Mini roundabouts 337Christian McArdle" wrote in message It depends on what the law says rather than the simplified version in the Highway Code. TSRGD2002 section 16 says about the warning sign for a roundabout (611.1): '(a...
out might I simply look straight backwards over my shoulder, and if any cars were to approach from either direction, I'd see them out the corner of my eye. Besides, 99% of them wait if they see someone reversing.
All well and true, but my point was that it's still easier driving out forwards than backwards.
length As for the bonnet length, if you are going to hit one of the cars, it's going to be the rear corner of the car that does it. This is even further away than the end of the bonnet.
Just as like to hit another car with the front corner as the rear corner - if you've got a fairly narrow space you're going to need to get the n-s-f corner as close to the car to your left as possible to give yourself space to open the driver's door. Yes, the rear corner could hit the car to one side as well, but you've got mirrors to be able to see clearly how close things are getting. Also, when backing in there's less risk of hitting anything with the rear of the car due to the mirrors giving an indication of how close you're getting, and by the time the front end of the car gets into the space you've straightened up, so pretty unlikely to hit anything with the front. And yes, the mirror does make things appear smaller, but it still gives a view of how objects are, relative to other objects.
Mini roundabouts 336Chris Hills" wrote in message I have just checked the wording in the 1993 version of the Highway Code (paragraph 124), it says about roundabouts, 'when going straight ahead...
are still monitoring something to your left and to your right.
My point is, it's easier to glance to the left and right when driving forwards than when going backwards.
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