13-12-16, 01:43 AM
(13-12-16, 12:34 AM)mtread link Wrote:Quote:Cyclist should still be paying attention to side roads, and presume someone will pull out, as you should do on a motorbike.If they don't pull out, that's a bonus.True, but legally they are in the right and the car is at fault. If you are on a main road you have right of way over someone pulling out of a side road, whatever the circumstances.
Highway Code para 172 Road Traffic Act Regs 10(1), 16(1) & 25
http://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/using-the...o-183.html
Who gives a shit about "legally"?
Legally won't matter when you're under a cars wheels!
Attention to detail is the way forward!
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