Mo1959
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Going to be a bit on the news shortly.
New Highway Code
- Thread starter Saracenlad
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ebikeerwidnes
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- Z’ha’dum
There was a new article on the BBC at lunch time
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
No. Saturday.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
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- Reading, obvs
numbnuts
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- Gone over the hill and far away
Well I'm not going to ride in the middle of the road, not unless I'm turning right
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Fairly short, a bit bland, so-so.
Remember, this is directed at drivers, and it's only the best I've seen yet, not perfection.
Probably it's to reinforce the new first paragraph of rule 213, which includes: "It can be safer for groups of cyclists to ride two abreast in these situations. Allow them to do so for their own safety"
The rule for cyclists, rule 66, will only say about it that "You can ride two abreast and it can be safer to do so".
New rule 72 only tells you to ride in the middle of your lane, not the middle of the road. I see the comic seems to have got that one wrong.
matticus
Guru
View: https://twitter.com/theeyecollector/status/1485564190106529798?t=472JTVvh3Lu4dQeiLaUhJQ&s=19
As a cyclist, I break the highway code constantly just to annoy drivers. The police see it but they can't stop me because of political correctness
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- Inside my skull
Don’t everyone weave around the dotted white line?
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
The infographic is misleading in a number of respects. It doesn't appear to have originated from any official source.
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
I don't think it has. But as far as I can see, it is only #2 which is misleading?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
The infographic that says "Cycle in centre of the lane"? That is not "middle of the road" as posted.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
In the Liverpool Echo today apparently people were "outraged" by an article on Good Morning Britain
Apparently a cyclist was shown cycling along a road
People's 'outrage' was because there was a cycle path available
but the article seems to miss out the bit where the HC says - specifically - that cyclists do not HAVE to use a cycle path
typical mis-information from the press about these changes
Apparently a cyclist was shown cycling along a road
People's 'outrage' was because there was a cycle path available
but the article seems to miss out the bit where the HC says - specifically - that cyclists do not HAVE to use a cycle path
typical mis-information from the press about these changes
matticus
Guru
Seems a very sensible column. I'm sure fellow CycleChatters will join me in praising the closing line:
But there is nothing unreasonable about the changes to the Highway Code, which are merely a small rebalancing in the relationship between motorists, cyclists and pedestrians — and an example of how Conservative governments can and should promote civilised values.
