A fool and his money..... Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Mercenary said: Is the justification safety? If so should be any 2 wheelers surely, powered or unpowered 😁? Well by that logic banning any vehicles at all would also be safer. And we should ban planes flying over it too, then there would be no accidents up there. Oh no, hang on, that would amount to it being closed and MTP doesn't like the roads being closed. Not the outcome he would have wanted when he wanted to ban cyclist up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 hours ago, Omobono said: I will be happy if we can get drivers to give a signal when they are approaching a roundabout and to give priority to the vehicle on the right , What if they're going straight on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 16 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: What if they're going straight on? Rule 186 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, Two-lane said: Rule 186 I don't need to look it up. If you're going straight on at a round about you wouldn't signal on the approach, unless you were changing lanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 19 hours ago, ManxTaxPayer said: Seems a bit daft not to change the IOM one at the same time, or shortly after. Perhaps February or March. 52 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: Why? Why not? It will result in a logical and sensible harmonisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: I don't need to look it up. If you're going straight on at a round about you wouldn't signal on the approach, unless you were changing lanes. You wouldn’t signal coming up from anachoar to go to the airport? I have a feeling you would fail your test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 49 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: Oh no, hang on, that would amount to it being closed and MTP doesn't like the roads being closed. Not the outcome he would have wanted when he wanted to ban cyclist up there. I wouldn't want to ban cyclist(s) up anywhere. I've never been a banner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Ramseyboi said: You wouldn’t signal coming up from anachoar to go to the airport? I have a feeling you would fail your test Not on the approach to the roundabout no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 13 minutes ago, ManxTaxPayer said: Why not? It will result in a logical and sensible harmonisation. But we're not harmonised with any other country in the world, why should we be with the UK? If these changes are necessary, why have we waited for the UK to enact them before we do? I would have thought the logical and sensible approach would be to use our autonomy in this area to reflect the needs and requirements of our road users, rather than just blindly following the UK,who, in highway terms is not particularly similar to our selves or much of the rest of the world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: But we're not harmonised with any other country in the world, why should we be with the UK? Well we are really, with the mainland. I've done an awful lot of driving in both jurisdictions and they are, to all extent and purpose, identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 minute ago, ManxTaxPayer said: Well we are really, with the mainland. I've done an awful lot of driving in both jurisdictions and they are, to all extent and purpose, identical. Is that based on intentive research ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Ramseyboi said: Is that based on intentive research ? It might be. But I don't know what that is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, ManxTaxPayer said: Well we are really, with the mainland. I've done an awful lot of driving in both jurisdictions and they are, to all extent and purpose, identical. Very similar, but through convenience rather than necessity. And given our abundance of politicians and senior civil servants, the latter would be a more logical and sensible motivation for change than the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: I saw this it’s typical DOI logic. Rather than admit their mini roundabouts are generally stupid and people drive over then because they’re installed stupidly they now pass laws to enforce compliance with their own stupidity rather than change the way they install their stupid roundabouts to make them functional. They simply never learn. They are the most incompetent people you will find in any government anywhere. As Nick Black said, "We need new standards" 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, A fool and his money..... said: I don't need to look it up. If you're going straight on at a round about you wouldn't signal on the approach, unless you were changing lanes. You don’t have to worry about such things when using the “Dial a ride” service. It’s ace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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