New Highway Code Published
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AN enlarged and more colourful Highway Code, the fifth Eince 1931, was introduced by the Minister of -Transport on Monday. It is widely on sale at 6d.: applicants for provisional driving licences will receive free copies.
The latest edition contains a section on rules to be observed on the motorways, restates the principles of the new double-white-line system, and clarifies several familiar instructions to drivers. The signal indicating readiness to be overtaken no longer exists (it was apt to be confused with other manual signalS), and the Code clearly states that there are no general rights of way at roundabouts.
The new motorway section introduces 25 rules. For urban drivers, a new rule states that a vehicle should not he driven forward at a green traffic light if it is clear that by so doing it will block the junction when the signals change.
Another advises that "when turning at a road junction. give way to pedestrians that are crossing." The use of headlights is advised in daytime mist or fog, and dipped headlights are recommended in built-up areas unless the street lighting is good.
The new Code indicates some 100 ways in which road users can transgress the law, and the diagram illustrating the stopping distances of motor vehicles has been redrawn to deal with speeds between 20-60 m.p.h.