Who has Right of Way?

I do like a courteous driver. Someone who will let you into a gap in traffic, or get out of your way and let you all get on with your commute happily and safely.

We need to be careful with our generosity. Today I was at an intersection, a T-junction where I wanted to turn right an dtraffic was fairly heavy. A woman who was going to turn into the road waved me to go. As kind as her offer was, there were cars streaming around behind her basically meaning I could not go at all. She drove off with a frustrated look on her face because I didn't accept her gracious offer.

When doing this you need to be aware of a few things, look at the traffic from the other person's point of view. Can they actually go? Is there something that is blocking them and not you? Be mindful that you may have right of way on the road for a good reason, stopping to allow someone into the road will actually be causing an unexpected blockage in the road. We know that most people aren't concentrating on the road anyway, how would you feel if your corteous act caused a tragic accident a few meteres behind you?

My general rule is, if you have right of way, take it.