Random driving question

[angstypant]

So having just driven along a standard road and encountering an 'abnormal width vehicle' as the preceding vehicle's signage said, it got me wondering what the rule would be if there was no room without one or both vehicles going up on the side pavements.

There was no way both the vehicle and the traffic on my side could pass so we on the opposing side all mounted 2 wheels into the kerb.

I think this isn't strictly legal.

pragmatic choice - you can either put two wheels on the pavement - drive slowly and carefully... or reverse out of the road and go around a different way...

Our laws will cover 99.9% of situations, but there are times when a bit of common sense is okay 😁

I've always wondered this stuff after hearing about someone who got fined for moving into a bus lane to make room for emergency vehicles to pass.

They were told the law is the law and under no circumstances could a car ever enter the bus lane and the fine stood

yes you probably need to choose which laws you adapt to common sense 😁

Anything which could come with a camera fine - don't do... unless directed to otherwise - so a bus lane with roadworks alongside is fine, but the bus lane should be suspended as a part of the roadworks / almost anything is fine if under the direction of a police officer in uniform and on foot (law allows for this) - otherwise, pragmatism is generally okay... e.g. you are not meant to go across a solid white line - but if you find debris from a lorry in the road, then going across the white line rather than having an accident might be the pragmatic choice!