New phone and U turn rules.

[BruceandBobbi]

Don't know when they come into force.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/on-the-road/annoying-road-rule-set-to-change-as-new-amendments-introduced/news-story/96024b0b2f911338f1b45a5eeec82858

[NFT5]

Mostly sounds pretty sensible to me but for the new NSW rule requiring a driver to slow to 40km/h when passing an emergency vehicle with its lights flashing. The coppers will love it though, just sit on the side of the road in an 80km/h zone, turn on the lights and radar gun. They'll be reeling them in, until someone does actually slow to 40km/h and causes a 12 car nose to tail pile up.

[Jasonmc73]

Mostly sounds pretty sensible to me but for the new NSW rule requiring a driver to slow to 40km/h when passing an emergency vehicle with its lights flashing. The coppers will love it though, just sit on the side of the road in an 80km/h zone, turn on the lights and radar gun. They'll be reeling them in, until someone does actually slow to 40km/h and causes a 12 car nose to tail pile up.

& the fact that someone like myself from QLD, if travelling in NSW, may not have ever heard of such a rule, seems crazy too me.

[spot01]

Mostly sounds pretty sensible to me but for the new NSW rule requiring a driver to slow to 40km/h when passing an emergency vehicle with its lights flashing. The coppers will love it though, just sit on the side of the road in an 80km/h zone, turn on the lights and radar gun. They'll be reeling them in, until someone does actually slow to 40km/h and causes a 12 car nose to tail pile up.

In SA, for years we have had to slow to 25km/h when passing any emergency vehicle with red & blue lights flashing. This can be very dangerous on high speed roads & has caused many accidents or near misses. It was introduced by our previous state government and the police are asking the current government to review it due to the danger sometimes created being worse than the safety it is trying to provide for emergency responders.

I believe the nationwide law should be to slow to half the speed limit for that particular road, as this would provide the desired safety without causing pile ups. It would also be easy to remember, rather than having different limits for different speed zones, as some have suggested.
I also think the police should think a bit more before pulling someone over just past a corner or crest, positioning their car half way into the traffic lane, activating the beacons & then standing there giving someone a ticket for being 10km/h over the limit which probably wasn't going to cause an accident right there, but their actions are sometimes far more dangerous. I don't understand why they want to put themselves in such a dangerous position. They should follow & find a safer place to pull them over or just mail the ticket.

[Jasonmc73]

In SA, for years we have had to slow to 25km/h when passing any emergency vehicle with red & blue lights flashing. This can be very dangerous on high speed roads & has caused many accidents or near misses. It was introduced by our previous state government and the police are asking the current government to review it due to the danger sometimes created being worse than the safety it is trying to provide for emergency responders.

I believe the nationwide law should be to slow to half the speed limit for that particular road, as this would provide the desired safety without causing pile ups. It would also be easy to remember, rather than having different limits for different speed zones, as some have suggested.
I also think the police should think a bit more before pulling someone over just past a corner or crest, positioning their car half way into the traffic lane, activating the beacons & then standing there giving someone a ticket for being 10km/h over the limit which probably wasn't going to cause an accident right there, but their actions are sometimes far more dangerous. I don't understand why they want to put themselves in such a dangerous position. They should follow & find a safer place to pull them over or just mail the ticket.

Agree such laws should be nation wide & sensibly thought out, if I was in Sth Aussie or NSW as I was recently I would have no clue of these laws & how would I?? Adding further fuel to the comment it isnt safe, I wouldn't even be expecting a 25k per hour car in the area would I?

& on the other matter coppers on roads not excercising common sense should be fined for stupidity agree!

[tomwithannl]

This has just been introduced in Tasmania.

To keep our emergency workers safe, from 1 December 2019 a new road rule will apply in Tasmania that will mean motorists must slow to 40km/h when passing a stationary or slow moving emergency or enforcement vehicle with red, blue or magenta (purple) lights flashing or sounding an alarm.

Tom

[disco stu]

I had a very near accident because of that rule. Winding hilly 2 lane road, was glancing over my shoulder to overtake....suddenly everyone was hard on their brakes for a police car that no one has any warning of as we went around a bend on the crest of a hill. I came inches from hitting a car in that instance, and I don't tailgate and would call myself a careful driver. They have thankfully amended the rule to be more logical here, wouldn't surprise me if more accidents are caused by it than it saved

The other rule changes are good to see-finally they are making something simpler and less painful rather than more onerous