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Saturday 5th December 2009
I still don't know who has right of way
So, picture this . . . you're coming up to a 'give way' sign at a cross-roads. You're coming from a minor road, hoping to turn right onto a major road. You're driving a car on a UK road (hey, you never know, I get web-bots reading this stuff from all over). However, this ain't a straightforward T-junction. Directly opposite there's a no-entry road where traffic emerges, turning right, left or straight on. There's no traffic on the major road and you're thinking you're clear to set off when a car appears from this no-entry road opposite and they're waiting to turn left. So these two cars are facing each other, blocking each other's path and you're thinking,
 
"Who the hell has priority here?" I don't know. The Highway Code isn't exactly clear. So who does what? Such a junction, of course, exists nearby and M**** had a similar problem to that described above, although when you add a load of non-verbal communication between drivers (and passengers) and confusion on the part of both drivers as to who has priority you have a recipe for disaster. Although the disaster in this case wasn't so much a disaster but rather an escalation of angry and entirely unclear non-verbal communication.
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