4 ms·
The rules for pedestrians haven't changed - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-for-pedestrians-1-to-35 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-c
by DrBazza 5y ago
The rules for pedestrians haven't changed - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-for-pedestrians-1-to-35 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-for-pedes...
The "rules" for cars (and cycles) have been clarified, not that most car drivers even know the highway code. Turning into a side road where a pedestrian is stepping out into the road is where a car must now give way. But then they always had to - the paint on the ground is the same that delineates lanes on a dual carriageway or motorway (single-dashed), and you don't have the right to just move into another lane when there's traffic already there.
- maffydub 5y ago> The rules for pedestrians haven't changed https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/updates https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/updates suggests they have - specifically... > Updated rule 8 to clarify other traffic should give way when pedestrians are waiting to cross at a junction. As I understand it, the change is that if a pedestrian is waiting to cross at a junction, the motor vehicle should give way, where previously the pedestrian should wait for a gap in the traffic?
- DrBazza 5y agoYes, you're correct.
- DrBazza 5y agoAlso, that single dashed line at a t-junction turning from a major into a minor road has the same meaning as on a dual carriage way or motorway where it delineates lanes - if there's something next to you, you have to give way/priority to whatever is the other side of that line, else you'll hit it, i.e. another vehicle. In this case, that's a pedestrian.