Gareth wrote:Vehicle going uphill has priority because, on an especially steep hill, some with a low power to weight ratio may not be able to get going again.
If you stop on the way down, all you need to do is release the brakes to start moving. There should never be an issue where a road-worthy vehicle is unable to stop when heading down a hill.
ROG wrote:Gareth wrote:Vehicle going uphill has priority because, on an especially steep hill, some with a low power to weight ratio may not be able to get going again.
If you stop on the way down, all you need to do is release the brakes to start moving. There should never be an issue where a road-worthy vehicle is unable to stop when heading down a hill.
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Especially done where two LGVs are involved but the same principal applies across the board
michael769 wrote:While the highway code advises giving way to vehicles coming up the hill in my view neither vehicle has strict priority, and thus neither driver should have assumed priority. One could argue that both drivers should have realised there was insufficient space and both stopped before the collision, which would incline me to a knock for knock (or if one stopped and the other kept going I would err towards them taking the rap).
There are two caveats in my mind. Firstly he fact that the third party paused might reasonably have been taken to mean that they were giving way. The other remaining question in my mind is the suggestion in the account that they had just emerged from a road junction. Did they emerge when it was not possible for them to do so without causing your partner to change speed or direction? If so did the junction have a give way or stop marking?
The question in my mind is did either of these factors significantly impact the time and space that the descender had in which to react properly to the imminent collision?
Standard Dave wrote:I've always worked on the rule Daz mentioned from the highway code. Aside from legislation the highway code would be held above other books or training documents as the driving theory test includes questions on it and it is supposed to be common knowledge to all drivers (I know not true).
Was the road simply not wide enough for two vehicles or was the restriction caused by parked vehicles, a skip, trees/ bushes ?
fungus wrote:From the photos you've posted, it looks as if the driver emerging into the narrow road had vision, whereas the driver on the narrow road could not see the junction. Therefore, maybe the emerging driver could have waited.
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