Giving way on a hill

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  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 8,207 Forumite
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    Exemplar wrote: »
    I'll back up most on here. People coming up have right of way.

    No, they haven't.

    First, there is no such thing as right of way.

    Second, the Highway Code only says you should give way to them on single-track roads. There is no mention of the situation on normal roads.

    However, it does say we should be considerate to other road users at all times, and as others have said this "unofficial rule" is an example of courtesy and consideration.
  • Richard53
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    Car_54 wrote: »
    First, there is no such thing as right of way.

    Second, the Highway Code only says you should give way to them on single-track roads. There is no mention of the situation on normal roads.
    I was careful not to use the term in my OP, saying 'give way' instead. I agree; there is no 'right', just learning ways in which being considerate can help everyone to have a better day.
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  • Richard53
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    edited 12 October 2016 at 8:33PM
    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    That was known as the suicide lane.

    You don't see many (any?) about these days.
    There are still some about. There's a stretch I use every day between home and work. About a mile long, dead straight, significant gradient, three lanes and a blind summit at the top. It's also the only reliable overtaking opportunity for a couple of miles either way, so the middle lane gets used a lot. It's marked as two lanes up, one lane down, so not strictly a shared lane, but it's often used that way, especially late at night. There was a huge accident near to the top a few years ago, when some Barry Boys were racing up the hill, and one muppet decided to use the single down lane as a lane to overtake people who were already overtaking going uphill. Some other cars came over the brow of the hill going down, and there was carnage. No-one killed, thank goodness, but some serious injuries. Three jailed.


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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-30574895


    I use the centre lane a lot, but it's always with eyes peeled and a careful right foot.
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  • NBLondon
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    Car_54 wrote: »
    Second, the Highway Code only says you should give way to them on single-track roads. There is no mention of the situation on normal roads.
    I wouldn't be surprised if when that rule was first written, the situation of both sides of a "normal" road being jammed with parked cars thus making it effectively a single-track road wasn't as common as it is today.


    As I said before - my father taught me the rule of thumb and since he learned to drive in the 1960s on tractors it was probably far more useful then.
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