excluding overtakes and avoiding accidents.
more to the point, is it illegal to drive on the wrong side of the road to get to a turnoff, if in doing so you go past a traffic island on the wrong side? are there any cases of common law on this?
Once when I was actually taking my driving test I was flummoxed at the sight of a large pile of something or other in the middle of the road-- I simply can't remember whether it was roadworks or something else. I didn't think that there was room to pass by driving on the correct side of the road and I didn't dare drive on the wrong side. The kind examiner said: "I think it's permissible to drive on either side of this obstacle, don't you?" and I thankfully drove on the wrong side to get clear of it.
There are instances where because of an obstacle placed in your path you have to break the normal road traffic rules.
It's one thing to cross a yellow line to get to a turnoff, but I think being on the wrong side of a median or traffic island is really pushing it. In that case, the only legal justification would probably be to avoid an accident. Driving Left Of Center::
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Its not illegal to overtake and encroach onto the other carriageway. However continually using the wrong carriageway would be seen as dangerous driving. There is no excuse for driving on the wrong side of the road to get to a turn off. It doesnt come under Common Law but the Road Traffic Act 1988
There is one road in London. I think its off the Strand, on the approach to the Savoy Hotel to allow taxi drivers (or other carefull drivers) to let passengers out.
Sounds illegal to me.
Only to avoid hitting an ocean liner that has fallen out of a hang glider.
It would normally be considered careless driving, or in certain circumstances dangerous driving. Your defence could be that you were acting in accordance with the highway code - which sets out the circumstances in which you might need to cross to the "wrong" side of the road.
No, it's not illegal at all. I don't know WHY they have divided lanes and "do not enter" signs on the other side of the road.
I guess you mean prolonged driving on the wrong side of the road...
"Duress of Circumstance" is pretty much the only justification for such behaviour. The Beckams used it a couple of years ago to justify their speeding. Basically, if there's a threat to your health or wellbeing and the only way out of that situation is to break the highway code, then that constitutes D of C.
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If you are over taking someone and you can see if the other side of the road is clear and the lines are not solid then you can drive on the other side of the road, but it has to be safe and once you have over taken the other vehicle you must go back to the correct side of the road.
Well if you are at an intersection you dont have to drive on the wrong side
in england its legal
You broke the law, face your crime and do you time (or fine)
Only time your allowed to drive on wrong side of road is if you are directed to do so by the police, wrong way up a motorway for example if motorway has been closed and no other exit is possible.
If you have jumped a tailback to save yourself time that is no excuse
The only time I know of this happening is during an evacuation of an area due to a hurricane or wildfire. Then the Police block the entrance ramps. Both north and south bound traffic lanes are routed to exit the area.
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Is there any situation in which it is legal to drive on the wrong side of the road?