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Re: Road cancer

Posted By: Alwyn
Date: 13 May 2008 at 18:07

> Contacting the police about what ?
> Anyone is entitled to use the hatchings on the Didcot to A34 road.
> From your highway code.
> [Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10 & 26]
> 130
> Areas of white diagonal stripes or chevrons painted on the road.
> These are to separate traffic lanes or to protect traffic turning right.
> * if the area is bordered by a broken white line, you should not
> enter the area unless it is necessary and you can see that it is safe to
> do so
> So if you want to overtake, if its safe in your opinion, and you need
> to use the road to get past, then its perfectly legal.
> They dont seem bothered about the generally rubbish driving standards
> in Didcot, so why should bikes be any different.
>
Frankly the key word is 'safe' and it all too often is not. That road is so rarely safe for anyone to overtake on that it is a joke! It should be a dual carriageway and what it will be like with all the extra traffic using it, makes you shudder!

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