It doesn't disapply it.
It recognises that it may not always be *possible* to follow its advice, so it qualifies it by saying "if you can".
i.e. if it is possible for you to do so, then you should do so.
Correct.
But the conditions are not "if it is more convenient", but "if you can".
Not in English.
Not at all.
It means "more than half". It could be anything from 51% to 99% (not allowing for parts of a percentage point).
I believe in this case, it is quite a large "most", but I wouldn't like to try and quantify it exactly.
I have come across driveways such as you mention, but I have come across a lot more without that problem.
I buttumed you must, if you have such a problem with your drive.
I'm not ignoring anything.
I take them to mean "if it is possible for you to do so".
No, they are there to take account of the situation where it is simply not possible to follow the advised choice.
But just because you *can't* does not mean it is a "good" thing to do it the way circumstances force upon you.
It is ill-advised, but you have no choice but to take the ill-advised route if you *can't* take the advised route.
That is why I said "almost certainly".
But you did say that it is a high enough hedge to block the view from next door. And from several other properties. Which does tend to imply that the hedge comes to the edge of your property.
Of course I have no idea how wide the pavement-verge outside may be, so it is possible you can reverse out far enough to see before the rear of your car extends into the road.
That is why I said "almost" certainly.
And yet you seem to think that "if you can" means "if it is more convenient".
I didn't make a response where I ignored the bit about safer.
I made a response where I disagreed with the bit about safer.
Yes.
But it is virtually impossible for it to be safer to reverse out of a driveway than to reverse in.
Even when visibility is clear, it is almost always safer to reverse from the more major "road" onto the more minor one. And a driveway is effectively a more minor road. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Bald: follicularly challenged. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
