Top stories of 2022: perhaps a tad unfair from Fair Fuel UK on the Highway Code changes introduced this year… how do you think it’s going? cycling
'Lunatic Highway Code will just encourage road rage and put cyclists at risk – Government must rethink it now'Cox also accused the changes of assuming every driver is a"homicidal maniac", giving cyclists the"legal right to pass ALL the blame in any traffic incident on to other road users."
"Well, guess what — one of the Highway Code changes covers exactly that. This rule gives a right of way to any cyclist passing on the inside of a left-turning vehicle or overtaking a right-turning vehicle on the outside. Under this, cyclists have a responsibility to reduce danger for pedestrians in the same way motorists have a responsibility to reduce danger to cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders.
"Along with offering carte blanche to ignore cycle lanes and ride on main roads instead, our 'out in the fresh air heroes' can now also ride side by side in the middle of the highway, blocking traffic, causing more frustration and severe congestion that paradoxically will give rise to increased vehicle emissions. You couldn’t make this up."
Also in slower-moving traffic, but"when the traffic around you starts to flow more freely move over to the left if you can do so safely so that faster vehicles behind you can overtake".
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