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Recent interest in the Highway Code raises the question of the clauses that begin with the words DO NOT, which are only advisory, and can be ignored without penalty, especially parking situations. One...

Q cars

I understand that some classic/vintage car drivers when proceeding at about 40mph on an unrestricted single carriageway with a queue of traffic behind them have been stopped by the police and either cautioned...

Should flashing headlights as a signal be added to the Highway Code?

We have had previous correspondence about headlight flashing. I see that in yesterday’s Telegraph you at last seem to be accepting that flashed headlights indicate ‘come on’ or ‘I am giving way’, whatever...

Could you start a special advice column about how to drive safely on motorways?

A couple of recent letters in your column worryingly reveal how unaware some fellow drivers are of how to drive more safely on motorways. The most common failures can all be summarised, in my view, by...

The Highway Code says that motorists joining a motorway from a slip road are bound to give way - do you agree?

I have just read your response to a reader concerning how to join a motorway. The reader wrote that drivers joining the motorway have no right of way but your reply says otherwise. You wrote: “The priority...

Why did you write that people joining a motorway from a slip road should expect drivers on the motorway to give way?

Your reply in the Telegraph suggests that people joining the motorway should expect drivers already on the carriageway to give way when it is very clear that the responsibility for merging safely is firmly...

Why don't you condemn tailgaters when you write about obstructive drivers?

In your reply to TM of Tunbridge Wells you supported his view regarding obstructive drivers. I would also have liked you to condemn tailgating, as there is never an excuse for it for whatever reason. It...

Why can't drivers obey the basic commands of the original Highway Code?

The very first sentence of the very first Highway Code of 1930 reads - "Always be careful and considerate towards others." The paragraph goes on "As a responsible citizen you have a duty to the community...

Highway Code and parking

My granddaughter is about to take her driving test, and consequently I have been revising my highway code, via the AA's 2007 edition. There seems to be very dubious, if not erroneous, advice on the topic...

The Shining

The Highway Code states that: “You must use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced…..You may also use front or rear fog lights but you must switch them off when visibility improves.” What then...