Right of way past parked cars?

Throbbe

Ah yes, I was hoping one of you would spot my deliberate mistake, well done that man [/Captain Mainwaring]

I went as far as mentioning mini's can sometimes have 'proper' give way markings for clarity but forgot to add the other reason they are a special case. I get paid to know this sort of stuff.

Of course at a standard roundabout you'll not have a sign to diag 611.1 enforcing the give way requirement, but it's still a silly idea to fail to give way.

DaveF327 wrote: »

Sorry to throw a spanner in the works, but while you are correct about the scope of Regulation 25, you will find that Regulation 16 comes into effect that does apply to diag. 1003.3 when placed in conjunction with diag. 611.1 (the round blue mini-roundabout sign).

Tilt

DaveF327 wrote: »

Sorry to throw a spanner in the works, but while you are correct about the scope of Regulation 25, you will find that Regulation 16 comes into effect that does apply to diag. 1003.3 when placed in conjunction with diag. 611.1 (the round blue mini-roundabout sign).

The requirements are:

a) A vehicle entering the junction must give priority to vehicles coming from the right at the transverse road marking shown in diagram 1003.3 associated with the sign or, if the marking is not for the time being visible, at the junction; and
(b) a vehicle proceeding through the junction must keep to the left of the white circle at the centre of the marking shown in diagram 1003.4, unless the size of the vehicle or the layout of the junction makes it impracticable to do so; and
(c) no vehicle shall proceed past the marking shown in diagram 1003.4 in a manner or at a time likely—

(i) to endanger any person, or
(ii) to cause the driver of another vehicle to change its speed or course in order to avoid an accident.

So not only is it a legal requirement to give way, but also to pass around the circle correctly. Even driving instructors get it wrong, sometimes!

No but there is a legal requirement to give priority to vehicle coming from the right. Same thing really.

DTDfanBoy

The OP hasn't mentioned if the road is marked with a centre line or not, obviously the onus is on anyone crossing the centre line to ensure that the way is clear

I'd also imagine if you hit another car while on the wrong side of the centre line you'd be hard pressed not to be at fault. I have no idea what would happen if you were stationary on the wrong side of the road and were hit though ???

Mark_Hewitt

terryw wrote: »

I dislike the term "right of way" in connection with driving. The graveyards of Britain are full of people who thought they had the right of way, and the breakers' yards have many damaged vehicles . In certain circumstances, someone may have priority IF IT IS SAFE.

Indeed "Right of way" isn't even the correct term. RoW only applies to the rights a person has to use a particular throughfare. What is usually meant by right of way is correctly referred to as 'priority'.

In this case you have priority over the left hand side of the road, so an oncoming vehicle would be expected to cede priority where practical. But that doesn't mean you can bully someone out of the way.

Raksha

DTDfanBoy wrote: »

The OP hasn't mentioned if the road is marked with a centre line or not, obviously the onus is on anyone crossing the centre line to ensure that the way is clear

I'd also imagine if you hit another car while on the wrong side of the centre line you'd be hard pressed not to be at fault. I have no idea what would happen if you were stationary on the wrong side of the road and were hit though ???

There's no white line in the centre of the road, but the residents parking permit area is marked with white lines.