hir wrote:akirk wrote:I think misuse would have to be to use a lane for a non-intended purpose
e.g. cycle lane with car in it / hard shoulder for general driving / etc.
not using a lane and going around a roundabout following all the highway code
would be very surprised if that could stick!
Alasdair
I think you have to read the whole sentence to gain its intended meaning, not just one word. The whole sentence is:
"misuse of any lane (including cycling lanes) to avoid queuing or gain some other advantage over other drivers;"Lane two is not generally regarded as being intended for use by anyone wishing to turn left. Hence the
"misuse" of lane two if its use is intended to facilitate turning left. For the accusation to stick, the "misuse" must have the intention behind it to...
"avoid queuing or gain some other advantage over other drivers". Which it does, viz. "avoiding a queue" of other vehicles waiting in turn to turn left.
I think that I would read it differently...
the operative word is 'to' not 'by'
so the misuse is separate from the outcome - i.e. it is not misuse of any lane by avoiding queuing / etc.
so the avoiding queuing etc. doesn't cause the misuse, it is when the two are put together that you have an issue...
so you have to look at what misuse is separate from the outcome, and use of a hard shoulder / bus lane / cycle lane etc. is misuse in its own right...
it basically says that when you have misuse for the purpose of gaining advantage, that is an issue, whereas presumably misuse for another purpose (e.g. puncture / breakdown / dropoff / etc. might be allowed) there is nowhere that I know of in the HC which actually prohibits avoiding queuing / gaining advantage over others... it is only in putting the two together...
therefore as the lane is designed for cars to drive along and progress onto the roundabout, its use for that purpose is not misuse, so no issue
Alasdair