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The Official Highway Code, 17th edition cover, 2022. The Highway Code is the official set of information and guidance for road users in the United Kingdom. Its objective is to promote the safe and efficient use of the road network.
In Great Britain, the Highway Code applies. [24] In Northern Ireland, the Highway Code for Northern Ireland applies. [25] UK speed limits apply only to motor vehicles and are shown in mph. [20] With a few exceptions, they are in multiples of 10, ranging from 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) to 70 miles per hour (113 km/h).
The action of undertaking, where the driver moves to the left of a slower moving vehicle to get past it is, although not illegal, discouraged on motorways under Highway Code 268. [1] This rule allows for undertaking to occur in conditions that cause the left-hand lane to move faster than the right-hand lane and for traffic to keep up with the ...
Highway Act 1835 s 72 (as amended by Local Government Act 1888 s 85(1)) prohibits cycling on footways (pavement beside carriageway). The fixed penalty is £30 under the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 s 51 and Sch 3.
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Highway Code; Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals; Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a comparable system in the United States; Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations, similar regulations for safety signs
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A bridleway is a highway that does not permit motor vehicles. Some bridleways also debar the driving of cattle. A carriageway allows vehicles, animals and pedestrians. Highways are vital for tenants and landowners because most property needs a means of access from the public highway. A property with no such means of access is called "landlocked ...