New Highway Code rules.

trevskoda said:
On the way home today passing banbrige a dick raced along the on slip to the duel carriageway, I was on the inside with a big truck beside me on the outer lane, blowing his horn and waving a fist because he almost side swiped me trying to get into my lane, simple fact is if you cannot join in safe you must give way at the dotted line, many drivers seem to knot understand this rule.
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How on earth did I put a k in front of not, I need a good sleep.
 
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Tonybvi said:
How will that work for my car then - I press a button on the touch screen to open any of the doors (once I have checked it is clear to do so)!!C
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It won`t so you will be breaking the law and sent to Kirkham Holiday Camp ..... oops sorry, Kirkham Prison for a very long time o_O

If that is the case can i have first dibs on your car please :unsure:

Might have to start going home on a different route and not use lemming crossing, Woodville Road ( between Godwin`s and the Black Bull ).

They are bad enough now and will walk out even if you are half way across the road turning in so gawd ( other deities are available ) only knows how bad it is going to get when if the great unwashed learn to actually read but they probably see it in picture / cartoon form on Faceache, Tocktick, Twatter or what ever they are looking at on their brand new iPhones as they blindly walk across the juction 🤬
 
Robmac said:
I don't fully understand the new rules but it looks like cyclists and pedestrians will be given priority in certain situations (such as cyclists undertaking near corners and pedestrians crossing the road).

I'm willing to be stood corrected, but it seems at first glance an ideal opportunity for a certain element of society to be looking at making a lot of money out of motorists insurance policies.
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My insurance measures now include dashcams front and rear ... But can't protect against pedestrians hurling themselves against slow moving vehicles for cash ... 🤔
 
trevskoda said:
Must be some car, next you will have an ejection seat LOL.
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That’s another thing all electric cars are automatic there’s a few people out there who have never drove automatic cars. Should make the driving test easier In the future.
 
Tonybvi said:
How will that work for my car then - I press a button on the touch screen to open any of the doors (once I have checked it is clear to do so)!!
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That's absolutely fine under the new highway code, as it states.
"“Where you are able to do so, you should open the door using your hand on the opposite side to the door you are opening; for example, use your left hand to open a door on your right-hand side."

Anyway, if your touch screen is in middle of car it will be difficult to not obey that. 😝
 
Robmac said:
I don't fully understand the new rules but it looks like cyclists and pedestrians will be given priority in certain situations (such as cyclists undertaking near corners and pedestrians crossing the road).

I'm willing to be stood corrected, but it seems at first glance an ideal opportunity for a certain element of society to be looking at making a lot of money out of motorists insurance policies.
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These rules revert to the rules which applied when I passed my test in 1968.
 
winks said:
It does seem sad that we appear to require a rule to prompt us to be considerate of other folk. There are good and bad in every part of human society and that aint going to change. The entitlement stuff gets up my nose though. I regularly see £30,000 cars being driven by blokes (usually blokes) in their thirties in downright dangerous ways but we still twine on about "boy racers". Also evident in the lycra clad fools many of whom are of a similar age group.

I try to be considerate and just take a couple of breaths to help me keep calm. Life really is too short for all that aggro.

Cheers

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I agree totally with your last para Winks. And on that note try this link. Everyone to their own but I find it hilarious.
 
I might be wrong, often am, but haven’t these things been the law in France and Spain for decades?
 
mariesnowgoose said:
Pushbikes and powered vehicles are always a mix promising disaster.

I wouldn't use a pushbike on most roads these days - unless I suddenly had a death wish!
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Which is why the Highway Code is changing. I cycle here and in Europe. The rules are different in most European Countries and cycling much safer. They also don't seen to have the levels of conflict we have here. British politeness is a myth.
 
Robmac said:
I think there are 3 new rules Kev but the final wording has still to be decided.

I was reading this article;

www.autoexpress.co.uk

2022 Highway Code changes: 7 million drivers unaware of new rules for cars, cyclists and HGVs | Auto Express

Research suggests 20 percent of motorists risk endangering other road users and pedestrians by not knowing rule changes
www.autoexpress.co.uk www.autoexpress.co.uk

What I am a bit concerned about is this bit;

The Highway Code revisions also include a new Hierarchy of Road Users, which implies automatic culpability for drivers in accidents with more vulnerable road users (cyclists or pedestrians)

I expect we will learn more in the days to come as it is now in the news.
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There are many motor vehicle drivers that drive around with "automatic anger" towards cyclists, so automatic culpability for automatic anger is a good thing .
All it means is motorists will need to be more aware that when they turn left they can, and have been injuring and killing pedestrians and cyclists.

If cyclists move into the middle of the lane when approaching junctions, motorists will not be able to squeeze past at speed and turn left directly in front of them.
The onus should be put on the larger vehicle and motorist will now have to stop thinking that that they "own the road" and refrain from thinking that they should not have to slow down for pedestrians and cyclists.

There will be motorists reading these new proposals who's automatic response will be "F... that I won't be taking any notice of that" .
Well then, they will have to take the conviction, points on their licence and higher insurance costs .
 
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Pedalman said:
There are many motor vehicle drivers that drive around with "automatic anger" towards cyclists, so automatic culpability for automatic anger is a good thing .
All it means is motorists will need to be more aware that when they turn left they can, and have been injuring and killing pedestrians and cyclists.

If cyclists move into the middle of the lane when approaching junctions, motorists will not be able to squeeze past at speed and turn left directly in front of them.
The onus should be put on the larger vehicle and motorist will now have to stop thinking that that they "own the road" and refrain from thinking that they should not have to slow down for pedestrians and cyclists.
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So the black hoody cyclist with earphones plugged in at night with no lights bolts out between 2 cars we are wrong when he is fished out from underneath our cars/vans, time the cops stamp out dangerous and unlit cycles and those who think traffic lights don't apply to them.
 
I'm registered disabled, so would struggle but this opposite hand thing is a bloody joke, it'll be like someone else doing it (old joke) We were in Skipton yesterday and were crossing the road next to a roundabout, (not in the diagram) but cars all stopped to let us cross.
 
trevskoda said:
So the black hoody cyclist with earphones plugged in at night with no lights bolts out between 2 cars we are wrong when he is fished out from underneath our cars/vans, time the cops stamp out dangerous and unlit cycles and those who think traffic lights don't apply to them.
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BLM mate, BLM
 
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