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Yes, it's not law, and UK drivers (at whom this story is aimed) implicitly know that. The HN title should be changed to the article title.
by iainmerrick 5y ago
Yes, it's not law, and UK drivers (at whom this story is aimed) implicitly know that. The HN title should be changed to the article title.
- Terry_Roll 5y agoIt is the Law in some situations. So in the Highway Code, if it says Must or Must Not , then its law. Expand the section called "Wording of the Highway Code". https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/introduction https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/introduction Unfortunately despite all the UK Gov website cheer leading on sites like this, I cant provide a link to the expanded section in question!
- iainmerrick 5y agoI would see those parts as just explaining the law, where the law is a separate thing, rather than defining the law. Maybe that’s just splitting hairs, though.
- Terry_Roll 5y agoIts a bit like the ACPO speeding enforcement guidelines https://www.npcc.police.uk/2018%20FOI/Operations/030%2018%20Speed%20Enforcement%20Guidance.pdf https://www.npcc.police.uk/2018%20FOI/Operations/030%2018%20... https://library.college.police.uk/docs/appref/ACPO-Speed-Enforcement-Guidance.pdf https://library.college.police.uk/docs/appref/ACPO-Speed-Enf... Magistrates will take the above as Law, its one of those grey areas of law, so selective application of the law exists, and thats before you even get into a debate of whether you have a say in the laws that you are born under if you havent moved abroad.
- pmyteh 5y agoNo, you're right. Those sections are included in the Highway Code to inform drivers, but it's not the placement in the code that makes them law - that's the original Act that the Code refers to.