As of 29 January 2022, new regulations came into force aimed to improve road safety for vulnerable road users. The Highway Code’s introduction was updated to include a ‘Hierarchy of Road Users’ to ensure that road users who can do the greatest harm have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger or threat they may pose to other road users.
Also, the updated code has created clearer and stronger priorities for pedestrians, particularly at junctions and clarified where pedestrians have right of way.
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