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Driving in queensland part a on Cold Rick

17th March 2006

Now that I have lived in Queesland for over 10 years I feel qualified (through observation) to impart the unwritten road rules of Queensland driving to anyone who may be interested. If you are a visitor planning on driving in Queensland, you would do well to take this "crash" course so that you can drive like over 70% of the people you will be sharing the road with.

Rubber Necking Queensland drivers have the rubberiest necks in Australia. The general rule seems to be that if there is anything other than a tree at the side of the road you must bring your vehicle to a near stop whilst you take a gawk, crawl along at about 20kph for 100 mtrs and then slowly increase speed back to around the speed limit. You never travel at exactly the speed limit, but we will save that for another lesson. Instances which require rubber necking include any of the following within 50 mtrs of the roadside: council workers collecting rubbish, car wrecks, shopping trolleys, people taking a pee, drivers stopped for a rest, bicycle riders, just about anything.

Exceptions If a bicycle rider is not at a safe distance from the side of the road, it seems to be standard practice to speed up and scare the rider.