High Way Code omission
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From: Dr Zoidberg on 10 Jun 2010 02:38 "Phil Bradby" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:huokj8$2l3$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > Why not just establish priority, for example by saying that the car > moving back left always has priority? This would add clarity and remove > danger. I'd say that the car moving right should have priority as they are doing so to be able to get past another vehicle. The one in L3 wanting to move left has already gone past whoever they were overtaking and won't be inconvenienced by staying in L3 for a while. Alex
From: NM on 10 Jun 2010 04:49 On 10 June, 07:38, "Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!...@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote: > "Phil Bradby" <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote in message > > news:huokj8$2l3$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > > > Why not just establish priority, for example by saying that the car > > moving back left always has priority? This would add clarity and remove > > danger. > > I'd say that the car moving right should have priority as they are doing so > to be able to get past another vehicle. > The one in L3 wanting to move left has already gone past whoever they were > overtaking and won't be inconvenienced by staying in L3 for a while. > > Alex That would be brilliant, countless times in the Scania I come up to slower traffic and indicate to pull out but there is an endless stream, of cars in the middle and outer lane who will not let me out, some even accelerating to take up any gap I could enter rather than letting me get in front of them, The worse are the ones in the middle lane with no other traffic in the outer lane yet they will not pull into the outer lane to give me room they just plod along in the centre lane causing me to loose valuable, expensively won, momentum down to their pure selfishness. Many colleagues just give it five or so blinks on the old indicators then pull out, it's amazing how quickly lanes can changed.
From: Silk on 10 Jun 2010 04:54 On 10/06/2010 09:49, NM wrote: > Many colleagues just give it five or so blinks on the old indicators > then pull out, it's amazing how quickly lanes can changed. That doesn't surprise me. That's why we hear of so many accidents involving lorries. Professional?
From: GT on 10 Jun 2010 05:25 "Phil Bradby" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:huokj8$2l3$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >A thought occurred to me today... There are hardly any unmarked > crossroads left nowadays. Even tiny little country lanes are usually > provided with give way lines when they meet to establish priority at > junctions. > > Why is it, then, that in one very common situation priority gets left > undefined by the HWC? I'm thinking of carriageways with 3 or more lanes. > If there are vehicles in L1 and L3, then there is no defined priority for > moving into L2. Quite frequently travelling on motorways, I see this > situation, where both cars make for L2 at the same time: one of them > usually notices and swerves back into its original lane. > > Why not just establish priority, for example by saying that the car > moving back left always has priority? This would add clarity and remove > danger. IMBW, but doesn't it say somewhere about giving way to the right in the UK.
From: GT on 10 Jun 2010 05:27
"Silk" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:huon39$6sb$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On 09/06/2010 18:55, Phil Bradby wrote: > >> Why not just establish priority, for example by saying that the car >> moving back left always has priority? This would add clarity and remove >> danger. > > Because, if they did, people would assume a right of way and just switch > lanes without looking. Also, hardly anyone reads the Highway Code. It would be a priority, not a right - msm etc safety checks would still apply. |