Queue jumping- driving without due care?
Queue jumping- driving without due care?
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Ian Geary

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5,627 posts

222 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Title says it really.

Finally went to fill the bike (fuel light on: needed for work next week*) with traffic queuing nearly around a petrol station in a traffic island.

Just as I was getting into the entrance, a car a few cars back had cut in (where a road enters the traffic island)

Lots of hooting etc, but no fisticuffs or knives used.

Made me wonder: had it been captured on camera, would queue jumping constitute driving without due care and attention?

Scenarios given include cutting in front of a driver on a slip road, so a similar situation?


Ian



  • if anyone wants to know why I need my bike for work, it is because I am temporarily swapping jobs from charted accountant to daredevil rider in a circus.

Kawasicki

14,397 posts

265 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Ian Geary said:
  • if anyone wants to know why I need my bike for work, it is because I am temporarily swapping jobs from charted accountant to daredevil rider in a circus.
brave move

anonymous-user

84 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Did you tut, really loudly, but not so loud he could hear you. That is the British way.

CarCrazyDad

4,280 posts

65 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Ian Geary said:
Title says it really.

Finally went to fill the bike (fuel light on: needed for work next week*) with traffic queuing nearly around a petrol station in a traffic island.

Just as I was getting into the entrance, a car a few cars back had cut in (where a road enters the traffic island)

Lots of hooting etc, but no fisticuffs or knives used.

Made me wonder: had it been captured on camera, would queue jumping constitute driving without due care and attention?

Scenarios given include cutting in front of a driver on a slip road, so a similar situation?


Ian



  • if anyone wants to know why I need my bike for work, it is because I am temporarily swapping jobs from charted accountant to daredevil rider in a circus.
Being selfish = / = driving without due care and attention

Not even sure why it crossed your mind to be honest!

_Hoppers

1,718 posts

95 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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CarCrazyDad said:
Ian Geary said:
Title says it really.

Finally went to fill the bike (fuel light on: needed for work next week*) with traffic queuing nearly around a petrol station in a traffic island.

Just as I was getting into the entrance, a car a few cars back had cut in (where a road enters the traffic island)

Lots of hooting etc, but no fisticuffs or knives used.

Made me wonder: had it been captured on camera, would queue jumping constitute driving without due care and attention?

Scenarios given include cutting in front of a driver on a slip road, so a similar situation?


Ian



  • if anyone wants to know why I need my bike for work, it is because I am temporarily swapping jobs from charted accountant to daredevil rider in a circus.
Being selfish = / = driving without due care and attention

Not even sure why it crossed your mind to be honest!
Maybe/maybe not?



Graveworm

9,255 posts

101 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Ian Geary said:
Title says it really.

Finally went to fill the bike (fuel light on: needed for work next week*) with traffic queuing nearly around a petrol station in a traffic island.

Just as I was getting into the entrance, a car a few cars back had cut in (where a road enters the traffic island)

Lots of hooting etc, but no fisticuffs or knives used.

Made me wonder: had it been captured on camera, would queue jumping constitute driving without due care and attention?

Scenarios given include cutting in front of a driver on a slip road, so a similar situation?


Ian



  • if anyone wants to know why I need my bike for work, it is because I am temporarily swapping jobs from charted accountant to daredevil rider in a circus.
Usually it's inconsiderate rather than without due care.
From the CPS charging guidelines:
... when other persons are inconvenienced by the manner of the defendant's driving ..
This offence is appropriate when the driving amounts to a clear act of incompetence, selfishness, impatience or aggressiveness in addition to some other inconvenience to road users. The following examples are typical of actions likely to be regarded as inconsiderate driving:
...misuse of any lane (including cycling lanes) to avoid queuing or gain some other advantage over other drivers

Edited by Graveworm on Saturday 2nd October 18:04

Pica-Pica

16,648 posts

114 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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‘Driving without due consideration for other road users’ is combined with ‘Driving without due care and attention’ in section 2 and 3 of Road Traffic Act 1991 (which includes ‘place’ as well as ‘road’)

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/40/secti...

agtlaw

7,412 posts

236 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Pica-Pica said:
‘Driving without due consideration for other road users’ is combined with ‘Driving without due care and attention’ in section 2 and 3 of Road Traffic Act 1991 (which includes ‘place’ as well as ‘road’)
The offence of driving without reasonable consideration (also known as 'inconsiderate driving') is set out in section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. The 1991 Act amended the 1988 Act. It didn't supersede it. The above reference is nonsensical in the context of this thread.

The meaning of the aforementioned offence is set out in section 3ZA(4) of the 1988 Act.


Pica-Pica

16,648 posts

114 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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agtlaw said:
Pica-Pica said:
‘Driving without due consideration for other road users’ is combined with ‘Driving without due care and attention’ in section 2 and 3 of Road Traffic Act 1991 (which includes ‘place’ as well as ‘road’)
The offence of driving without reasonable consideration (also known as 'inconsiderate driving') is set out in section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. The 1991 Act amended the 1988 Act. It didn't supersede it. The above reference is nonsensical in the context of this thread.

The meaning of the aforementioned offence is set out in section 3ZA(4) of the 1988 Act.
Did I say it superseded it? No. The 1991 RTA as you say amends it, as can be seen by reading both. Thank you and goodnight.

Pica-Pica

16,648 posts

114 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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If challenged before getting to the pumps, the alleged offender could say that they were going to get a newspaper, and not getting fuel. In that way, they were not jumping the queue for fuel, but easing the queue for fuel, and thus being considerate.

agtlaw

7,412 posts

236 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Pica-Pica said:
Did I say it superseded it? No. The 1991 RTA as you say amends it, as can be seen by reading both. Thank you and goodnight.
Your input was poor. You were told it was poor. You’ve doubled down on your garbage answer. Such a typical PH response. Why even challenge an expert on the subject when you’re way out of your depth?

Derek Smith

49,923 posts

278 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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agtlaw said:
Your input was poor. You were told it was poor. You’ve doubled down on your garbage answer. Such a typical PH response. Why even challenge an expert on the subject when you’re way out of your depth?
Is it true that you are not Daniel Anderson and did not write Improve your Social Skills?

croyde

26,441 posts

260 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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Does beg the question.

On a bike can you filter past the traffic in the queue and go straight to the pumps like you can filter in a jam straight to the front of the traffic?

Asking for a friend.

anonymous-user

84 months

Saturday 2nd October 2021
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But would the CPS actually bother? Prosecuting people seems to be a secondary part of their job description...

livinginasia

966 posts

140 months

Sunday 3rd October 2021
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Also - does the size of the roundabout make a difference ? For example if you did turn left from the right lane by going round the roundabout to avoid a queue, but went out of sight for some time, who would know? On a small roundabout such as in the video posted above, it’s very obvious what the driver did as it’s in full view of everyone.

Honestly, apart from people calling you names, I can’t see why it’s illegal.