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Sort of, but not quite. It's actually published by the DfT and the DVLA. But it's just a pamphlet. It's not a law. Separately the DVLA make standards you ne

Sort of, but not quite. It's actually published by the DfT and the DVLA. But it's just a pamphlet. It's not a law. Separately the DVLA make standards you need to meet to pass a driving test. Those are not laws, you can break at least some legally. This isn't being added to the test criteria either. So the government recommend you do this. But if you literally never do it in your whole life you wont be punished or sanctioned or inconvenienced in even the smallest of ways. So it doesn't matter any more than the government recommendation to have white wine with fish...

chrisseaton 5y ago
> It's guidance from the government, not a '3rd party group'. > Sort of, but not quite. It's actually published by the DfT What do you think the 'Department of Transport' is a department of if not the government? > It's guidance > So the government recommend you do this. What do you think the difference is between a recommendation and guidance? I said 'It's guidance from the Government' and you corrected me with 'So the government recommend you do this.' Eh?
- murkle 5y ago
  Yes, it is guidance from the Government (with some legal force) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highway_Code#:~:text=Although%20failure%20to%20comply%20with,)%20and%20'do%20not' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highway_Code#:~:text=Altho.... Although failure to comply with the other rules would not, in itself, cause a person to be prosecuted, the Highway Code may be used in court under the Road Traffic Act 1988 to establish liability