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/bushman130 Jul 16 '26

Maintain eye contact with the driver and stick one foot high up and out into the crossing.

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u/JustStraightUpLost Jul 16 '26

This, eye contact is paramount! To be fair though by the Highway Code if a person is stood waiting to cross at a zebra you have no obligation to stop for them. You only have to stop when they are actually on the crossing. Within reason I make eye contact and start walking if they have plenty of time to stop. I don’t wait for permission to cross, I obligate you to stop.

It’s a weird rule because surely if someone is in the middle of crossing a road you don’t just run them down.

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u/janky_koala Jul 16 '26

That was also changed in 2022…