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Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:16 pm
by Eddie Honda
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
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:23 pm
by Eddie Honda
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
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:27 pm
by SiC
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...
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:38 pm
by Eddie Honda
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!
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:41 pm
by Hooli
Autos have handbrakes?
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:22 pm
by SiC
Yeah, to stop the parking pawl being snapped/bent if someone bumps into the car rather hard.
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:16 pm
by Warren t claim
As a desperately sad eight year old, I read the Highway Code from cover to cover.
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:20 pm
by Warren t claim
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The more rural areas of Wirral still have the occasional old style road signs.
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:32 pm
by Jerzy Woking
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.
Re: The history of the Highway Code, in its 90th year
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:33 pm
by mercrocker
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.