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Rules for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians and road safety
The Highway Code is essential reading for all road users, including pedestrians, mobility scooter users, cyclists, horse riders, drivers and motorcyclists.
Who The Highway Code is for, how it's worded, the consequences of not following the rules, self-driving vehicles, and the hierarchy of road users (Rules H1 to H3).
Proposes amending The Highway Code to introduce a hierarchy of road users, clarify pedestrian and cyclist priority, and establish safer overtaking.
Campaign reminds people of important changes to the Highway Code.
Signals, stopping procedures, lighting, control of the vehicle, speed limits, stopping distances, lines and lane markings and multi-lane carriageways, smoking, mobile phones and sat nav.
Proposes amending The Highway Code to improve safety on motorways and high-speed roads.
A report analysing how well the social media channels for The Highway Code help users to improve their knowledge and behaviour.
Rules about animals, including horse-drawn vehicles, horse riders and other animals.
Rules for motorways, including rules for signals, joining the motorway, driving on the motorway, lane discipline, overtaking, stopping and leaving the motorway. A number of the rules for motorways also apply to other high-speed roads.
As a local highway authority (usually a county council or national park authority) you have statutory duties to record and keep public rights of way open.
An overview of the history of road safety developments in Great Britain, The Highway Code, and the driving test.
Outlines the findings of cognitive testing research into whether the revised Highway Code wording about automated vehicles was clearly understood by drivers.
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