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Originally Posted by michaellxv
Contrary to much of the talk on the radio the sky has not fallen in.
Power went off just before 4pm so we all packed up and headed home. My normal 45min drive took over 2hours, no surprise there given there were no traffic lights anywhere. But it was not a stressful drive home, everyone gave way took their turn etc, and we all got home.
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The family went out yesterday morning on a road trip toe the Riverlands.... long way for lunch, but we had fun.
Didn't know about the problem until we approached the city. But we sailed through back to the house with minimal delay (outskirts of northern Adelaide to Belair via the Gawler bypass, Fullurton Rd to Old Belair Rd).
I will say that I was very impressed with the police and their handling of traffic in some very high usage intersections. The police should be commended for their very organized deployment of officers. It made the trip through the city smooth considering there were no lights.
On a separate note, I don't understand the Australia free-for-all system at intersections with no power... there seems to be no rules on how to proceed.
In the US, it's a round robin system (by law) as intersections without power become 4-way stop be default. The round robin system allows everyone to get through. I've looked for a similar rule in the Australia driving manual, but can't find anything...
OIC!