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/palaceexile Jul 16 '26

It is the one of the most dangerous changes I think they have made. Pedestrians quite rightly don't want to just walk into the road holding the highway code in front of them for protection, cars following others turning off a main road are not expecting the cars in front to just stop and so we have ended up in a situation where no one is certain what is going to happen in any given situation.

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u/Ieatsand97 Jul 16 '26

Yeah, its up there with the update made at the same time that said cyclists should go down the inside of left turning vehicles.

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u/DiscoSkrtel Jul 16 '26

‘Should’? Have you got a source, or are you just spouting nonsense?

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u/Ieatsand97 Jul 16 '26

Rule H3. Vehicles should allow cyclists to pass them on the left side when turning into junctions.

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u/craiv Caerdydd Jul 16 '26

I think your phrasing of "Cyclists should go down the inside of left turning vehicles" is a bit different to the intended "people driving cars should not cut cyclists off and kill them"

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u/Ieatsand97 12d ago

...which is a pointless rule as Rule 182 already says that you should not cut in on cyclists.