Keep Clear sign outside house

[mike42]

Hello All

We're on a main road (B road one lane in each direction). There is a traffic lights perhaps 30M up the road and sometimes cars queue back from it. Outside our house (and the one opposite) is a road marking "Keep Clear".

I had always assumed it was put there to allow vehicles leaving our house and our neighbours property (small block of flats so quite busy) to join the road if the cars are queuing. However, after ten years of being here one car got annoyed and started beeping after I pulled out and went into the Keep Clear area. It got me thinking.

So my question is despite the markings apparently being there due to us and neighbours, am I still wrong for moving over the area ? How should I pull out of my house onto the road if there is constant queueing traffic outside ?

[mike42]

Sorry to bring up my old thread but just realised it wasn't clear that the "Keep Clear" sign is in the furthest lane (the traffic heading to the right). Also, one space after that is a traffic lights so it is almost always the case when I come out of my drive to turn right, that there is one car waiting at the lights followed by the "keep clear" followed by one or two more cars.

So is the consensus I can turn right and stop on the keep clear or should I wait for the traffic lights to change, the traffic to move past and then try and get out before they go red again ?

And if I can't stop on the keep clear sign, what is it for ?

[mike42]

So in this diagram, the "Keep Clear" would be where the yellow car is. Traffic lights are just off the picture at the bottom. SIde road is my drive.