2022-01-29
If you go out on the roads today, you may get a big surprise,
If you go out on the roads today, you'd better a plan devise,
For every clown that's out and about will stop and start for without any doubt,
Today's the day the bureaucrats changed the - Highway Code.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Unless of course you're a government bureaucrat obsessed by "safety" at any cost.
As a cyclist and motorist and occasionally a pedestrian, these rule changes strike me as being dangerous, if only because many, perhaps most people are unlikely to be aware of them.
So what happens when the aware meet the unaware and apply differing rules? The result will be near-misses, accidents, altercations, delays.
Now you could argue that many of these changes represent clarifications rather than real changes, and I accept that completely.
But some of these are real changes. And some are uncontentious (Eg: the "Dutch Reach").
What was wrong with the old rules?
Where is the science behind the changes?
Where was the public consultation?
The number one rule for staying safe on the road is "No Surprises!". It seems to me that these changes are likely to guarantee some unwelcome surprises.
Don't get caught out.
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