Drivers are calling for new Highway Code changes to be axed after two days
01.02.2022 - 20:07
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Drivers in the UK are calling for the latest changes to the Highway Code to be axed over fears they could be unsafe.
The new Highway Code rules were introduced on Saturday, January 29.
Some of the rules which changed include right of way at roundabouts and the introduction of the 'Dutch reach' method for opening your door.
Action group Voters for Motors is worried that a new road user hierarchy could result in an increased number of road traffic accidents.
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The group is set to meet on Tuesday to look at potentially scrapping the updated rules to the Highway Code.
Voters for Motors is formed of individuals from organisations like FairFuelUK, the Motorcycle Action Group and the Alliance of British Drivers.
Voters for Motors said they planned to assemble on Tuesday over Zoom to discuss how they can challenge the new Highway Code.
A spokesperson said: “Our concerns over the Highway Code include the fact that encouraging the undertaking and overtaking of vehicles intending to turn by cyclists will cause more crashes that drivers will be blamed for under the new ‘hierarchy of road users’,” they told MailOnline.
The newly introduced “hierarchy of road users” establishes that quicker or heavier modes of travel have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger or threat they may pose to others on the road.
Cyclists have also received fresh guidance to ride in the centre of a lane on quieter roads, in slower-moving traffic and at the approach to junctions in order to make themselves as clearly visible as possible.
They’ll also be reminded they can ride two abreast – as has always been the case and which can be safer in large groups or with