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...

Zig zag operation

In our local area, Walton upon Thames, drivers are now regularly prosecuted for parking on the zig zag lines either side of the crossing in the High Street. This is done by CCTV: you get a picture of your...

Which lane should I use to go straight over a roundabout?

When I approached a roundabout with the intention of going straight through, I approached it on the left lane, but another car came up beside me on the right, squeezing between me and the roundabout, to...

Signs of the times

About twice a week I join a two-lane dual carriageway from a single carriageway road that joins it at right angles at a roundabout. Several times over the years I have nearly been hit by a car from the...

Dodgems

Please can you explain to me where I am going wrong? Yesterday, whilst driving around a roundabout, a car came from my off side, (I was travelling around on the left hand lane) and attempted to access...

Flash and toot

Are you now a part of dumbdown.gov.uk? Flashed headlights CONFIRM what the behaviour of your vehicle indicates. In other words when you have slowed down and are leaving an obvious gap for a vehicle to...

Lane excuse

I am having a problem with my car insurer regarding responsibility. I was involved in a recent crash on the M6. I was in the left hand lane when a lorry entering the motorway from a slip-road did not slow...

Kerbal remedy

I am in disbelief at your reply to the letter from DW. Are you really saying that it is an offence to park my car on the highway at end of my drive? If so please quote the law referred to. I know that...