He was right,dead right,as he drove along but he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong!

No Mr Van Driver.

Road is clear nothing coming coming

If your doing a manouevre that causes another vehicle to reduce speed or stop then you are, basically, in the wrong.

Simples

dvd.

No quite so 'simples' really. If that were the case no-one would ever be able to turn a corner in case the vehicle behind had to slow down. Think of the other myriad manoeuvres that we or others perform every day when this is true also. I drive regularly on country/single carriageway roads, where simply being there causes other vehicles to slow down or stop (me included of course!).

So, there are degrees & exceptions. For the OP, I'd suggest, the safe option would be to let the other vehicle pass - although a courteous driver would slow if they had 'come upon' you suddenly & you were reasonably & safely carrying out your manoeuvre. Many drivers aren't courteous or patient of course, hence my advice about stopping & letting the other vehicle pass - a crash, whoever's fault is never any fun!

Common sense on both drivers would be my answer.

Thats how I approach it.

Better be red than dead.

Example I was pulling away from a kerb, checked road it was clear started to pull out checked again so I commited, then a mini comes zooming up while I was virtually clear and I was making sure I did not clip the edge of the car parked in front, squeezed though a tiny gap and I must have missed it by inch

Backing out of car parking spaces your often in blind spots, then cars appear that have turned in going onto the other side of the road and not stopping

I agree with you Doc if you just started and failed to see the car coming, but when the other vehicle was not there before hand then the other driver comes across the obstacle then it is up to them to pass safely or give way, I would think

The highway code says you should give way to large vehicles in such instance

What is a large vehicle?

Sorry for spelling mistakes spell checker does not work on this site

Edited by julie page on 06/03/2011 at 13:15