i ve come to a car testing track to get who else? a driving instructor to explain. this brings back memories. all pleasant ones, i hope. well, i passed eventually. all right for me to get in? yes. road users who can cause the most harm drivers of big lorries, for example will have the most responsibility for safety, and there ll be more priority for pedestrians and cyclists at junctions. so you come up to the junction, check my mirrors, indicate left. i ve got to give way if there s a pedestrian already crossing the road. is that going to change under the new guidance? new guidance is that if there s someone waiting to cross, you must stop in this hold back position. so even though they haven t actually started, i m going to wait here now until they ve actually crossed the road. correct. what about cyclists, as well? you must allow them to pass and go straight ahead before we proceed. ok. with no cyclists wanting to go ahead of me, and the pedestrian gone, i turn in to the next
what are the most common problems you come across? so the most common ones boil down to impatience, which is maybe overtaking too close and then immediately stopping in a queue of traffic, or overtaking me and then turning left across my path, forcing me to brake. guidance is about to be put into the highway code saying at least one and a half metres should be left when overtaking a cyclist two metres when overtaking a horse. but that s not all. some other changes to the highway code are due to come in soon including some things drivers really need to know about. i ve come to a car testing track to get who else? a driving instructor to explain. this brings back memories. all pleasant ones, i hope. well, i passed eventually. all right for me to get in? yes. road users who can cause the most harm drivers of big lorries, for example will have the most responsibility for safety, and there ll be more priority for pedestrians and cyclists at junctions. so coming up to the junctio
it s frightening. we don t want to have anything like that. i have no protection against a motor vehicle. guidance is about to be put into the highway code, saying at least one and a half metres should be left when overtaking a cyclist two metres when overtaking a horse. but that s not all. some other changes to the highway code are due to come in soon including some things drivers really need to know about. i ve come to a car testing track to get who else? a driving instructor to explain. this brings back memories. all pleasant ones, i hope. well, i passed eventually. all right for me to get in? yes. road users who can cause the most harm drivers of big lorries, for example will have the most responsibility for safety, and there ll be more priority for pedestrians and cyclists at junctions. so you come up to the junction, check my mirrors, indicate left. i ve got to give way if there s a pedestrian already crossing the road. is that going to change under the new guidance?