Priority rules when turning into a side road
in [UK Drivers]
|
From: boltar2003 on 14 Jul 2010 07:53 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:57:36 +0100 "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >All drivers should give a damn, but unfortunately these 'normal people' >don't, hence the number of accidents, injuries and deaths on our roads. The >rules and guidelines are there for safety reasons, not just for the nerds! So knowing the highway code would prevent accidents? Really? How so? B2003
From: Adrian on 14 Jul 2010 07:54 Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > B should not really have moved in the position indicated. It is pretty > obvious that he will block vehicles like C. However, once B moves off, A > will be clear to move off, and turn left. > > However... > > C is probably blocking a queue of traffic behind him (and, no doubt, > cursing him). > > There is also probably a queue of traffic immediately behind A (you said > 'long stream'), and there is a good chance that, as soon as A has turned > left, the guy behind him (who just happens to be going straight forward) > will move forward, and become another B. As a result, C is left sitting > there, still blocked). > > In that situation, if I were A, I would certainly have done the > considerate thing, and let C go before me (after giving him a suitable > indication of my intention, of course), and then follow him left, into > the side road. I do not consider this to be a significant > inconvenience. Have to admit, I wasn't assuming slow-moving/stationary traffic, but freer-moving. You're right that it's the polite thing to do - but that's different to priority.
From: Adrian on 14 Jul 2010 07:57 boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>All drivers should give a damn, but unfortunately these 'normal people' >>don't, hence the number of accidents, injuries and deaths on our roads. >>The rules and guidelines are there for safety reasons, not just for the >>nerds! > So knowing the highway code would prevent accidents? Really? How so? Merely knowing it might not, but knowing AND FOLLOWING it certainly would.
From: boltar2003 on 14 Jul 2010 08:09 On 14 Jul 2010 11:57:47 GMT Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >saying: > >>>All drivers should give a damn, but unfortunately these 'normal people' >>>don't, hence the number of accidents, injuries and deaths on our roads. >>>The rules and guidelines are there for safety reasons, not just for the >>>nerds! > >> So knowing the highway code would prevent accidents? Really? How so? > >Merely knowing it might not, but knowing AND FOLLOWING it certainly would. HOw many people who know it inside out follow it to the letter anyway? Not many I'll wager. Knowing something and taking any notice of what you know are 2 different things - people know drinking, cigarettes and fatty food is bad in large doses but they still drink until drunk , smoke and eat burgers until they look like the michelin man. B2003
From: mileburner on 14 Jul 2010 10:02
The Peeler wrote: >> >> And he was furious! He was flashing his lights and sounding his horn >> all the way down the side road, and gesticulating at me. I don't >> know whether he thought that *I* should have given way to *him*. > > This is what happens when you ban guns. An armed society is a polite > society. While that may be so, OTOH in some countries there are shootings over this kind of thing. That's why they have laws about your gun being unloaded while in a car. |