Today I was turning right at an intersection, and I was the orange car and I turned into lane B, with the intention to go into lane A. After turning into B, I signalled and moved over into A.
The driver also making the same right turn behind me turned into lane A then made a gesture with his hands of why did I switch lanes right after turning.
I know anything goes in Cyprus, but is the concept taught in driving school?
Most drivers: B
Some drivers: A
Taxi drivers looking to pick someone from the curb: B then A without indicating
Bolt/Wolt scooters: between A and B
Trucks: A and B
Drivers >80years old: C
Probably you were too slow for the other driver. The right side is the fast lane when traffic permits it.
Your were correct.. people in cyprus just don’t know how to drive
It’s not just this. Most people turning go through the opposite direction lane. Not applicable to junctions as big as the one in the picture but it’s definitely the case in smaller junctions with one lane per direction.
You can see the line at the end of your lane where you’re supposed to stop and wait, but you always have to calculate the idiocy of everyone turning and whether they’ll just run in to you while you’re just breaking inside your lane
You’re missing the case when the driver in the far left lane that only is supposed to go straight cuts across the other lanes to turn.
You should watch the arrows painted on the road approaching the intersection and/or signs showing from which lane you may turn where. If from the direction the car is coming you are supposed to turn right only from the right lane, I think both A and B are ok, however if you are allowed to turn right from both lanes you need to follow B. To stay safe B is indeed the best approach.
Re gumba re yes re turning daxi
The trick is never to trust anyone to keep the rules. Always expect the worst from everyone on the road, which can give you a few extra % to avoid collisions. Like, even if they signal right, don’t expect them to turn right, observe and get ready.
This helped me massively in roundabouts, where it’s an actual mad max situation. Dudes use outer lanes to travel around, while they should be only used to take the earliest exit. They use confusing signaling like if they have the left signal on, that doesn’t mean they want to exit; it means they want to take the 3rd exit, etc…..Everyone has their own rules, so expecting anyone to upkeep them is not a good idea.
By the way, compared to Turkey and certain cities in Greece, for example, we have it good. There its also mad max rules BUT they both are super aggressive and ready to fight you or hit your car or push you down, etc. Fun times!
You’re lucky if someone even signals let alone remember which lane they are supposed to take. I have had at least 4-5 run ins with people texting while driving on the highway, they just don’t respect others at all. They will go into the fast lane and then slow down to text, completely oblivious. Take care round here bud.
A&B are the correct lines depending where you go. C is opposite line
Those lines are giving me an aneurysm.
What about the other 11 lanes?
Lane?
Intuitively I’d turn to B, out of habit. I’ve no idea what this rule is though, I don’t remember anyone ever telling me about it
It just reflects the Cypriot mentality : either I will put you in a box so you fit my own criteria or I will ignore and/ or run you over
You use turning signals?!
WHERE DID YOU LEARN THIS FORBIDDEN, ANCIENT TECHNIQUE?!
P.S. In my experience there are just too many bad drivers in Paphos at the very least.
My car in Cyprus has a dashcam for a reason.
There is no discipline and no concept of being in the appropriate lane. Everyone driving is the most important person on the road and everyone else should respect that. If I am in the right lane and want to turn left and then change my mind and do a U-turn instead then everyone else should know this already and giving me absolute priority and maybe even a cigarette.
There is another type of Cypriot driver that is that goes diagonally though all lanes and almost hits the yellow car who is 50% of the time in front of the stop line.
No ! Anything goes . Self-preservation is the rule of the road.
B
Here’s what they actually do start c cut across to b and finish with a 20 meters down the road
Couldn’t find anything στον Κώδικα Οδικής Κυκλοφορίας, but in Russia both A and B is legal, and C will get your driving license suspended if a policemen hiding in a nearby bush spots you.
It doesn’t make much sense to me to actually require either A or B. Why force anyone to make unnecessary maneuvers? If turning is only allowed from the right lane, then there is no way drivers would be in each other’s way.
If there are lane markings or signs allowing turning from both lanes, then, of course, the left one goes into the left one and the right one correspondingly.
It’s one of the million-dollar questions what to do if turning is allowed from both lanes, but the other road has *three* lanes in that direction. In Russia, in such cases everyone usually invents their own rules and is completely sure that others are aware of them and will follow them as well. In Cyprus, I simply haven’t seen any road that has more than two lanes in either direction, thank god 🙂
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Today I was turning right at an intersection, and I was the orange car and I turned into lane B, with the intention to go into lane A. After turning into B, I signalled and moved over into A.
The driver also making the same right turn behind me turned into lane A then made a gesture with his hands of why did I switch lanes right after turning.
I know anything goes in Cyprus, but is the concept taught in driving school?
Most drivers: B
Some drivers: A
Taxi drivers looking to pick someone from the curb: B then A without indicating
Bolt/Wolt scooters: between A and B
Trucks: A and B
Drivers >80years old: C
Probably you were too slow for the other driver. The right side is the fast lane when traffic permits it.
Your were correct.. people in cyprus just don’t know how to drive
It’s not just this. Most people turning go through the opposite direction lane. Not applicable to junctions as big as the one in the picture but it’s definitely the case in smaller junctions with one lane per direction.
You can see the line at the end of your lane where you’re supposed to stop and wait, but you always have to calculate the idiocy of everyone turning and whether they’ll just run in to you while you’re just breaking inside your lane
You’re missing the case when the driver in the far left lane that only is supposed to go straight cuts across the other lanes to turn.
You should watch the arrows painted on the road approaching the intersection and/or signs showing from which lane you may turn where. If from the direction the car is coming you are supposed to turn right only from the right lane, I think both A and B are ok, however if you are allowed to turn right from both lanes you need to follow B. To stay safe B is indeed the best approach.
Re gumba re yes re turning daxi
The trick is never to trust anyone to keep the rules. Always expect the worst from everyone on the road, which can give you a few extra % to avoid collisions. Like, even if they signal right, don’t expect them to turn right, observe and get ready.
This helped me massively in roundabouts, where it’s an actual mad max situation. Dudes use outer lanes to travel around, while they should be only used to take the earliest exit. They use confusing signaling like if they have the left signal on, that doesn’t mean they want to exit; it means they want to take the 3rd exit, etc…..Everyone has their own rules, so expecting anyone to upkeep them is not a good idea.
By the way, compared to Turkey and certain cities in Greece, for example, we have it good. There its also mad max rules BUT they both are super aggressive and ready to fight you or hit your car or push you down, etc. Fun times!
You’re lucky if someone even signals let alone remember which lane they are supposed to take. I have had at least 4-5 run ins with people texting while driving on the highway, they just don’t respect others at all. They will go into the fast lane and then slow down to text, completely oblivious. Take care round here bud.
A&B are the correct lines depending where you go. C is opposite line
Those lines are giving me an aneurysm.
What about the other 11 lanes?
Lane?
Intuitively I’d turn to B, out of habit. I’ve no idea what this rule is though, I don’t remember anyone ever telling me about it
It just reflects the Cypriot mentality : either I will put you in a box so you fit my own criteria or I will ignore and/ or run you over
You use turning signals?!
WHERE DID YOU LEARN THIS FORBIDDEN, ANCIENT TECHNIQUE?!
P.S. In my experience there are just too many bad drivers in Paphos at the very least.
My car in Cyprus has a dashcam for a reason.
There is no discipline and no concept of being in the appropriate lane. Everyone driving is the most important person on the road and everyone else should respect that. If I am in the right lane and want to turn left and then change my mind and do a U-turn instead then everyone else should know this already and giving me absolute priority and maybe even a cigarette.
There is another type of Cypriot driver that is that goes diagonally though all lanes and almost hits the yellow car who is 50% of the time in front of the stop line.
No ! Anything goes . Self-preservation is the rule of the road.
B
Here’s what they actually do start c cut across to b and finish with a 20 meters down the road
Couldn’t find anything στον Κώδικα Οδικής Κυκλοφορίας, but in Russia both A and B is legal, and C will get your driving license suspended if a policemen hiding in a nearby bush spots you.
It doesn’t make much sense to me to actually require either A or B. Why force anyone to make unnecessary maneuvers? If turning is only allowed from the right lane, then there is no way drivers would be in each other’s way.
If there are lane markings or signs allowing turning from both lanes, then, of course, the left one goes into the left one and the right one correspondingly.
It’s one of the million-dollar questions what to do if turning is allowed from both lanes, but the other road has *three* lanes in that direction. In Russia, in such cases everyone usually invents their own rules and is completely sure that others are aware of them and will follow them as well. In Cyprus, I simply haven’t seen any road that has more than two lanes in either direction, thank god 🙂