The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:16 pm

treehugger wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:15 pm Well in my copy it says you MUST switch engine off when getting out of your car, so can you be done if you dont?

Yes, if you encounter a jobsworth prick

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:23 pm

Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:16 pm
treehugger wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:15 pm Well in my copy it says you MUST switch engine off when getting out of your car, so can you be done if you dont?
Yes, if you encounter a jobsworth prick

Rule 239, https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway ... 238-to-252

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, section 107

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/198 ... n/107/made

SiC · Post by **SiC** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:27 pm

you MUST apply the handbrake before leaving the vehicle

Interesting. I often never bother to on an auto car. Even if not a good idea to...

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:38 pm

SiC wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:27 pm
you MUST apply the handbrake before leaving the vehicle
I often never bother to on an auto car.

You big CRIM!

Post by **Hooli** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:41 pm

Autos have handbrakes?

SiC · Post by **SiC** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:22 pm

Yeah, to stop the parking pawl being snapped/bent if someone bumps into the car rather hard.

Post by **Warren t claim** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:16 pm

As a desperately sad eight year old, I read the Highway Code from cover to cover.

Post by **Warren t claim** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:20 pm

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The more rural areas of Wirral still have the occasional old style road signs.

Jerzy Woking · Post by **Jerzy Woking** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:32 pm

treehugger wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:15 pm Well in my copy it says you MUST switch engine off when getting out of your car, so can you be done if you dont?

Well it can be stolen by an opportunist, as many are in winter when owners are "warming them up". Insurers will be laughing too.

mercrocker · Post by **mercrocker** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:33 pm

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:20 pm

The more rural areas of Wirral still have the occasional old style road signs.

Nice to see that, down here it would be uprooted and in the Red Field at Beaulieu the following September.

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