Date: 09-11-25  Time: 22:53 pm

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maddog04

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Re: Cab gets my vote by default
« Reply #75 on: 03 December 2015, 01:54:01 pm »
sorry frosties..............are you one of our larger brethren then? :lol











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Re: Cab gets my vote by default
« Reply #76 on: 03 December 2015, 01:59:45 pm »
Gra.....I asked the same question at one of classes, answer was filter to rear bumper of vehicle closest to crossing........fine with that!

I then asked about filtering straight through to the rear of the lead vehicle on the other side of the crossing but still within the zigzags and was told not to pass the crossing just incase a ped appears/decides to walk across and you cannot see them......made sense but cannot say if legal or illegal move
I'd bet a penny to a pound though, if you passed the crossing and hit someone, you'd be on a sticky wicket in court (might even be a 50/50 given by the court)

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Re: Cab gets my vote by default
« Reply #77 on: 03 December 2015, 02:14:23 pm »
I slow down to walking speed when passing vehicle stopped in front of crossing - just in case I don't see a pedestrian. Even if the car is parked.

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Re: Cab gets my vote by default
« Reply #78 on: 03 December 2015, 02:15:23 pm »
sorry frosties..............are you one of our larger brethren then? :lol





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Fellow Scouser fella & ye mum gave me the pic this morning soft lad  :lol

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Re: Cab gets my vote by default
« Reply #79 on: 03 December 2015, 09:29:49 pm »
I then asked about filtering straight through to the rear of the lead vehicle on the other side of the crossing but still within the zigzags and was told not to pass the crossing just incase a ped appears/decides to walk across and you cannot see them.....

Sure, were I to filter past the front vehicle at a crossing now, I would first make *absolutely* certain it was clear and that there was nobody about to step onto it. Provided there wasn't, I would proceed, but, any uncertainty, I'd stop and wait.

Actually this is useful to me as there's a road in Portsmouth which leads to the bottom of the M275 with a Pelican crossing on it where you get a lot of traffic stopped at the lights on the roundabout at the end and it backs up past the crossing.

It's an S-bend and you can see clearly across it and you don't get so much traffic coming the other way, so it's great for filtering up the queue.

Previously, though, I've often had to stop because there's been a car standing at the crossing and I couldn't legally filter past them, but now I know that if the crossing is clear (and I can see it is), I can proceed instead :thumbup

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Re: Cab gets my vote by default
« Reply #80 on: 04 December 2015, 07:30:16 am »
I then asked about filtering straight through to the rear of the lead vehicle on the other side of the crossing but still within the zigzags and was told not to pass the crossing just incase a ped appears/decides to walk across and you cannot see them.....


Sure, were I to filter past the front vehicle at a crossing now, I would first make *absolutely* certain it was clear and that there was nobody about to step onto it. Provided there wasn't, I would proceed, but, any uncertainty, I'd stop and wait.

Actually this is useful to me as there's a road in Portsmouth which leads to the bottom of the M275 with a Pelican crossing on it where you get a lot of traffic stopped at the lights on the roundabout at the end and it backs up past the crossing.

It's an S-bend and you can see clearly across it and you don't get so much traffic coming the other way, so it's great for filtering up the queue.

Previously, though, I've often had to stop because there's been a car standing at the crossing and I couldn't legally filter past them, but now I know that if the crossing is clear (and I can see it is), I can proceed instead :thumbup

 
yeah but watch out for that speed camera near the Shell station it's only a 40 limit there!! :rollin

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Re: Cab gets my vote by default
« Reply #81 on: 04 December 2015, 11:36:18 pm »
yeah but watch out for that speed camera near the Shell station it's only a 40 limit there!! :rollin

Yes, I know. (Although it is a front-facing camera, so wouldn't catch bikes, but that's an entirely separate issue... :D )