Page 2 | Who has right of way? (with picture!)

DuckyMcDuck · 2021-08-16T17:03:32+00:00

Picture attached - it's a crescent with a no through road that comes onto it (where car A is). There are no road markings. No-one seems sure who has right if way. Anyone know?

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DuckyMcDuck · 16/08/2021 18:59

Thanks an interesting point @aerosocks, all the houses on the Crescent are X Crescent and on road A are Y Close.

I live on the Crescent and had a builders van (I'm mentioning this as I assume they were visiting not residents) nearly drive into me earlier. Because I know how dangerous the junction is, I'm really wary so had slowed right down, but he obviously assumed he had r.o way - although he did apologise.

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Imnothereforthedrama · 16/08/2021 19:02

It’s A , b Is joining the road that a is already on . I can’t believe anyone would think it’s b .
So if I was car (A ) and I was driving down this road then a car pulled out in front of me (B) I should just stop ? Course not unless it was a junction on had lights . B is turning onto a new road so should give way .
Similar where I live a road passes my road and before I leave the road I look both ways and give way to any traffic passing .

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DuckyMcDuck · 16/08/2021 19:06

Although as it's a Crescent, isn't B also already on the road?

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Fiddliestofsticks · 16/08/2021 19:08

@Imnothereforthedrama

No.

The large crescent, the road B is on, is the main road. It's a wide road.
The road A is on is a thinner road with a dead in. It's basically a cul de sac joining the main, wider carriageway. B has right of way.

Main roads can be bent. Side roads can join the main road at a bend, making it appear as "the road" on a diagram but it isnt.

We have a housing estate round here with 4 of these in it. All of them, the main, wide road bends round the crescent and the thinner side road joins in a straight line, but it is the side road and they need to give way.

Imnothereforthedrama · 16/08/2021 19:10

@DuckyMcDuck

Although as it's a Crescent, isn't B also already on the road?

But it’s a different road isn’t it that car b is on ? They are turning onto the same road as car A is already on ?

Flipflopblowout · 16/08/2021 19:11

Nobody has the right of way. They should both be driving carefully with respect to other road users.

Ozanj · 16/08/2021 19:12

You are moving from random crescent to random close. That means you have changed to a different road so of course A has priority

Sweetchocolatecandy · 16/08/2021 19:13

Car A has right of way. I work in insurance and we deal with scenarios like this all of the time.

Imnothereforthedrama · 16/08/2021 19:13

[quote Fiddliestofsticks]@Imnothereforthedrama

No.

The large crescent, the road B is on, is the main road. It's a wide road.
The road A is on is a thinner road with a dead in. It's basically a cul de sac joining the main, wider carriageway. B has right of way.

Main roads can be bent. Side roads can join the main road at a bend, making it appear as "the road" on a diagram but it isnt.

We have a housing estate round here with 4 of these in it. All of them, the main, wide road bends round the crescent and the thinner side road joins in a straight line, but it is the side road and they need to give way.[/quote]
I get that it’s the main road and they do bend but if that road that car A is on doesn’t have a junction then why would they need to stop and give way in the middle of the road ?

Fiddliestofsticks · 16/08/2021 19:14

OP said that the thinner side road (which A was leaving) as the close, but the the wider road B is driving around is all the same crescent. It's a curving road, X Crescent. The small side road with a dead end is Y Close and is joining onto the crescent.

Fiddliestofsticks · 16/08/2021 19:15

@Imnothereforthedrama

Well the OP did clarify after that it used to have junction markings which have faded and the could council never repainted. That's the council at fault, but if A has a different name from the wide, sweeping crescent road and is thinner, and joins onto the wide crescent then any competent driver would give way.

Peanutsandchilli · 16/08/2021 19:17

We had something like this near us. Road markings that were once there but had worn and then not been replaced once the road was resurfaced. After a few years and multiple complaints to the council, they reinstated the lines. If A is a side road and B is the main crescent then I'd say B has a cautious right of way. I'd definitely ask the council to add some lines though.

simbobs · 16/08/2021 19:17

B because if the roads have equal status you give way to traffic coming from the right.

trappistkepler · 17/08/2021 11:01

Just because a road has a bend, it doesn't mean it isnt the main carriageway. B is the main road and A is a side street with a dead end.

I agree. A is a no through road and B is also wider as you've stated. B absolutely has right of way - A is a minor road joining major road. Frightening how many people have this wrong.

trappistkepler · 17/08/2021 11:04

Car A has right of way. I work in insurance and we deal with scenarios like this all of the time.

LOL, get a new job

Fiddliestofsticks · 17/08/2021 11:22

@Sweetchocolatecandy

Car A has right of way. I work in insurance and we deal with scenarios like this all of the time.

Yeah, you need a new job then. Mainly for making a comment like that from a drawing by hand without any knowledge of the actual road.

It's been quite clearly explained that B is the main carriageway and A is a side road joining onto it and it also used to have junction markings which have faded.