High Way Code omission
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From: Phil Bradby on 9 Jun 2010 13:55 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.
From: DavidR on 9 Jun 2010 14:28 "Phil Bradby" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote >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 It's the L3 user that has brain disengaged when hanging lane in the blind spot of someone in L1. It's easier to look ahead than behind.
From: DavidR on 9 Jun 2010 14:29 "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote > oops > It's the L3 user that has brain disengaged when *changing* lane in the > blind spot of someone in L1. It's easier to look ahead than behind.
From: Silk on 9 Jun 2010 14:38 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. Some things are best left to common sense. Most of the time, it works just fine. Research has shown that confusion by design forces people to think and actually improves safety.
From: Motormouth on 10 Jun 2010 02:11
Phil Bradby <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote: >Why not just establish priority, for example by saying that the car >moving back left always has priority? Its certainly a danger, everybody must have started to move lanes just as another car did the opposite. You cannot always rely on anticipation to spot it and its one of the harder to things to see, given it happens to your left or right rear. If its a danger because its not spotted, I'm guessing telling drivers to priority will not solve it? -- MotorMouth |