They might see themselves as being perfect – passing the Part 3 apparently means you become faster than a speeding train, are able to stop a bullet with your testicles (or the female equivalent), are capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bound, and so on. But they aren’t.
Wysall Lane
Someone should perhaps explain that to the one I saw yesterday on Wysall Lane, in Bunny.
He’d stopped on this narrow country lane just on the brow of a slight hill, and just ahead of a right bend. About 5 metres behind him was a farm field gateway, which he could have used, and which mkost sensible people do. The road is national speed limit (NSL) and people in cars (especially 4x4s – it’s rural, after all) come flying round that corner. The road is barely wide enough for two vehicles unless they move very close to the grass verge (and slow down, which most don’t).
Quite honestly, he’d chosen a very dangerous place to stop and begin lecturing his pupil. Doing it on test would be an immediate fail.
EXCERPT FROM HIGHWAY CODE
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You MUST NOT leave your vehicle or trailer in a dangerous position or where it causes any unnecessary obstruction of the road.[Laws RTA 1988, sect 22 & CUR reg 103]
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DO NOT stop or park:
- near a school entrance
- anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
- at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank
- on the approach to a level crossing/tramway crossing
- opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
- near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
- opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
- where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
- where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles
- in front of an entrance to a property
- on a bend
- where you would obstruct cyclists’ use of cycle facilities
except when forced to do so by stationary traffic.
As the adverts often say – anyone can become a driving instructor. Unfortunately.