Current Affairs

[Mervyn and Trish]

Should be maybe but sadly it's anyone who decides to launch across a road junction.

[Manoverboard]

Indeed so ... oh well, there'll be getting what's coming to them then

[oldbluefox]

Headphone wearing jogger man will not even need to break step now, safe in the knowledge it's his right of way to plough on. Worrying.

[towny44]

I find that pedestrians waiting to cross on side streets are quite frequently given priority by most drivers, so that particular rule should not be too onerous.
However the cyclists being "entitled" to ride in the middle of the lane, and alongside one another, is IMO a recipe for disaster
If motorists are now supposed to stay behind cyclists because the cyclist deems its unsafe to overtake, it is going to lead to massive frustration which will undoubtedly bubble over fairly regularly.

[Ray B]

The Met briefing room--"O K Team, today we are tasked to investigate parties held in Downing Street and to bring the perpetrators to Justice, and no officer Collins, we will not be using our Big key to get into Number 10"
If only the old bill would put the same effort to looking into normal crimes. A lot of money, time and effort for a £100 fine. You may be lucky to see a policeman, if you were the victim of crime.

[Onelife]

The new rule states....when people are crossing or waiting to cross at a junction, other traffic should give way. if people have started crossing and traffic wants to turn into the road, the people crossing have priority and the traffic should give way

Could / should this ' People Crossing ' be the area with a pedestrian Crossing painted on it rather than simply a number of people crossing a road ?

Hi Mob,

I would have thought that if the footfall of people warrants a painted crossing then that would be safer than them just stepping into the road… however any such crossing should be placed at a distance that allows traffic to flow freely around junctions imo

[Onelife]

Headphone wearing jogger man will not even need to break step now, safe in the knowledge it's his right of way to plough on. Worrying.

I hadn't thought about that one Foxy but you're right

[Kendhni]

The new rule states....if people have started crossing and traffic wants to turn into the road, the people crossing have priority and the traffic should give way

I thought that always was the rule ... if someone is already on the road then the traffic should give way to them.

I remember when I used to drive a diesel car and had to drive past cyclists riding multiple abreast, I for some reason seemed to always miss my gear selection when pulling back in causing my diesel to rev horrendously. I felt sorry for the cyclists because they were left to cycle through a huge plume of diesel smoke.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I think the change is drivers are now supposed to give way if pedestrians are dithering thinking about crossing, not just if they're already underway.

[oldbluefox]

In the real world many of these situations will sort themselves out with a bit of care and common sense (as they always have done). There will always be the odd idiot who is the exception to the rule.

[Onelife]

I think the change is drivers are now supposed to give way if pedestrians are dithering thinking about crossing, not just if they're already underway.

Yes! that's my understanding.

[Manoverboard]

It's a bit like taking granny across the road when she didn't want to go ...

[Onelife]

In the real world many of these situations will sort themselves out with a bit of care and common sense (as they always have done). There will always be the odd idiot who is the exception to the rule.

At the end of the day Foxy we can just do as we normally do… "hey! Get the fu*k out of the way you plonker"

[Mervyn and Trish]

In the real world many of these situations will sort themselves out with a bit of care and common sense (as they always have done). There will always be the odd idiot who is the exception to the rule.

I think you're right. Which makes the change even more nonsense. If it ain't broke why fix it?

I heard, by the way, that it is illegal to drive without headlights when it's raining iin Sweden. My question is how the hell am I supposed to know if it's raining in Sweden?

[Manoverboard]

No Police type delay for the ' party report ' ... I can hardly wait

[Onelife]

In the real world many of these situations will sort themselves out with a bit of care and common sense (as they always have done). There will always be the odd idiot who is the exception to the rule.

I think you're right. Which makes the change even more nonsense. If it ain't broke why fix it?

I heard, by the way, that it is illegal to drive without headlights when it's raining iin Sweden. My question is how the hell am I supposed to know if it's raining in Sweden?

That’s the attitude that keeps us all smiling

[oldbluefox]

No Police type delay for the ' party report ' ... I can hardly wait

I'm literally squeaking with excitement

[Mervyn and Trish]

I won't be able to sleep tonight now.

[towny44]

No Police type delay for the ' party report ' ... I can hardly wait

I'm literally squeaking with excitement

Am I bovvered!!!! Nope.

[Stephen]

And what's the worse that can happen, a fine at best.

[oldbluefox]

Not a public execution?

[Stephen]

Not a public execution?

If only

Stick me down for a front seat and a bag of rotten apples

[Kendhni]

Boris at his best ... doing something he is good at .. light banter
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/b ... -v5e9c2a5b

[Onelife]

Boris at his best ... doing something he is good at .. light banter
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/b ... -v5e9c2a5b

”It’s the way I tell’ em”

I loved Frank Carson another great comedian

[Mervyn and Trish]

You see. There was a plan after all. No cock ups at all.