If someone coming the other way is on my side of the road, do I have to move over?

tho_2

Deastons wrote: »

What an unfortunate waste of your valuable time.

Took me a good 20 seconds. Don't worry, I'll do 70.5 on the motorway tomorrow to make it back.

Mercdriver

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

I think you may be too quick to judge. Deastons is pro-road safety and is a regular poster. I'm sure s/he will post the footage in due course.

Someone has thin skin so be careful. You might get a yellow card.

k3lvc

Mercdriver wrote: »

You might get a yellow card.

It appears the OP has finally had one

Mercdriver

k3lvc wrote: »

It appears the OP has finally had one

He's not the only one...though his is a different colour...

neilmcl

k3lvc wrote: »

It appears the OP has finally had one

Keep an eye out for yet another new AE.

matttye

The law of negligence applies here.

All road users owe a duty of care to one another. If a collision occurs, a court would decide whether you have breached the duty of care by asking what a reasonable driver would have done in the circumstances.

A reasonable driver would slow down and try to avoid a collision. If that means making space, so be it. If making space would put pedestrians in danger then you may not be at fault if you don't make sense.

As long as your actions are an effort to prevent injury to people and property, you're probably okay. You could still be found to have breached your duty of care if your intentions were good but a reasonable driver would not have acted in the same way. Ie you made a bad decision with the best of intentions.

Hope that makes sense.