Road Etiquette Whilst on going thru Red with clear road on all sides

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  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    Rather than advisory, I would treat all laws as mandatory unless there is a damn good reason to break them. You have to be able to justify breaking the law, which is a tough ask. In most cases I would suggest there is no reasonable justification.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    drlodge wrote:
    Rather than advisory, I would treat all laws as mandatory unless there is a damn good reason to break them. You have to be able to justify breaking the law, which is a tough ask. In most cases I would suggest there is no reasonable justification.

    The green and red man at pedestrian crossings is only advisory (since we don't have jaywalking laws in the UK).

    But apart from that, obeying red lights is definitely mandatory and not advisory...
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    drlodge wrote:
    Rather than advisory, I would treat all laws as mandatory unless there is a damn good reason to break them. You have to be able to justify breaking the law, which is a tough ask. In most cases I would suggest there is no reasonable justification.

    Given that you can get off speeding for really needing a number two, it can't be that hard! :lol:
  • ajmitchell
    ajmitchell Posts: 203
    Kerguelen wrote:
    Honestly can't believe I'm reading this.

    Your actions affect all of us.

    My actions in simply asking a question of a group?? Nowhere did I say I am currently breaking the law. However I did say I felt extremely vulnerable at times mixing with traffic who often are not looking on their inside. Clearly many different countries are considering this is a very really problem. Simply saying "stick to the law" is not that helpful. Saying "I feel your pain but stick to the law until the UK catches up in 10-20 years" would be better.
  • ajmitchell
    ajmitchell Posts: 203
    xdoc wrote:
    What would you do if driving a car?....QED

    If I was a some (not all) of the drivers I have come across I would drive as close to the left hand curb as possible, fail to indicate and then turn quickly left without looking in my mirrors....and once I caused a problem I would flip a gesture and drive off quick.
  • d_o_g
    d_o_g Posts: 286
    Rolf F wrote:
    noodleman wrote:
    D O G wrote:
    All traffic lights, road signs and markings should be treated as advisory only, when in any vehicle.

    Of course, the advice includes the associated consequences of acting contrary to the applicable laws.

    What I'm saying is, you should make up your own mind as to what your actions should be, the blanket 'don't do it, it's illegal' is not an intelligent argument.
    Bad advice.
    Oh, I don't know. Think of the fun you can have if you apply this approach to all laws... "Sorry Officer, I was treating the laws against murder as advisory only and he was a right pain in the ars*"

    See bold bit, if you murder someone, you should be doing so knowing that, if caught, you face life in prison.

    If you run a red light you do so after considering the legal and non legal repercussions. Non legal should be covered as you will have definitely made a full assessment of the situation and know that proceeding will not result in a collision etc. :wink:

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