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30-03-21, 08:09 AM | #9371 | |
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When you live in a area rural like mine a car is a life line as public transport is very poor. So taking taking a licence away can have a huge impact on person of any age. Sent from my SM-T510 using Tapatalk
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30-03-21, 08:12 AM | #9372 |
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I have noticed that the more expensive the car the worse the driving often is, as if they have more 'right' than people in smaller cars. Round our way certain ethnic groups have males who have either not taken a test, have lost their licence or are no longer fit to drive and you see women who can hardly see over the steering wheel piloting big Mercs and Beemers around in very erratic fashion, with a bloke sitting in the back, to be avoided at all costs, to describe their driving as merely 'unpredictable' is being kind.
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30-03-21, 09:09 AM | #9373 | |
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Near where i live there are a lot of people who do the same (all ages and vehicles) who sit in the right hand lane for a mile or more to turn right, even though there is no traffic. I pass safely on the left at the speed limit, rather than creating a rolling roadblock sitting behind them. Unfortunately the majority of people don't consider the impact of their driving actions on others. EG people lane hogging, blocking junctions, deliberately being in the wrong lane at a junction. |
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30-03-21, 09:24 AM | #9374 | |
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Back to the highway code terminology - would they have been legal in passing if my example wasn't turning right after all?
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For me, i would say yes. As the distance travelled in the right hand land (as you said) would be significant enough to make me believe/assume the car must be turning right at the junction. As there is no other reason to sit there for that length of time. Your manoeuvre (if undertaking) would only prove to be unfounded/'illegal' once the other vehicle had passed the turning point and continued straight on. By which point you would already be past the point of danger of the other vehicle moving into lane 1.
TBH its the same decision making i use locally along a 50mph dual carriageway, with 3 turn right lanes over a 1 mile stretch. I know if the person goes straight to the outside lane they're turning right somewhere, and i continue on my way in lane 1. Last edited by DJ123; 30-03-21 at 11:29 AM. |
30-03-21, 11:27 AM | #9376 |
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I think the clue is 'has signaled their intention' either by old fashioned sticking you arm out or by the new fangled indicators illuminated by electricity.... If there is going to be any danger to me I ignore indicators and wait until the vehicle has actually started their manoeuvre - been caught a few time by people leaving indicators on. Reason I have fitted these blue indicator repeaters to my last few bikes, bright blue 5mm LED visible in peripheral vision even in bright sun, as an extra to those dim green lamps fitted by OEM. Picture attached, the two LED are lit because 'hazards are on' normally only left or right one flashes.
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30-03-21, 07:12 PM | #9377 |
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Just watched the MotoGP highlights on ITV4. Absolutely awful. Boring commentary, silent bikes, a commentator who screams on the last lap and no replays.
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' A right cannot be legally withdrawn.' ? -of course it can, for drink driving for example or medical reasons as we have said. Nobody is suggesting people can drive like idiots because they have a right to drive and nobody is saying anybody is born with the right to drive. I am afraid we will have to agree to differ on this one because you have lost me . |
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