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> 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
by 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.