New Rules Coming for the Highway Code!
Posted: 30 Jul 2021, 13:03
Walking and biking prioritised against the motorist, as far as this goes is it going to be a good or bad thing?
I am yet undecided, for example when approaching a give way/ stop junction and there are pedestrians waiting to cross I have always allowed them through then slowly driven up to the give way/stop line. Equally when turning off from a main road with a 40mph speed limit and there are pedestrians waiting to cross the road I am turning onto I am reluctant to stop and give way due to fast moving traffic approaching from behind, I have no control over vehicles behind me and have in the past nearly been hit due to their impatience and refusal to slow down whilst I clear the main road.
Secondly, I have always respected cyclists and of their vulnerability however I am a bit confused as to 'Giving cyclists priority at junctions when travelling straight ahead'. Please some-one explain this to me in lay mans terms as I have always held back behind a cyclist when I have needed to exit the main road at a junction or when turning right onto a main road have never turned in front of a cyclist!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58021450
Regards
Nigel.
I am yet undecided, for example when approaching a give way/ stop junction and there are pedestrians waiting to cross I have always allowed them through then slowly driven up to the give way/stop line. Equally when turning off from a main road with a 40mph speed limit and there are pedestrians waiting to cross the road I am turning onto I am reluctant to stop and give way due to fast moving traffic approaching from behind, I have no control over vehicles behind me and have in the past nearly been hit due to their impatience and refusal to slow down whilst I clear the main road.
Secondly, I have always respected cyclists and of their vulnerability however I am a bit confused as to 'Giving cyclists priority at junctions when travelling straight ahead'. Please some-one explain this to me in lay mans terms as I have always held back behind a cyclist when I have needed to exit the main road at a junction or when turning right onto a main road have never turned in front of a cyclist!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58021450
Regards
Nigel.