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Not really and yes, you probably can, especially if you put a construction-style gilet on - DAMHIKAre construction workers allowed to stop traffic? Can I?
Not really and yes, you probably can, especially if you put a construction-style gilet on - DAMHIKAre construction workers allowed to stop traffic? Can I?
That's not a bad idea. Next time I want to help a car turn right from a main road, should I temporarily walk into the road to stop the main traffic, so some dude can turn right? You know, for safety.Bemused. Surely it's a good thing having someone help a vehicle safely enter/exit a site? Why would they need special permission?
https://www.zurich.co.uk/internet/h...C.11 Construction Combined Policy (02.14).pdfI'm not suggesting it is the over arching rule. However, you can not purchase insurance specifically to cover you while engaging in an unlawful act, such as robbing a bank etc. Drink Driving is slightly different and came down to a case law interpretation of the Road Traffic Act, not primary legislation.
I'm suggesting that if you unlawfully direct traffic and someone comes a cropper then no insurer is going to support you. Feel free to list insurers who state they will.
The OP has clearly never driven a truck on delivery duties in towns. It's the most stressful job I have ever done in my life; absolutely exhausting. And I was only driving small 3 tonners; I am filled with admiration for the job done by artic drivers on Britain's narrow, twisty roads and ill-planned industrial estates.
Ridiculous thread is ridiculous.
No wonder people moan about too much red tape.
FifyDismount, walk onto pavement shouting "suckers!" at the stationary car drivers, pass lorry, back onto road, continue...
Surely if they're standing in the middle of the road, a driver is under a legal obligation to stop, and not run them down?What law gives them permission to require a vehicle to stop, require a driver to obey their instructions? None.
They are not a constable in uniform, an accredited person, or a person assisting a constable, so they simply have no lawful authority with regards requiring road users to obey their instructions.
That's what I was going to say. They are a pedestrian and have priority. They haven't jumped out from behind a bus and are in fact by standing clearly in the road making themselves more noticeable. Perfectly reasonable.Surely if they're standing in the middle of the road, a driver is under a legal obligation to stop, and not run them down?
I'm not suggesting it is the over arching rule. However, you can not purchase insurance specifically to cover you while engaging in an unlawful act, such as robbing a bank etc. Drink Driving is slightly different and came down to a case law interpretation of the Road Traffic Act, not primary legislation.
I'm suggesting that if you unlawfully direct traffic and someone comes a cropper then no insurer is going to support you. Feel free to list insurers who state they will.
Except if they're judged to be obstructing the highway rather than using it, which is an offence under http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/137That's what I was going to say. They are a pedestrian and have priority. They haven't jumped out from behind a bus and are in fact by standing clearly in the road making themselves more noticeable. Perfectly reasonable.
I think enabling an employer to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of the public counts as a "reasonable excuse".Except if they're judged to be obstructing the highway rather than using it, which is an offence under http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/137
Still shouldn't run them down.
I bow to your knowledge of the case lawI think enabling an employer to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of the public counts as a "reasonable excuse".
No it wasn't, I was at first bemused and now utterly miffed that it's continued and actually being debated... I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised.This is your first comment of this thread and it's a moan. Puh!
Exactly that.There's a difference between requiring a vehicle to stop and asking someone to stop.