The highway code is to be radically changed to improve safety for more vulnerable road users, (e.g. pedestrians and cyclists) vs those that present the greatest riskd, i.e. motor vehicles. This is a complete change from the current situation where vehicles have priority everwhere except on pedestrian crossings and short pedestrian crossing phases where signals hold traffic at junctions. The DfT saysthat the new hierachy would ensure that:
See here:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58021450
I expect the road lobby (as in drivers) will come up with a truckload of straw man arguments why this can't shouldn't and won't happen. It will presented as the endo of civilisation as they know it, (not necessarily a bad thing IMO, - and I say that as a driver, cyclist and of course pedestrian).
"road users who can do the greatest harm", (such as those in cars, vans and lorries), "have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger they may pose to others".
See here:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58021450
I expect the road lobby (as in drivers) will come up with a truckload of straw man arguments why this can't shouldn't and won't happen. It will presented as the endo of civilisation as they know it, (not necessarily a bad thing IMO, - and I say that as a driver, cyclist and of course pedestrian).