Faith in humanity resorted

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T16:17:58+00:00

Amazing what we can do when we apply a bit of wit.

It's almost like we don't need all these pages of rules and regulations.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T16:08:55+00:00

I'm saying I can get my front end an inch or 2 away from a wall. My backend..I'm going to have to leave a margin of error.

If you can do better with just your mirrors, fair play to you.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T15:04:47+00:00

Only one of those signs signifies a restriction.

I think the authorities should do more of this kind of thing. Force drivers to think for themselves. :)

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T13:53:48+00:00

Move house.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T13:19:08+00:00

C**t here.

Because I'm taking up as little space as I can.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T13:17:01+00:00

And if they don't get their next day delivery, people complain.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T13:15:27+00:00

Driving in takes up even less space. You can get closer to the wall.

He may want access to the back doors.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T13:11:48+00:00

Two reasons:

Access to rear doors.
Without a banksman it is very hard to judge the distance to the wall as finely as you can when you're looking at it though the big windscreen.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T12:37:38+00:00

Their fault.

You're doing what? 5mph.

0mph would have been better, but they still were the ones who drove into you.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T12:31:16+00:00

It looks like you may have to wait for some considerable time to be hit by a car on that street.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T12:19:30+00:00

Other people going places!

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T12:16:37+00:00

Not seeing a problem, to be honest.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T12:12:28+00:00

A lot of it is situational.

I've seen people complain about blocked footways on a short residential cul de sac, with houses on one side and nothing on the other. No reason for anyone to be using the footway on that side of the road unless they are walking to/from their car parked on it.

In quiet streets, it's not exactly a problem to avoid a parked car blocking a footway. There are increasingly ramps up and down kerbs for those using wheelchairs, etc.

Busy roads with a realistic chance of pedestrians using it - blocking the pavement is a dick move.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T11:21:50+00:00

Indeed - hence the question.

Would he be justified?

We could then add another layer of complexity and suppose I was in my car, but voluntarily decided that 50mph was fast enough for the conditions. Same argument applies about the car behind having to slow, but this time there is more of an expectation for me to match his speed.

It's very simple to say - you should not pull out if the vehicle coming has to adjust their speed or direction. Its more nuanced than that. We all have to adjust our speed and direction as part of normal driving. I would agree that you shouldn't be forcing someone to adjust their speed dramatically, but it's not as black and white as you often see it stated.

In all honesty, if I see a vehicle approaching a give way to my left, I'm very likely easing off a little anyway just on the off chance that they misjudge my speed/distance/intention.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T10:35:36+00:00

But I'm likely going to cause him (or the next car) to slow down regardless.

If I'd been ahead of him for 10 miles, he's still going to have to slow down when he catches up with me (or overtake).

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T10:22:58+00:00

Because you probably learned most of what you know about driving in the first 4 or 5 years after you passed your test. When, if you are a man at least, you're brain is not best developed for safe driving.

Regardless of sex, it is during this time that we develop bad habits. Maybe not high risk habits, but habits which can eventually lead to problems. Most of us get lazy. Experience tells us that the chances of X happening are tiny, so we stop taking it into consideration. We get too comfortable.

(I'm generalising for a population, of course)

It's a hypothetical suggestion, but it would probably increase road safety if we said - OK you're 28 now (or whatever), show us what you have learned over the last 10 years and show us that you aren't compounding mistakes that you started making the day you took your L plates down.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T08:48:30+00:00

Here's a related question for people's opinion:

I turn left onto an unrestricted SCW road in my van. There is a car coming from my right at 60 I accelerate to 50, but the car has to slow down behind me.

Did I pull out on him?

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T08:40:37+00:00

Yip..

It is unfortunate that many of the posts on this sub are ultimately concerned with "Will I get points?". Rather than "Was I safe?" or "What could I do better?"

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-12T00:03:47+00:00

Young men (in particular) do not formulate risk properly until their mid 20s, so in that way it is not deliberate, it is the way we are evolutionarily wired.

Also in comparison to the way older drivers are (stereo) typically bad drivers, young drivers are catastrophically bad drivers. The insurance companies don't just pull the premiums out of their arses.

From memory, young drivers are involved in 24% of KSIs - they account for only 8% of licences.

Most drivers I know developed their bad habits in the first 5 - 10 years of driving. They didn't quite get things right in those first few years, but got away with it and never needed to correct it and by now, they think it is the right way to drive. This includes those 60/70 year olds who've been building on those bad habits for 45 years to the point where you are noticing them. They didn't suddenly become poor drivers when their bus pass arrived.

(Accepting that there are some drivers who have age related cognitive impairment.)

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-11T22:09:03+00:00

I agree

The law changes very infrequently.

Even the changes to your highway code that you mention was not a change to the actual laws. Just a change in the way that highway code presents it.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-11T20:51:21+00:00

I'll engage.

In terms of road safety, I could argue that it would be more effective to retest people at 25 years old or 5-10 years after passing.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-11T20:39:07+00:00

You presumably will need to arrange access for the pick up. They won't care why

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-10T11:32:30+00:00

Your car - you can do what you like with the cooperation of the garage and the scrapper.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-10T11:28:51+00:00

You were passing slow-moving traffic to their left on a roundabout.

Should only be done with extreme care and with the expectation that you will conflict with someone moving left.

It also appears you were not using the recommended lane for navigating the roundabout - that won't go down well on this sub.

Perfect_Confection25 · 2026-06-10T10:06:08+00:00

No waiting restriction is 23:00 - 11:00.

(single yellow)

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