New Highway Code Requirements

[katana]

This picture was included on a 'news website' to show how cyclists can now 'dominate' the roads as opposed to keeping to the left as has been reasonable for donkeys years.

But this in particular, p***ed me off royally - anyone see anything wrong here? Its not a quiz with prizes, just seeing / judging common sense levels among the esteemed membership!

Answers below or on a fiver in a brown paper envelope LOL!

[Ray]

it looks more like an electric scooter on one of those council share schemes to me, and the twit is holding a laptop and not the handlebar, whilst on a mobile phone

do as you likey bikey

[eeb43]

looks like an organ donor to me!

[Chris]

I call them Lemmings, because they are always looking for somewhere to die.

[katana]

Its one of the 'Boris Bikes' hire bikes now obviously sponsored by Santander but its not a good look to encourage drivers to 'Give Way' or treat  cyclists with any kind of courtesy when as stated they are a) not fully in control of the 'vehicle' and b) using a mobile phone whilst doing it! The new rules are completely FUBAR IMO when reading them - errors and contradictions abound and how many pedestrians and cyclists actually read them to know how they are supposed too act now!

[colr6]

That pic was taken seconds before the taxi driver completed winding his window down and landing his fist right on the nose 

that’ll teach home to try ringing Uber 😉

Edited February 1, 2022 by colr6

[BaileyMex]

In my personal opinion, I think its a joke. 

Why change something that has been drummed into us all from the day we can walk about, Stop , look and listen - oh and a pinch of common sense!

Oh look I'm walking towards a side road off of Streatham High Road - a busy main road (A23) that heads into London, that's OK it isn't a busy main road that heads towards the city full of idiots that cant drive and that are in a hurry.
I know what, I wont use common sense and let this indicating Transit van turn into this side road - NO - I'm now in charge and I'm going to walk right out into it's path because the law says I have right of way

Cue the spate of fake law suits for being hit by a moving car

 

[BaileyMex]

Oh any another thing, in the summer it's actually quite nice to take both my boys out on our bikes.

The law now states that we should make ourselves as visible as possible and cycle in the middle of the road behind the queue of cars that have built up behind us.

No..... we wont be doing that, we'll stick to the kerbside part of the road so cars can safely drive past us.

Rant over

[katana]

55 minutes ago, BaileyMex said:

The law now states that we should make ourselves as visible as possible and cycle in the middle of the road behind the queue of cars that have built up behind us.

No..... we wont be doing that, we'll stick to the kerbside part of the road so cars can safely drive past us.

But it also says that 'cyclists should pull over to the left if approached from behind by faster moving traffic'  . . . . . . which is like ALL THE TIME!

And don't forget that to pass you, a vehicle has to give 2.0m clearance to the bicycle - try that on the majority of the roads in the UK without crossing a white line or driving into the opposite carriageway with oncoming traffic! Anyone fancy tailbacks EVERYWHERE!

[eeb43]

im a bit concerned who is going to pay for most of the roads to be widened in this area if we have to give a 1.5/2metre gap when overtaking horses and cyclists!

 

[BaileyMex]

26 minutes ago, katana said:

But it also says that 'cyclists should pull over to the left if approached from behind by faster moving traffic'  . . . . . . which is like ALL THE TIME!

And don't forget that to pass you, a vehicle has to give 2.0m clearance to the bicycle - try that on the majority of the roads in the UK without crossing a white line or driving into the opposite carriageway with oncoming traffic! Anyone fancy tailbacks EVERYWHERE!

100% agree
Good job councils haven't spent millions creating bicycle lanes for....well.... bicycles 

[katana]

32 minutes ago, BaileyMex said:

100% agree
Good job councils haven't spent millions creating bicycle lanes for....well.... bicycles 

For which there is no compulsion, in law, for a cyclist to use! Which is borne out with the 'rebel without a cause' cyclists refusing to use allocated space ie. a cycle lane or path as its an infringement on their 'human rights' - I sh!t you not ! It doesn't help when car drivers are so terrified of getting a ticket, they refuse to drive over / in cycle lanes when there is no prohibition in place (always signed by law) probably because they are too busy on their phones to do that much multi-tasking! LOL!

I bet our Aussie colleague is laughing his ass off at this crock o' shite we are forced to endure!  

[Rally Pack 2000]

36 minutes ago, katana said:

For which there is no compulsion, in law, for a cyclist to use! Which is borne out with the 'rebel without a cause' cyclists refusing to use allocated space ie. a cycle lane or path as its an infringement on their 'human rights' - I sh!t you not ! It doesn't help when car drivers are so terrified of getting a ticket, they refuse to drive over / in cycle lanes when there is no prohibition in place (always signed by law) probably because they are too busy on their phones to do that much multi-tasking! LOL!

I bet our Aussie colleague is laughing his ass off at this crock o' shite we are forced to endure!  

I am a bit stunned with what I have read to be honest. Pedestrians can just walk off the curb in front of you and its your fault? The hoards of phone zombies never looking where they are going are just going to love that one! No one will ever look up from their phones to check for danger ever again, its someone else's problem! If you give the cyclists and inch, they will take a mile. They don't even pay the road taxes and fuel excises to build the roads yet expect to use them for free and then demand those that do pay take full responsibility for the careless ways they engage with traffic. I thought now you left the EU all this sort of evil motorist mentality was a thing of the past?

Lucky you don't have roos there as they would demand you pay for their vet bills and rehabilitation back to the wild when they jump out in front of you in the dark!

[BaileyMex]

This apparently

 

[BaileyMex]

22 minutes ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Lucky you don't have roos there as they would demand you pay for their vet bills and rehabilitation back to the wild when they jump out in front of you in the dark!

Watched a BBC series on TV called 'The Tourist' recently and they kept saying that Kangaroos were attracted to headlights when driving out in the bush at night.

[DT36]

3 hours ago, BaileyMex said:

Watched a BBC series on TV called 'The Tourist' recently and they kept saying that Kangaroos were attracted to headlights when driving out in the bush at night.

I used to be attracted to Bush at night. Getting a bit older now though, but still get drawn in and mesmerised occasionally by the scent 😛

[colr6]

8 hours ago, BaileyMex said:

100% agree
Good job councils haven't spent millions creating bicycle lanes for....well.... bicycles 

Well our council has, every major road is now single lane with cycle and bus lanes, the bus lanes are 7am till 6 pm 6 days. Town centre majority pedestrianised and they wonder why our town centre is on its knees. Out of town shopping areas booming.

[Rally Pack 2000]

14 hours ago, BaileyMex said:

Watched a BBC series on TV called 'The Tourist' recently and they kept saying that Kangaroos were attracted to headlights when driving out in the bush at night.

They arent attracted as such the better description would be mesmerised, so when the headlights hit them straight in the eyes while they are on the road they don't move they just look straight into the lights. If they are instead on the road shoulder and they see lights coming at them their reaction is opposite to most other animals, if they are on particular side of the road you would expect them to retreat back on that same side of the road that they are on but instead their flight response is to jump across the road in front of the lights and its why so many of them get hit. Before someone asks RP2000 has hit roos on several occasions. The key to lessen damage is to scrub off as much speed as you can and take avoidance to the side of the road opposite to where they are headed. Often people swerve any which way often in the same direction they are jumping. If you don't panic and blindly take them head on you can get away with a broken grill and headlight and superficial guard damage just narrowly clipping tails. They often travel in multiples though so its the last one simply following the others at the last moment that causes most of the damage.

[Vista]

20 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

They arent attracted as such the better description would be mesmerised, so when the headlights hit them straight in the eyes while they are on the road they don't move they just look straight into the lights. If they are instead on the road shoulder and they see lights coming at them their reaction is opposite to most other animals, if they are on particular side of the road you would expect them to retreat back on that same side of the road that they are on but instead their flight response is to jump across the road in front of the lights and its why so many of them get hit. Before someone asks RP2000 has hit roos on several occasions. The key to lessen damage is to scrub off as much speed as you can and take avoidance to the side of the road opposite to where they are headed. Often people swerve any which way often in the same direction they are jumping. If you don't panic and blindly take them head on you can get away with a broken grill and headlight and superficial guard damage just narrowly clipping tails. They often travel in multiples though so its the last one simply following the others at the last moment that causes most of the damage.

🤔 Do you have any animals in Australia that don't try to kill you?

[Rally Pack 2000]

4 hours ago, Vista said:

🤔 Do you have any animals in Australia that don't try to kill you?

[Kenworth W900]

This must have been an unwritten rule for already because I have always given way to pedestrians crossing at a junction. I must have picked that up from somewhere.

My thinking has always been that the footpath is an extension of the road, if the pedestrian is continuing straight then you have to treat it the same as if it were a two-lane road i.e. you don't cut across the vehicle on the inside lane to get to your turning

[katana]

That's an exceptional way of thinking, but up until the beginning of this month wasn't enforceable. The 'new' hierarchy works on the susceptibility for physical damage ranking pedestrian through to HGV's, although putting horses higher than motorcycles / motorcyclists, the compiler obviously hasn't seen the damage a 3/4 tonne horse can do to a biker! This new set of rules is fundamentally flawed, as kids have been taught for decades to stop at the kerb till the way is clear (which is the ONLY safe way). Assistance dog trainers / users are up in arms as these incredibly intelligent animals are taught not to move AT ALL until there are no cars around - they do not have the capacity to realise what 'giving way' means! Something has to be done as it can't be long until a fatality occurs due to 'safer rules'!

[BaileyMex]

Here here 

[Daddio]

Have you also seen the plan to manufacture ALL cars after 2040 (I think it was) with sign-reading capability and speed limiting tech? ie they will scan the road, read signs and use GPS, sense the actual speed and put the reins on if necessary. 

Good bit is: they can't retro-fit that tech (yet) so hang on to your oldskool motors. Even my 1300 will be beating the WRX's soon!!

[accord83]

My Escort already comes with a sign language interface for those that can’t read my lips..............😂