GMKenilworth

Undertaking is legal. Why poms think pommy rules apply?

Undertaking is not legal. It's just that everyone does it.

I checked this out after getting a load of abusive hand gestures (from a Sheila !) for moving over to let her pass safely on the outside when I saw her approaching at speed.

On the QLD highways website it states that undertaking is illegal unless two lanes are slow moving traffic (same as UK).

Having said that, even the police undertake !

Debute is 'Day boo'

Every sport here (except Football) is called Football.

If you're venturing onto the roads in Queensland make sure your affairs are in order. Even out of state Aussies can't believe how bad the driving is here.

Forget lane discipline, if you indicate to change lane (either way) the car in that lane 50 yards behind will inexplicably accelarate to prvent this (so you learn to use the 'Mirror, manouver, signal' approach to get across.

Prepare to be tailgated by only a few inches and then when you move over the car comes past and then minutes later you will overtake that car even though you haven't changed your speed.

If you are at a set of lights you need the reactions of Lewis Hamilton because the split second the lights go to green the car behind will sound their horn.

I suppose 75% of the people on the road are ok but there are a significant number of people who make the roads up here pretty dangerous if you don't stay alert. One of the things I was looking forward to about living in the sun was being able to ride motorcycles all year round but I think i'll stick to four wheels.

Having said all that I do enjoy leaving V8 utes for dust in my Holden Barina at roundabouts, the locals for all their law breaking antics seem to religiously maintain lane discipline at roundabouts even if there is a straight line through the junction they will go all the way around the outside meaning you can leave them in your wake !

I go to Melbourne every couple of weeks and the drivers there are pretty safe so I guess it's a QLD thing !