How to turn right safely at an intersection without the green arrow in Australia? In this
situation, I'm going to show you how to turn right without the green arrow in moderate traffic. So
clearly there's a car in front of me turning as well so I can't cross the line I'm not allowed to
cross the line, white solid line until the vehicle in front of me has cleared the intersection. Now I
can proceed because there's no one else to give way to and the car in front of me has clearly
gone. To have a better understanding it is a very similar situation, almost identical as if I was
turning right without the green light or red light controlling the intersection, like here, so you've
got to wait until everyone's gone through so you can safely proceed without interfering with any
of the traffic coming from the opposite direction. The major difference of the traffic lights is that
you have a time limit. So that is why you have to keep an eye on the lights. You have to intercept
if the lights are changing that way you will not get stranded in the middle of the intersection
after the light changes. In this situation, I can proceed straight into the middle because
there was nobody in front of me. So the car behind the white car is not turning, I still have to be
cautious because sometimes they try to overtake the car even when they shouldn't where there's
a white solid line dividing the two lanes prohibiting overtaking within the close proximity
of the intersection. Once again it is the most important that you keep an eye on the light
because if the lights change your primary focus should switch immediately to the cars that are
coming from the opposite direction. Because the other side traffic lights will change at exactly
the same time. So once you're sure that everyone is slowing down you can proceed. In this situation
again I'm going to have to wait till they clear the intersection completely before I can cross the
white solid line. Now I can proceed over the white line because the light is still green if the light
changed to amber light while I was still behind the white line I would not have proceeded. I can't
stress enough how important it is to keep an eye on the lights, that way you're never going to get
stranded in the middle of the intersection after the lights change. Now we're in busy traffic so
it's a totally different game so basically, you've got to understand that you might need to wait a
little bit longer to proceed particularly during peak hour times. Never panic while you're driving
a car. Panic can deplete your ability to make rational decisions. See in this situation here,
it's even raining and it's pretty busy traffic. So you've got to keep an eye on everything, cars,
how often you wipe your window. We have a separate video on how to use wipers and demisters, so
check that out. This is the easiest option you've got a green arrow. But again you've got to keep an
eye on the lights. A lot of times we have people calling as they failed a driving assessment,
they didn't realize it was a green arrow. Some people call it being over cautious but then
you're going to hold up the traffic behind you as a result so you've got to proceed if it's a green
arrow. So you shouldn't stop in the middle. See here once again, it is very much the same
situation as being at the traffic lights without the green arrow. You would have to give way,
but the only major difference is the time limit before the light changes. One of the most common
mistakes in the driving assessment is when someone's got the green light without an arrow,
like here, and this car is clearly not proceeding you know. It's standing there and also you've got
to understand that some intersections don't have a green arrow at all. So when would you proceed?
So in this particular situation, the white car driver should have gone in the middle to wait for
the traffic from the opposite direction and then proceeded after it was safe to do so. Clearly,
there's no vehicle in front of it so they should have crossed the line and waited in the middle.
Here is one more busy situation so it's peak hour traffic and there are quite a few
cars coming from the opposite direction. Please pay close attention to this particular scenario
and you're never going to have trouble dealing with these types of intersections. Of course,
you're going to have to do this practically, as many times as possible to become better at
executing these types of intersections, so here we go. Now the red arrow has dropped, and the
car in front of me is going straight ahead. I will have to ensure that nothing slips my eye because
this is really busy. So, what do we have to do? The most important thing again is to keep an eye on
the light so we're fine as long as it's green. So don't panic as long as it's a green light.
Very important to understand. It's still green, no problems whatsoever, we're keeping an eye on
the traffic coming from the opposite. We go a bit further now and once we are sure that no one is
going straight we proceed without any confusion whatsoever. As long as you understand this you
can practice a lot! In this particular situation, I'm going to show you somebody else's mistake so
you shouldn't do this, particularly in the driving test because that would mean immediate fail okay.
So this vehicle in front of me, the silver car should not have gone over the line at all until
the car in front of it proceeded and cleared the intersection completely, which hasn't happened.
Now the light is changing so I'm going to stop without going over the line because that would
represent immediate fail as well. Again we've got a green arrow so this is easy, but don't wish the
things were easier, wish you were better. So you can become better with a lot of practice
and full understanding how to execute the intersections without the green arrow. If you're
taking a driving assessment early morning or late afternoon, you would expect busier traffic. Don't
rush through, don't try to beat the lights. At this intersection here, I'm not going gonna rush,
the light is changing now, so I'm gonna slowly stop before I overshoot the line. Make sure you
don't overshoot the line as well. Now I'm gonna wait until the red arrow drops. By the way, if
you overshoot the white solid line on a red light that would be an automatic fail. Waiting in the
middle now, just pay attention to the car that's turning. So they're slowing down significantly,
so be careful because the other one's going to catch up soon. Now we've got no one and we can
then proceed. Once again whatever you do, don't forget to check the traffic lights. This is
probably the busiest situation in this video, and it was about 5 30 in the afternoon. So clearly no
one in front of me, so I can go up to that white square. So you've got to pay attention to where
that square is so that's the furthest point you can move up to okay. So, clearly, now I'm going to
have to wait. The most important thing that I need to understand is that the light is still green.
As long as it's green we don't have any problems whatsoever in this particular point
where we're standing. The red car on the opposite direction should have moved in the middle as well
because they have exactly the same situation, there's no red arrow for that car either,
so now they're moving. Now, the time of crisis is when amber lights go on. Now we've got to pay
close attention to whether the cars are proceeding or stopping. So it was easy to establish that
they were stopping. Don't panic if someone's trying to beat the red light from the opposite
direction. So even if it goes red on your side, if you go partially through the red light that's
no problem. As you could see I went partially through the red light, but that is sometimes
necessary. Particularly in a busy traffic as you could just see. You have approximately
three seconds before the other direction green light turns on. Thank you for watching, feel
free to ask any questions in the comments below, drive safely and we'll see in the next video.