An overhaul to the Highway Code has come into force, causing fears of 'confusion, conflict and danger on the roads' due to lack of awareness over the changes.
Rebecca Ashton, the head of policy and research at IAM RoadSmart, told The Times that the lack of awareness around the changes was "very worrying".
With a communications drive only planned to launch in mid-February, RAC head of roads policy Nicholas Lyes warned that there was a high risk of "angry clashes and, worse still, unnecessary collisions" in coming weeks. He said drivers were "likely to get hit by another vehicle from behind" if they stop on dual carriageways or fast-flowing A roads to let someone cross, also warning that pedestrians could be endangered if one vehicle gives way but another travelling in the opposite direction fails to stop.
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