Yet another driver who didn’t realise that cycle lanes are not extensions of Give Way road markings. They chose to take, and completed, a driver education course as an alternative to prosecution.
This was at the junction of London Road and De Montfort Street in Leicester, UK.
Rule 172 of the Highway Code:
The approach to a junction may have a ‘Give Way’ sign or a triangle marked on the road.
You MUST give way to traffic on the main road when emerging from a junction with broken white lines across the road.
Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD schedule 9 parts 7 and 8
Rule H3 – Rule for drivers and motorcyclists
You should not cut across cyclists, horse riders or horse drawn vehicles going ahead when you are turning into or out of a junction or changing direction or lane, just as you would not turn across the path of another motor vehicle. This applies whether they are using a cycle lane, a cycle track, or riding ahead on the road and you should give way to them.
Do not turn at a junction if to do so would cause the cyclist, horse rider or horse drawn vehicle going straight ahead to stop or swerve. You should stop and wait for a safe gap in the flow of cyclists if necessary.
This includes when cyclists are:
• approaching, passing or moving off from a junction
• moving past or waiting alongside stationary or slow-moving traffic
• travelling around a roundabout
Leicester
UK
Failure to give way
Creep out
bike lane
cycle lane
cycling
cyclist
nose out
creeping out
bad driving
dangerous driving
Not complying with a traffic sign