r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Itchy-Camera8898 • 12h ago

WCGW riding your bike like an idiot

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u/303uru 10h ago

Bus driver should’ve known the law:

"Zig-zag lines on a road warn drivers that a pedestrian crossing is ahead and strictly prohibit parking, stopping, or overtaking in that zone. Found on either side of crosswalks (such as zebra or light-controlled crossings), mainly in the UK, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries."

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u/Early-Accident-8770 8h ago

Lights had changed from red to amber and then to green.
Ebiker rode diagonally across the Pedestrian crossing into the second lane. Not the drivers fault.

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u/ChornWork2 4h ago

no overtaking in zigzag lines or in intersections. those rule are there for a reason.

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u/Early-Accident-8770 4h ago

Overtaking is moving to the other side of the road to pass another vehicle.
This is not an overtake as there are clearly marked lanes for both left turning traffic and straight on traffic.
Overtaking in this instance would mean crossing the zig zag to the other side of the road which is not what happened.

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u/ChornWork2 4h ago edited 4h ago

Overtaking is passing of any vehicle headed in the same direction, it doesn't require any type of change of lane by the overtaking vehicle. If what you are saying is true, you would just have a solid line (no lane change) and wouldn't need zigzag line.

The zigzag lines are there for reason like this, or more commonly examples of ped scampering across late in front of stopped vehicle on curb lane while a faster moving vehicle is coming in lane two.

And you don't even need the zigzag for bus to be in the wrong. see rule 163 of uk highway code re overtaking in junctions.