Undertaking MLOCers - pet hate
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From: Ian Dalziel on 5 Aug 2010 07:23 On 5 Aug, 10:09, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:i3c63g$2mk$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > GT wrote: > >> "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > >>news:i39gbq$hip$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >>> GT wrote: > >>>> "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > >>>>news:i36t5e$kvo$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >>>>> Which law do you think covers that? > >>>> You mean there isn't one? So its legal? > >>> Er, yes. That's the way the law works. > > >> Funny, because one has been quoted here and the police will pull over > >> anyone caught breaking it! > > > Which law has been quoted here? > > Didn't you see Chelsea's post - dwdca. Ignoring an instruction of the Highway Code does not necessarily constitute an offence of driving without due care and attention. (I did see my own post, thank you)
From: Nick Finnigan on 5 Aug 2010 17:33 GT wrote: > > Ahh - but the police probably won't stop you and charge you for breaking a > law if you bang your head on the wall, They will stop you, if they see you. but they will if you undertake, thereby breaking the dwdca law. No they won't, and no you aren't.
From: Nick Finnigan on 5 Aug 2010 17:47 GT wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > news:i3c63g$2mk$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> GT wrote: >>> "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:i39gbq$hip$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> GT wrote: >>>>> "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message >>>>> news:i36t5e$kvo$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>>>> Which law do you think covers that? >>>>> You mean there isn't one? So its legal? >>>> Er, yes. That's the way the law works. >>> Funny, because one has been quoted here and the police will pull over >>> anyone caught breaking it! >> Which law has been quoted here? > > Didn't you see Chelsea's post - dwdca. Which does not mention overtaking, undertaking, passing, inside, outside, on the left, on the right, exceptions nor anything remotely connected. Maybe that is why people think passing on single carriageways is illegal.
From: Ian Dalziel on 5 Aug 2010 18:04 On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:58:40 +0100, "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >"Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >news:8hyv4bjag0mj.lvhtso0ve2cm$.dlg(a)40tude.net... >> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:26:20 +0100, GT wrote: >> >>>> It is neither illegal nor dangerous./ >>> >>> It is illegal to overtake on the left, unless you are on a 1 way street >>> or >>> the car is turning right. >> >> or where heavy traffic on dual happens to move faster on left > >Ah - similar point to Brimstone's - I think the official line is 'slow >moving' traffic, not 'heavy traffic. If the traffic is flowing along at a >decent speed, then I don't think undertaking is legal, although nobody >bothers! Also, I don't know how we define 'slow moving' or 'decent speed'. > You don't actually know very much, do you? Whay you think doesn't actually consitute law in this Country.
From: GT on 6 Aug 2010 05:55
"Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:i3famu$63e$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > GT wrote: >> >> Ahh - but the police probably won't stop you and charge you for breaking >> a law if you bang your head on the wall, > > They will stop you, if they see you. > > but they will if you undertake, thereby breaking the dwdca law. > > No they won't, and no you aren't. Er - yes they will! And you are. |