Giving way - putting theory into practice

Last week I posted about the new give way rules and how I scored a perfect 9/9 on the Land Transport online quiz about the new rules.  It's one thing to get things right online but how about in real life?  Well, on Sunday the 25th of March, I drove to church hoping to put theory into practice.  I didn't see anyone at an intersection until 5.45pm that day and since I was turning left into a side street, the other car had to give way to me. What a bummer! I was really hoping to be on the other side giving way. Oh well, at least I remembered that I could go first.  

Wednesday, I was driving home from work and had just signalled to turn right into another street when I saw an oncoming vehicle signalling that they were going to turn into the same street.  My brain went, "Oh, they give way to me of course", and so I proceeded to turn right into this street.  Halfway through my turn, I suddenly remembered the 'NEW' give way rules and screeched to a halt. The other driver nervously gestured to me to keep going (probably because he feared for his life) and so, very sheepishly, I did.  When I had to turn left into my street, an oncoming vehicle started signalling to turn right, into the same street.  I almost gave way to them but then kept going.  Gosh, these new rules really do take a bit of getting used to.  So far I haven't heard of anyone having an accident (except for yours truly) so it seems that Kiwis are going with the flow.  

Have a great weekend everyone!