Originally Posted by
awa355
Wot 'E says, Govt knows best.
Now, here's one to mull over, I'm coming up to a stop sign and want to turn left. The double yellow lines stop about 1/2metre out from the curb. If I ride my bike through the gap between the curb and the end of the yellow lines, have I ridden through a stop sign according to the law?.
Yes you have ridden through a stop SIGN. The lines are only guides, read the code, it says something like stop before the intersection in a position so you can see the way is clear, sometimes the lines are short of the intersection, but f****ed if I would want to argue that one, and often you can stop behind the car at the lines and still see if the way is clear, good luck arguing that one as well, but I have used this at some intersections.
As to cutting the corner, you can legally cross white lines but to do what you did is cutting the corner and this is an indication you don't have control of the vehicle, therefore CBTA demerit. I have heard it used to identify drunks as well, they got him
Watch how many people bump the curb when parking, for licence testing this is defined as a crash , add a stall and you have a resit. In regards to the tougher tests making the roads safer I am sorry but in my opinion the OPs failure is more of a risk to safety than a parallel parker touching the curb (mounting the curb is totally different) or stalling.
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