mickle
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Guns. We need guns.
Who has priority in the road?
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AnotherEye
Well-Known Member
- Location
- North London
Me too, courtesy where possible even if it is my priority. It's a common problem around the back streets of Tottenham, I prefer the main roads, I get less hassle.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Here is the hairy bit of my commute, the Little Boltons. The road in the distance narrows down to two lanes, neither of which is wide enough for a car. I enter the narrow stretch when there is no on-coming traffic, but someone roars into it when I'm half way through. They take the position of the vehicle in the foreground. Quite an adrenaline rush...
Edit: Sorry, I failed to post the link...
Edit: Sorry, I failed to post the link...
trustysteed
Guest
in this case, discourtesy clearly had priority...
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
LOL. No. We need strict liability on the European model.
AnotherEye
Well-Known Member
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- North London
Your link didn't work, I think it should be:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=lit...panoid=5qKwM-E5BVTX_IYifsx4gA&cbp=12,135,,0,0
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Thomk
Guru
- Location
- Warwickshire
snailracer, on 10 October 2011 - 08:58:41, said:
Actually, there is an "if or but" as far as the law is concerned.
If you turn into a road, either at a junction or a bend, and you find an oncoming vehicle already on "your" side of the road, that vehicle doesn't have to give way to you, because it was already there before it knew you were coming.
I'm not sure what snailracer means by "or a bend" but the crucial thing to notice about your incident is that the oncoming car did not turn into your road. He/she was already in the same road as you when, and for some time before, the conflict occured. You should both have stopped or moved over if you thought there was not enough room to pass and neither of you did so. This leaves the position on the road of the conflict the crucial thing as pointed out by many in your thread. I only bring this up again as you asked for views and don't seem completely satisfied with the majority opinion.
I do agree that I should have been going slower (as should he). I don't agree that I was automatically in the wrong just because I was on "his" side of the road. My main issue is the fact that that I was well into the gap before he appeared, so (IMO) he should have given way to me, and he would have if I had been a car.
Thanks.
Wankelschrauben
Guest
I cycle down a road like that most days, a steady 20mph is easy to maintain.
I haven't yet had a problem as I ride it as I would drive it, I simply remove the choice from the other driver and go first, and always will go first, giving no indication of slowing unless the vehicle coming towards me is a bus.
People do not like having to make unnecassary choices and are grateful that the choice has been made for them.
I haven't yet had a problem as I ride it as I would drive it, I simply remove the choice from the other driver and go first, and always will go first, giving no indication of slowing unless the vehicle coming towards me is a bus.
People do not like having to make unnecassary choices and are grateful that the choice has been made for them.
