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Old August 16th 03, 11:07 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.legal,uk.transport
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Conor wrote:
In article ,
says...
In article , Conor
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But what if your exit road is clear when you go into the box, but
gets blocked by oncoming cars turning left and then witing in a
queue? :-)

The law makes clear that this is allowed (if you are turning
right), even though the highway code does not.

Except you'll still get fined. That situatuion was what caused me to
get my one and only fine.

Sounds like a miscarriage of justice. Take it to the Appeal Court !!

It was on a roundabout at the top of the Tyne Tunnel. I was in an
artic and the coppers were stood on the island just taking down
numbers. Cars pulled out infront of me and I was forced to stop with
2ft overhanging.

If it was on a roundabout then the exception about waiting to turn right
wouldn't apply. (I assume you weren't waiting to go round the roundabout the
wrong way!)
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Richard J.
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