To wonder if they've changed the Highway Code and no one told me?

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Or far more likely when did drivers become so inconsiderate?

I've just tried to cross a fairly busy road at a zebra crossing. I stood with one foot on the crossing making it obvious I was trying to cross and five cars zoomed right past me.

I took one step forward, so I was 2 or 3 ft from the kerb and still no one stopped. When there was a very small break in the traffic I walked forward but was prepared to leap back if I had to. I made it across in one piece.

I'm a driver. I always stop when I see someone crossing on a zebra.

It was quite nerve wracking walking out before the cars had stopped and I'm a mobile forty-something. How elderly or less mobile people cope I don't know.

If you know there is a blind turning coming up on your left, just kept belting along above the speed limit. Anyone turning out can only see a hundred feet of the road ahead of you, to their right, so the sooner you get past them, the better!

And if they do check that hundred feet of road and it's empty and they hurtle out, and you almost hit them because you were being a dipshit and breaking the speed limit, give them a jolly blast of your horn to hurry them on their way.

Rule 13.6 On roundabouts if you bother to indicate at all, make sure you indicate before the exit before the one you want to cause maximum irritation when people innocently pull out in front of you this drives me nuts

Rule 15.3 Driving courteously is for cissies - if the obstruction is on your side make sure you barge ahead without giving way I stick my tongue out at them

They've been a bit slack amending the bit on mobile phones, I have to say. Last Highway Code I got a copy of was less than a year ago and it still forgot to mention that you can stop wherever and whenever you want to as long as you are using a mobile phone. After all, we all know you aren't supposed to use the phone and drive at the same time, so if your phone rings or beeps obviously you have to pull over, otherwise you'd be breaking the law.

Miss a call? Phone them back? Voicemail? What madness is this?

I think you should signal either as you brake.....

Even that is too late BreakfastAtSquiffanys. You should indicate so that other vehicles can anticipate that you are about to stop breaking in anticipation of turning off. Your husband's approach of braking as he turns is moronic - exactly what value does he think it s adding for other road users? The point of an indicator is to say "I am going to turn" not "Hey, look at me, I'm turning".

Total proof-reading fail on my part.

I think you should signal either as you brake.....

Even that is too late BreakfastAtSquiffanys. You should indicate so that other vehicles can anticipate that you are about to start breaking in anticipation of turning off. Your husband's approach of indicating as he turns is moronic - exactly what value does he think it is adding for other road users? The point of an indicator is to say "I am going to turn" not "Hey, look at me, I'm turning".

LOL! I nearly posted something the other day about Has the Highway Code Been Changed Lately to "Please Drive As Close as You Can to the Car in Front so as to Scare the Crap Out of Them" !

Oh and "Please Take Drivers by Surprise by Overtaking on the Inside or Indicate and Pull out Rather than wait for a Gap in the Traffic"

Polkadots - agree - no-one seems to pass right side to right side anymore - when did that become a thing?

I caused major huffage, fist-brandishing & swearing in the local small town because some daft woman wouldn't go behind me so we could both turn right at the same time she had to in the end

Also updated:

23.4a You must only park on the zig zags by a crossing. Do not under any circumstances park in the legal parking space two metres away.

25.6b You must always move forward in your vehicle and obstruct a crossing. Failure to keep the crossing covered at all times in a queue of traffic will result in a hoard of mutant dinosaurs attacking the UK.

147.13 Bus stops during hours of operation double as parking spaces. Those bus wankers can walk from the next stop.

RafaIs it has only happened once but that once has been enough for me to just assume anyone near the crossing will walk out now, i think i was just unlucky, new driver, guy on a phone in a huge hurry, he apologised. Done a lot more years as a pedestrian than a driver and realise not everyone will wait at zebra's as was taught and people do just walk into the road without looking up from their phone etc.

Ive put a 'Camera fitted' sticker on the back and it seems to have cut down tailgating and cutting in. Still not going out today though snow and Friday 13th

I live in an area with many mini roundabouts. The correct way to approach a mini roundabout where another driver is already on the roundabout and crossing your road from the right is to wedge your foot on the accelerator, place one hand firmly and continuously on the horn and to use the other hand to gesticulate at the other driver. Ideally you should also be mouthing obscenities as you plough headlong through the roundabout as fast as possible.

Glitter, there's an extra bit to 23.4a. If there aren't any zigzags available, double yellows make an acceptable parking place if you park all of your car on the pavement.

The entire Highway Code now has a caveat ''except when its me obviously''.

My favourite is - if you have a bigger more expensive car you always have right of way over smaller cars - Absolutely this! I drive a small convertible. It's a miracle I can manage to go anywhere

DH has been muttering about getting dashcams for us both. I thought they were unnecessary but I'm starting to reconsider.

We got stuck behind a car once just before approaching a roundabout. There's a convenience shop just before with a cashpoint. She'd just parked up in the middle of the road. Leaving the driver waiting patiently behind her. So we assumed the lady needed something in a hurry. Cash for petrol perhaps? Because nobody parks smack bang in the middle of a lane unless its important do they?

Add "it's perfectly acceptable to park up in the middle of the road to nip into the convenience store for a bottle of washing up liquid because it's not quite school run / rush hour time so it'll be fine and no one will notice" to these rules.

'fraid we did!

Can I ask a genuine question as a non driver?

What is the rules with people parking their cars on the pavements? At my DCs old school people did this all the time and they still do when they pass. It leaves very little room for pedestrians to manouvre around them, when you end up with two or three cars parked on the actual pavement bit they've done it for so long and no one had challenged them so was wondering if there's some sort of loophole or they're just taking the piss?

Tailgating is now apparently compulsory, particularly on country roads.
When stopping at traffic lights in a queue, make sure you don't slow down until the very last minute, thus scaring the crap out of the person in front of you.

I thought it was just me. I live in a rural county and drivers here seem to be getting worse.

24. When there's a queue of cars at temporary lights on the road you are turning onto, it's perfectly acceptable to pull out and sit across the oncoming Lane of traffic until someone the lights change and you can force your way into the queue. Especially when there are only 5 cars in said queue so you would have to wait about 30 seconds to join normally. Don't forget how much more important you are than those other cars!

You are not supposed to park on the pavement. But in practice some streets were built before everyone had cars, and if people parked on the road, there would not be enough road space, which would cause problems and be dangerous if ambulances could not get through. So the police take a common sense approach.

Ha yes to all these but have your faith restored. This morning as we stood at the kerb waiting for a 4x4 double cab with builder signage to pass so we could start across the treacherous ice mirror road he stopped and waited whilst we did our funny penguin slides and wiggled across. When the youngest fell and we had to tow him he just smiled and waited til we were all well away before departing with a cheery wave. The road he was in isn't even busy - I bet he indicates and everything!

Oops don't know why there's a random someone in there

It is because police resource has been solely focused on speeding to the detriment of all other driving "crimes" for years and they have got away with it. And once within the iron tanks they are invincible and the foul mouthed rude idiot sd card is activated in the brain function.

When turning right, no need to stop, wait for oncoming traffic to pass, and then turn at a clean right angle.
Just whizz straight across at an acute angle, cutting the corner right off, and if you miss by a whisker someone waiting to turn out of that road, they have no right whatsoever to yell obscenities at you.