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Does anybody else think this is downright dangerous?
It's fine if everyone is stationary or crawling but when everybody's
trundling along at 30 then the guy at front decides that the side road
should suddenly have priority, anchors on everyone...
Is there anything in the highway code about this?
daboy
Personally, I can't stand when people do that. People who are on side roads
are supposed to go when no one else is coming. It's inconsiderate to the
people behind you when you let those people on the side roads go ahead of
you. Some people think they're being nice but it's just annoying to the
ones who actually have the right-away..
Vanessa
It's alright if traffic is moving really slow, or there's a red light up
ahead, but other than that, it shouldn't be done.
chris_knows
Depends on the situation, if you slam on your brakes to let a car in, it is
dangerous, but if you slow down or brake lightly to give a person more room
to pull on, accompanied by a flash of the high beams, that is perfectly
acceptable. This is particularly true if there is a long line of cars
trying to get on and there is not quite enough room for a car to get on,
slow down a little and give them room, common curtesy. (even here in
NJ:laughing:)
Was it realy like that, or were you looking for thet dropped fry, or
admiring that hot chick behind you, or were you in a rush and tailgating.
If you rearend someone, it is your problem. no questions asked. Car, duck,
turtle, whatever it may be, you should expect the unexpected. 3 second
rule.
Depends on where you are from. Here there are laws against obstructing the
normal flow of traffic, but I doubt it is ever used, unless someone parks
in the middle of the road. Did they come to a full stop? what is the speed
limit?
Cliff notes version: pay attention when you drive, and leave enough room
between you and the car in front of you.
dvdrose18
Oh yeah I often let people in if I'm in solid traffic, or if I can let them
in without having to brake (much). Just seems to be the number of people
who think that they have to let every car in every side road in even if the
car behind them has to slam the anchors on is increasing...
No hot chicks here unfortunately :wink2: But also no contact involved as
all three cars behind the one who stopped were paying attention and no
tailgating going on.
But we were all doing steady 30mph, traffic was free flowing and behind me
there was a big gap when the person could easily have come out. Instead we
all had to come to a complete standstill from 30mph which is fine for an
emergency but in an unnecessary situation like this just strikes me as
dangerous driving.
daboy
I am assuming you're in the UK from your lingo, lol..(could be wrong
though...). As has been said, it much depends on the situation. If you're
in fast moving traffic, and have cars behind you, then yes, it's far too
dangerous. However, if you done so and somebody went in to the back of you,
it would be their fault in the eyes of the law because it's the tailing
drivers' responsibility to leave enough room to stop if you brake hard. I'd
hazard a guess that you could argue this in court and possibly win, but
that's generally how the law sees it. I will always be polite to other
motorists, but rarely to the extent of lettinf somebody out of a road in
front of me, mainly because the other road user isn't directly affecting
me, and as such, flashing my headlights (another one that is often read the
wrong way....) could cause confusion and some delay.
Also, I would feel guilty if they pulled out and hit a car on the opposite
side of the road. Fair enough, I'd have done a bit of forward planning so
as to avoid this, but by letting them out first you could put them in harms
way if there's a delay and what was a clear road turns out not to be any
more. (They should look first.....but might not in their haste). As for the
Highway Code, I don't think there's anything in there about this, just that
you have to look where you're going when approaching a junction
etc...:thumbs:
Edit: Ignor the bit about the UK....I see from your avater that you're in
Hertfordshire. :thumbs:
Cliffy
I'm kind of confused about the question do you mean like people using the
far right lane to drive on?
In this case I feel it is very dangerous as they aren't meant to be driven
on anyways and they are kinda small place and most of the places just leave
hardly enough space to park a stalled or dying car.
Guru
I think he means letting other road users out of side roads etc, in front
of yourself...
Cliffy
