In message , at
21:49:51 on Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Portsmouth Rider
remarked:

It says "Do Not" rather than "Must Not", because it's a statement about
driving behaviour and not the law.

Some driving behaviour is so bad that it's also against the law,
much of what the Highway Code recommends needs to take the local
circumstances into account and is therefore not subject to a
blanket legal prohibition.

So, for example, it's not that bad to block a bus stop to drop someone
off, if there's only one bus an hour, and the last one that day ran
several hours previously.

Ah, we see.

Nothing to do with "what's actually acceptable behaviour" and "what
not", then.

If it's not acceptable behaviour then there will be a "Must Not",

Wrong.

Wrong interpretation.

There are loads of things which are unacceptable behaviour, which are
not necessarily illegal.

Agreed, I specifically mentioned that there are "Do Not's" which are
also unacceptable behaviour, according to the circumstances (like
dropping off children at the school gate, even in the absence of
Zigzags).

The difference with "Must not's" is they are *always* unacceptable.

because there's a vast array of laws about unacceptable behaviour.

For the behaviour marked as "Do Not", then it will sometimes be acceptable
and sometimes not, depending on the circumstances.

"Do Not" means, ummm, "Don't"

In the Highway Code, it's ummm, Code for "Don't do it when it's
unacceptable". If it was "Don't do it ever", then society would have
made it illegal (and hence bumped it into a "Must Not").

With a bit of luck, one day when you are deciding that a particular part of
the HC does not apply to you, you will have a major crunch. The very fact
that you were disregarding the HC will count heavily against you in any
legal proceedings, and also as far as your insurance company is concerned.

ALL road users should try and obey the HC ALL the time. Not just when it
suits them.

I agree, but not all of the HC rules have to be blindly obeyed
regardless of the circumstances. Dropping someone off at a bus stop late
in the evening isn't a crime, not is it even inconsiderate (to other
road users).

So now we have TWO examples of your being an arrogant selfish twit.

With a bit of luck, one day you'll learn how to have a debate about
issues, rather than an insult competition.
--
Roland Perry