crosing a continuous white line

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Should be crossing a continuous white line

https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/motoring/cars/using/how-to-overtake-a-cyclist-safely says

"Well, a solid white line generally means that you cannot cross or straddle it unless you are entering a premises or a side road. However, Highway Code rule 129 allows you to: “cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle, horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10mph (16km/h) or less.”


Is there any leeway like this in ireland if stuck behind a slow tractor/cyclst/sulky on long stretch if you can see the road is clear

drake70

Nothing like that mentioned in S.I. No. 294/1964 - Road Traffic General Bye-Laws, 1964.

Continuous white lines

9. An authorised continuous white line along the centre of a roadway shall indicate that traffic must drive to the left of the line, and when on a stretch of roadway on which such a line has been provided a driver shall, save for the purpose of entering or leaving land or premises adjoining the right hand side of that roadway, drive to the left of the line.

Source: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1964/si/294/made/en/print

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Victor

This is the current provision: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/si/182/made/en/print#article10 amended by http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2012/si/332/made/en/print and http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/si/495/made/en/print

10 Overtaking

10. (1) (a) A driver shall not overtake or attempt to overtake if to do so would endanger or cause inconvenience to a pedal cyclist.

(b) A driver shall not overtake or attempt to overtake if to do so would endanger or cause inconvenience to a person other than a pedal cyclist.

(2) A driver shall not overtake, or attempt to overtake, unless the roadway ahead of the driver—

( a ) is free from approaching traffic, pedestrians and any obstruction, and

( b ) is sufficiently long and wide to permit the overtaking to be completed without danger or inconvenience to other traffic or pedestrians.

(3) A driver shall not overtake, or attempt to overtake, on a stretch of roadway on which traffic sign number RUS 014 [no overtaking] has been provided.

(3A) The end of the prohibition applying in respect of a stretch of roadway under sub-article (3) is indicated by the provision of traffic sign number RUS 014 accompanied by an information plate containing the word ‘Críoch/END’.

(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-article (5), a driver shall overtake on the right and shall not move in towards the left until it is safe to do so.

(5)(a) A driver (other than a pedal cyclist) may only overtake on the left—

(i) where the driver of the vehicle about to be overtaken has signalled an intention to turn to the right and the driver of the overtaking vehicle intends, after overtaking, to go straight ahead or turn to the left,

(ii) where the driver of the overtaking vehicle intends, after overtaking, to turn to the left at the next road junction and has signalled this intention, or

(iii) in slow-moving traffic, when vehicles in the traffic lane on the driver’s right are moving more slowly than the overtaking vehicle,

(b) A pedal cyclist may overtake on the left where vehicles to the pedal cyclist’s right are stationary or are moving more slowly than the overtaking pedal cycle, except where the vehicle to be overtaken—

(i) has signalled an intention to turn to the left and there is a reasonable expectation that the vehicle in which the driver has signalled an intention to turn to the left will execute a movement to the left before the cycle overtakes the vehicle,

(ii) is stationary for the purposes of permitting a passenger or passengers to alight or board the vehicle, or

(iii) is stationary for the purposes of loading or unloading.

cobhguy28

drake70 wrote: »

Nothing like that mentioned in S.I. No. 294/1964 - Road Traffic General Bye-Laws, 1964.


Source: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1964/si/294/made/en/print

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5.—(1) These bye-laws shall apply save where compliance therewith is not possible by reason solely of road-works, building operations or an obstruction to traffic, or because of an emergency suddenly confronting a driver, pedal-cyclist or pedestrian which he could not reasonably have been expected to anticipate.

Claw Hammer

Brecken Panicky Streetlight wrote: »

Should be crossing a continuous white line

https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/motoring/cars/using/how-to-overtake-a-cyclist-safely says

"Well, a solid white line generally means that you cannot cross or straddle it unless you are entering a premises or a side road. However, Highway Code rule 129 allows you to: “cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle, horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10mph (16km/h) or less.”


Is there any leeway like this in ireland if stuck behind a slow tractor/cyclst/sulky on long stretch if you can see the road is clear

There is unlikely to be a continuous white line is such a place. If there is, it is likely that there are concealed entrances or hidden dips.