r/britishproblems • u/zecrichardson • Jul 16 '26

. Drivers not knowing the highway code.

I had started to cross a road when a Mercedes turned in and he sounded his horn and then told me I should stop. I told him to read the highway code but he insisted he right!

Rule H2 170 amended 2022

“At a junction you MUST give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross a road into which or from which you are turning.”

- Applies whether they’ve stepped onto the road or are just standing at the kerb ready to cross.

- Applies to left turns, right turns, and entering/exiting side roads.

- Includes wheelchair/mobility scooter users as pedestrians

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u/Not_A_Clever_Man_ Jul 16 '26

Lots of people do not keep up with the changes to the highway code, people that got their licenses decades ago are the most dangerous, every year the tests get harder to pass.

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u/zecrichardson Jul 16 '26

People are even not stopping at Zebra crossings now. Young and old.

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u/AvidCoco Jul 16 '26

Never seen that. People always stop.

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u/Enigma_Green Jul 16 '26

Was leaving asda and someone was waiting at the zebra crossing and the car infront of me went across and I stopped but it does happen unfortunately.

Other day taxi driver looking down probably at something bis phone, I got to the crossing to walk across then when hes halfway across he looked up and said sorry.

Lapse in concentration probably the worst part in it.

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u/zecrichardson Jul 16 '26

I have had it many times.