fieldfarmer
Member
So you have found a sense of humour!
New Highway code rules ffs
- Thread starter bobk
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fieldfarmer
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Well Derrick says he should move over or report him,Some seemed to be going out of their way to prove a point yesterday, this one used the left turn lane to undertake everything that had been waiting at the lights, then as the lights went green he moved right to the middle of the road so nothing could pass.....
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Although the cars could have easily got past him on the left if you look carefully
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Then for some reason, he seemed to be getting a bit irate that I has still following him closely over a mile further on..............He's probably on some bike forum complaining about it by now
, yeah right, the police will drop everything to have a word with someone who is totally unidentifiable.
- Location
- Ceredigion
That may be the case but there is nothing in the HC that supports what he does , so what's all the fuss aboutWell Derrick says he should move over or report him,
It's all press bulls**t
fieldfarmer
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In his mind and his interpretation he is fully backed by the HC and is doing nothing wrong. No fuss here, just living in the real world.
- Location
- Ceredigion
But he's not backed by the HC as I can see , there was some last minute changes mind
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Sorry, but the message is the headline, and the headline is that cyclists and pedestrians (and horse riders) have more rights than motorists, but without any more responsibilities.
fieldfarmer
Member
Derrick is correct, some of the original rules put out now have the words changed from what I read a few weeks back, rule 74 now says not to undertake a vehicle indicating to turn turning left or slowing down at a junction, so some responsibility is being placed back to the cyclist.
- Location
- Ceredigion
When you take your driving test theory , is it on the Highway Code , or the Daily Mail
Oft been said on here that, after struggling for miles to pass a cyclist, once you get to the next junction or set of lights, they come past and get to the front of the queue. Little wonder then that we have shedloads of irate drivers, many of them who think as a post on FB said today …. ‘It’s patently obvious that the new changes to the Highway Code were written by an eight year old who just got a new bike’Some seemed to be going out of their way to prove a point yesterday, this one used the left turn lane to undertake everything that had been waiting at the lights, then as the lights went green he moved right to the middle of the road so nothing could pass.....
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Although the cars could have easily got past him on the left if you look carefully
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Then for some reason, he seemed to be getting a bit irate that I has still following him closely over a mile further on..............He's probably on some bike forum complaining about it by now
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander. If they are free to take centre lane at lights and junctions then that’s where they should remain, not undertaking or overtaking stationery vehicles to get to the front of the queue, only to cause more tailbacks. Problem is that rewritten rule 163 states that cyclists ‘may pass slow moving or stationary vehicles on the right or left’
Not illegal or set down in any rules that a vehicle may not occupy a position 100mm away from the kerb whilst in the left hand lane at lights.
- Location
- Darlington
The undue care and attention solves that, as I said about 20 pages ago. Same as stopping anyone who is holding traffic up unnecessarily, it just needs enforcing.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Cycles make up 1 % of all road trafic but amount to 9.7 % of all road deaths , last year
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- Scottish Highlands
And..?
Motorbikes have a greater number of fatalities per passenger mile, by far (about 4x as many).
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- Ceredigion
What have miles got to do with it, but anyway cycle deaths up 47 % last year
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- Scottish Highlands
Risk.
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- Ceredigion
How do the know how many miles push bikes do
It's just 10% from 1% seemed high to me
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- Scottish Highlands
It’s not difficult to get a reasonably accurate estimate.
It is high, but not surprising given the absence of airbags, seatbelts, mirrors, and the likes.
- Location
- Ceredigion
I won't post the car thumping Bottle throwing incident, but another example of road rage gone mad from both sides , when will it all end
- Location
- Sedgefield
Cyclists should all have a registration plate
That way they can be identified in an incident
That way they can be identified in an incident
Wallets, armbands with a name makes more sense.
Or are you making some sort of sick joke?
Obviously I don't know the wider layout here - but that manoeuvre was acceptable in the old rules and has nothing to do with the highway code changes.Some seemed to be going out of their way to prove a point yesterday, this one used the left turn lane to undertake everything that had been waiting at the lights, then as the lights went green he moved right to the middle of the road so nothing could pass.....
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Although the cars could have easily got past him on the left if you look carefully
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Then for some reason, he seemed to be getting a bit irate that I has still following him closely over a mile further on..............He's probably on some bike forum complaining about it by now
That is, filtering on left or right was allowed before (see thousands of cycle lanes on the left hand side of lanes leading to ASL boxes in front of traffic lights all over the country).
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Is it allowed to filter in a lane that’s specifically marked as “left return only”?