cow in road did i do right thing?

[chrismcg1]

TonyRPH said:

Well, I think we've reached the tailend of this thread.

Correct. Or we could have been here till the cows came home.......

[RobbyJ]

[ninja-lewis]

Chimune said:

herewego said:

matchmaker said:

herewego said:

Lugy said:

I had a similar dilemma 2 weeks ago when I spotted an old man walking along part of the Edinburgh City Bypass, at a section of road with only a small verge of grass maybe a metre wide to walk on beside the carriageway. To be fair I did try 101 first but was on hold for a few minutes, then dialled 999 to report it. At first I wondered if I'd wasted police time, though the people I've spoken to since all reckon it was the right thing to do.

What was the reason for reporting him? I ask because as far as I know the only roads that you cannot walk on are motorways.

The A720 Edinburgh City Bypass is classed as a Special Road in the same way as a motorway.

Thanks for that, it's new for me.

How are the 20mpg 8:20am weekday tractors allowed on it then ? Used to pi$$ me roit orf.

Prohibited classes of traffic are defined in the relevant statutory instrument. Agricultural vehicles are probably permitted to keep them out of the suburbs (since you can't really go along the south of the bypass at the Pentlands). Certainly a case to prohibit them during rush hour as happens on certain roads. Learner drivers are the other main difference to motorway prohibitions.

Incidentally there's no NSL defined for non-Motorway special roads (NSL is defined twice for cars - once for All Purpose roads and once for Motorway Special Roads) hence the 70 roundels on the bypass and the A1.