
“Unfair and unjust” – Haulage trade body RHA slams Highway Code changes aimed at protecting vulnerable road users | road.cc
Chief executive says hierarchy of road users is “inherently unjust” on drivers
UK haulage industry trade body the RHA claims that forthcoming changes announced last week to the Highway Code are “unfair and unsafe, and could put vulnerable road users at risk.” The assertion was made in a blog post published yesterday, the same day a cyclist was killed in a crash involving a lorry in central London.
The new version of the Highway Code, to be published in the autumn, will set out a hierarchy of road users under which those with potential to cause the most danger to others will be deemed to have greater responsibility to those who are more vulnerable than them.