New Highway code rules ffs

[bobk]

You couldn't make this sh!t up

Campaigners hit out at Highway Code overhaul set to start next week

From next week, a new 'hierarchy of road users' will come into effect which will mean drivers have more responsibility to give way to cyclists and pedestrians when at junctions.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[serf]

Recon they must have been twiddling their thumbs with nowt to do in the depth.that dreams this sh!t up ....

 

[betweenthelines]

Why is everyone getting so uptight about this?

The Highway Code is not the Law/a legal document, it's Code of Practice, a recommendation of how you should act as a road user.

Not complying with the Highway Code will not result in you appearing in Court.

However, if you are in Court for a motoring offence (ie accused of breaking the Law) the Prosecution may claim that if you have not followed the Code, that is an indication that you may have broken the Law, but they still have to prove you have broken the law, not just failed to follow the code.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Cyclist round here ride where they like any way ,,they all seem to think they are indestructible ,kids never look at junctions or have ear plugs firmly glued in their lug holes ,,new rules wont make any difference

 

[Courier]

Any update should have included a ban on wearing earphones and earbuds whilst in the vicinity of highway traffic.

 

[bobk]

Cyclist round here ride where they like any way ,,they all seem to think they are indestructible ,kids never look at junctions or have ear plugs firmly glued in their lug holes ,,new rules wont make any difference

Darwinism mate

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Here we go again

 

[bobk]

Here we go again

tAX AND INSURANCE FOR A START

 

[Derrick Hughes]

tAX AND INSURANCE FOR A START

What's that got to do with the highway code , as regards that it won't make any difference to the way I cycle , it only takes one car to kill you , once your dead it makes no odds if the followed the code or not , so I follow my own code , try to stay alive code, a lot of car drivers only have one thing on their mind once abord, how to get from a to b as fast as possible , one second lost is the end of the world , so best hang back and let them get on with it

 

[M-J-G]

Got to laugh at those who do things because it's their right.
We have the right to cross at a pedestrian or zebra crossing, but it's worth having a look for cars coming, because if a car hits you, "your right" won't stop it from hurting.

 

[bobk]

What's that got to do with the highway code , as regards that it won't make any difference to the way I cycle , it only takes one car to kill you , once your dead it makes no odds if the followed the code or not , so I follow my own code , try to stay alive code

When I mow you out of the road I want to know how you're paying for my Fastracs front fender

 

[Courier]

Here we go again

I’ll bet you don’t wear earplugs when out cycling - I know I certainly don’t.

 

[Renaultman]

Any update should have included a ban on wearing earphones and earbuds whilst in the vicinity of highway traffic.

Totally agree.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

When I mow you out of the road I want to know how you're paying for my Fastracs front fender

If it's my fault I will pay

 

[Renaultman]

What's that got to do with the highway code , as regards that it won't make any difference to the way I cycle , it only takes one car to kill you , once your dead it makes no odds if the followed the code or not , so I follow my own code , try to stay alive code, a lot of car drivers only have one thing on their mind once abord, how to get from a to b as fast as possible , one second lost is the end of the world , so best hang back and let them get on with it

Same code as mine. As taught by the bloke who did my moped training at 16 years old. When you go out there go out with the assumption that everyone else is trying to kill you.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I’ll bet you don’t wear earplugs when out cycling - I know I certainly don’t.

No , your ears are your third eye ,

 

[Courier]

If it's my fault I will pay

Can’t get money out of a corpse …

 

[Bald Rick]

It will be used as a charter for more road rage IMO

One thing that should be enforced is the requirement to fit AND use a bell to all bikes

 

[bobk]

It will be used as a charter for more road rage IMO

One thing that should be enforced is the requirement to fit AND use a bell to all bikes

Plenty of bellends on bikes

 

[Boomerang]

What's that got to do with the highway code , as regards that it won't make any difference to the way I cycle , it only takes one car to kill you , once your dead it makes no odds if the followed the code or not , so I follow my own code , try to stay alive code, a lot of car drivers only have one thing on their mind once abord, how to get from a to b as fast as possible , one second lost is the end of the world , so best hang back and let them get on with it

I NEVER cycle A roads . Way to dangerous, I stick to single track quiet country roads ,and off road routes although this at times brings you into contact with mad locals who think the road is so quiet they can travel at suicidal speeds round blind bends .
Derrick is spot on follow the stay alive code .