Quick right of way question

Man of Honour
Joined
5 Jun 2003
Posts
91,808
Location
Falling...
There's a road I take to one of the places I go to work which always causes a little issue with traffic.

As you know if your side of the road is blocked you have to give priority to others.

If you're going uphill you have priority over those coming down hill.

However, what if you're going uphill, but your side of the road is blocked? Which one is more of a priority, going uphill, or your right of way being clear?

Not that this will make a blind bit of difference in this situation as people just drive up the hill blocking all the downhill people who cannot move owing to having cars parked on their side, who then block the uphill people when pulling out onto the road which means huge amount of hooting and waiting and frustration.

It's a trivial question, but I'd be keen to hear whose priority is most important. I'm sure a lot of you have had similar incidences.
 
Oh it doesn't cause me problems, at all, as I do the same. The problem manifests itself (here in London) when people make their way down hill, on the other side of the road (because their side is blocked) but then someone starts coming up the hill expecting the other person to move!
 
It's priority going UP hill - maybe it's just me that thought it existed. :p

Agreed about your side being blocked being more important though.
 
Indeed - I just wanted to check if the obstruction = lack of priority and the general consensus of OcUK is that yes that is correct, regardless of whether it is uphill or not.

I made the statement in the OP to see how much disagreement there was - it seems everyone here has the same idea as me. :)
 
Oh it very much depends in what mood the person is! :D

In Paris, well it's dog-eat-dog.

In the Med, you'd shout at each other, and end up having a beer later that evening, but still not have moved from where you blocked one another in! :D
 
Back
Top Bottom