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d · January 13th 06, 10:07 AM posted to uk.transport.london

"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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Walter Briscoe wrote in
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Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:50:18 in uk.transport.london, Martin Underwood
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first. But suppose he's a second or so later and is just behind me.
Should I delay setting off to let him overtake me or should he wait
until I've turned? I reckon the latter.

I reckon the former. You are turning across his path. He has right of
way. A similar thing would apply if you turn across the path of a bus
in a bus lane.

Even if I'm indicating that I'm turning. I thought it was an offence to
overtake a vehicle that's indicating, on the same side as he's indicating.

It all boils down to the absurdity of a road layout where the left-turning
traffic is not in the left-most lane.

The one that always gets me is the fact that pedestrians have priority
over vehicles that are turning into or out of a side road. Why should
pedestrians, who normally have to stop at the kerb to wait for a gap in
the traffic (except at zebra crossings and pedstraisn lights, obviously)
be given precedence over vehicles at the most dangerous part of a road,
namely a junction with another road?

Pedestrians always have right of way, simply because they're more squishy
and easily broken than cars and trucks.