Turn is mainly distributed in or around the urban area. If there is a tram on the road, hook turn. is required for most intersections to turn right The main purpose is to facilitate the passage of trams, not blocked by right-turn vehicles.
How exactly does Hook Turn work?
First of all, if you see the hook turn sign, you can`t turn right directly.
We need to stay in the leftmost lane, park in the middle of the intersection, and park as far as possible on the left side of the intersection without occupying the sidewalk.
As shown in the figure
Step 1
Please stop on the left when you see the Hook Turn sign
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Step 2
At the green light ahead, go straight to the middle of the intersection and wait for the traffic light on the right to turn green.
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Step 3
Wait until the traffic lights on the right turn green before you can turn the corner towards the right. At the intersection you are waiting for, the vehicle on your left must wait for your leave intersection to go straight.
Be sure to remember this sign like a hook.
In fact, not only Melbourne, there are such turns, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and other places, there are similar traffic rules.
From: Australian kangaroo Chinese Automobile Network (https://chinesecarnews.com.au))
