Priority rules when turning into a side road
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From: boltar2003 on 14 Jul 2010 10:53 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:24:56 +0100 "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: ><boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >news:i1k8fq$6jv$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:57:36 +0100 >> "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >>>All drivers should give a damn, but unfortunately these 'normal people' >>>don't, hence the number of accidents, injuries and deaths on our roads. >>>The >>>rules and guidelines are there for safety reasons, not just for the nerds! >> >> So knowing the highway code would prevent accidents? Really? How so? > >Well you go out now and drive round with no regard for the rules. Drive on >the wrong side of the road. Go through red lights. See how many accidents >you have.... Everyone knows what the speed limit is. That doesn't stop us exceeding it. B2003
From: GT on 14 Jul 2010 11:24 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:i1kj0d$m8u$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:24:56 +0100 > "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >><boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >>news:i1k8fq$6jv$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>> 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? >> >>Well you go out now and drive round with no regard for the rules. Drive on >>the wrong side of the road. Go through red lights. See how many accidents >>you have.... > > Everyone knows what the speed limit is. That doesn't stop us exceeding it. Very true, but aren't we talking about whether people know about the highway code, road priorities etc etc? If people followed all the rules in the highway code, then a large number of accidents would be avoided. I don't see what is hard to understand about that!
From: The Peeler on 14 Jul 2010 11:31 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:24:56 +0100, "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: ><boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >news:i1k8fq$6jv$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> 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? > >Well you go out now and drive round with no regard for the rules. Drive on >the wrong side of the road. Go through red lights. See how many accidents >you have.... You mean like cyclists do?
From: The Peeler on 14 Jul 2010 11:38 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:02:44 +0100, "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >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. As opposed to stabbings? >That's why they have laws about your gun being unloaded while >in a car. I assume you're referring to the US. It varies widely from state to state. http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/USRVCarCarry.pdf
From: The Peeler on 14 Jul 2010 11:40
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:24:10 +0100, "Mr. Benn" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >"mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >news:i1kh03$3nt$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Mortimer wrote: >>> I'm starting to doubt that I understand the highway code correctly. >> >> In a not too dissimilar situation, a short time ago I approached a cross >> roads junction from the minor road going straight ahead. At the same time, >> a taxi arrived at the junction from the opposite direction and he was >> turning right. There was no traffic on the major road and we both pulled >> out together. The taxi driver started to pull across in front of me >> expecting me to give way, but because I dispise taxi drivers, I hosed him >> out and took my right of way anyway. Had it been anyone else I would have >> course done the polite thing at let them go. >> >> As we passed sides, he hurled some verbal abuse at me for not letting him >> go. But AIUI, when you are turning right and there is oncoming traffic you >> should pass on the left (right side to right side) and go behind them, >> which is what I forced him to do. >> >> It made my day :-) > >Well done. I also hate taxi drivers with a vengeance. They are generally >the worst class of road users I have ever encountered. Especially in London. Problem is that they're so used to everyday abuse on the roads that they become immune to it. |