{"id":1371,"date":"2018-12-03T11:13:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T11:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2018-12-03T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T11:14:09","slug":"the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should","title":{"rendered":"The Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Highway Code book is one of the most read in the UK, selling one million copies a year, however, it\u2019s very unusual to have heard of someone that\u2019s actually read the whole guide.<\/p>\n

Yes, the majority of the highway code signs \/ road markings and car section has to be read because of driving tests altering from year to year since 1931 and with the addition of driving theory test in 1996. Research suggests that less than a quarter of UK drivers actually return to the guide once they have passed their test.<\/p>\n

According to the Independent, the latest version of the Highway Code addresses a whole different driving environment, mentioning gridlock, environmental damage, cars driven by cruise control and the speed cameras that are appearing around the country. There are mixed opinions on the Highway Code – however, the guide is still generally recommended to know for driving in the UK but not essential, as no other country has anything like it. In the 1930s the Highway Code was only 18 pages of basic advice, nowadays it\u2019s almost 100 pages.<\/p>\n

The guide is not legally enforceable, but it does highlight the basic elements of traffic law. The instructions supported by law are identified with words like \u201cmust\u201d and \u201cmust not\u201d, whereas those that aren\u2019t are worded with \u201cshould\u201d and \u201cshould not\u201d. Not complying with the rules doesn\u2019t mean you are going to be punished in any way, but the advice can be used as evidence in court to establish liability, according to RAC.<\/p>\n

Most of the points in the Highway Code are common sense but some people still forget the simple things.<\/p>\n

For example, avoiding all in-car distractions, everyone remembers the obvious like not using your phone but other elements such as smoking can affect a person\u2019s concentration levels \u2013 having to first light the cigarette and then making sure they don\u2019t drop ash in the car etc. Eating and drinking is another one, having to look down to pick up what you want and then making sure you\u2019re not spilling anything in the car \u2013 if you really need to eat or drink why not do it before you\u2019ve set off\/ got to your new destination.<\/p>\n

Listening to music can also distract the driver \u2013 loud music especially which can mask other sounds such as sirens or other road uses warning you of a danger etc. and even changing the music as you would have to take your eyes off the road to look at the radio.<\/p>\n

The Highway Code mentions other things which seem obvious but it\u2019s likely you see a lot of them quite regularly. For example, poor indicating \u2013 this can be too much or too little, either way it can confuse the drivers around you and possibly cause accidents. Another reminder in the guide is that \u201csignaling does not give you priority\u201d and to not assume that the driver next to you will let you in just because you want to.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also flashing your headlights – we\u2019ve probably all done it and not realised it can be dangerous \u2013 for example indicating to another driver you\u2019re letting them out but someone else seeing that as a sign as well, if you see this just take caution before moving. Something else that you probably think is just common sense but is stated in the guide: \u201cyou must ensure you do not hit anyone when you open your door. Check for cyclists or other traffic\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the RAC between 2011 and 2015, there were 3,108 reported collisions where this happened as a factor in incidents attended by the police. Don\u2019t forget to look ahead and check your mirrors and blind spots before you open the door. If you are unable to do this due to worn windscreen wiper blades<\/a>, defective headlights<\/a> or faulty wing mirrors<\/a>, we can help. Worn brake pads<\/a> and brake disks<\/a> can lengthen the braking distances specified in the highway code, we can help with that too.<\/p>\n

Enter your registration number or car details into the search box at the top of this page to find the right replacement parts for your vehicle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are lots of other things in the Highway Code that you should hopefully know but if you\u2019re in any doubt just have a flick through next time you find it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Highway Code book is one of the most read in the UK, selling one million copies a year, however, it\u2019s very unusual to have heard of someone that\u2019s actually read the whole guide. Yes, the majority of the highway code signs \/ road markings and car section has to be read because of driving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nThe Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should? - Ultimate Styling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Highway Code book is one of the most read in the UK, selling one million copies a year. Do you know it all?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should? - Ultimate Styling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Highway Code book is one of the most read in the UK, selling one million copies a year. Do you know it all?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ultimate Styling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-03T11:13:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-03T11:14:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-highway-code.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"administrator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"administrator\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should\",\"name\":\"The Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should? - Ultimate Styling\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-highway-code.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-03T11:13:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-03T11:14:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a4e31c2fda63e43389755ff28766cbb0\"},\"description\":\"The Highway Code book is one of the most read in the UK, selling one million copies a year. Do you know it all?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-highway-code.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-highway-code.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"The Highway Code\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/\",\"name\":\"Ultimate Styling\",\"description\":\"Car Parts\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a4e31c2fda63e43389755ff28766cbb0\",\"name\":\"administrator\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14790fb01262904bfcc46a17f47d305937d9ed1d0d253be37a10dc6b66435546?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14790fb01262904bfcc46a17f47d305937d9ed1d0d253be37a10dc6b66435546?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"administrator\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should? - Ultimate Styling","description":"The Highway Code book is one of the most read in the UK, selling one million copies a year. Do you know it all?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should? - Ultimate Styling","og_description":"The Highway Code book is one of the most read in the UK, selling one million copies a year. Do you know it all?","og_url":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should","og_site_name":"Ultimate Styling","article_published_time":"2018-12-03T11:13:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-12-03T11:14:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-highway-code.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"administrator","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"administrator","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should","url":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should","name":"The Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should? - Ultimate Styling","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-highway-code.jpg","datePublished":"2018-12-03T11:13:10+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-03T11:14:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a4e31c2fda63e43389755ff28766cbb0"},"description":"The Highway Code book is one of the most read in the UK, selling one million copies a year. Do you know it all?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-highway-code.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/the-highway-code.jpg","width":300,"height":200,"caption":"The Highway Code"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/the-highway-code-do-you-know-everything-you-should#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Highway Code \u2013 Do you know everything you should?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/","name":"Ultimate Styling","description":"Car Parts","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#\/schema\/person\/a4e31c2fda63e43389755ff28766cbb0","name":"administrator","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14790fb01262904bfcc46a17f47d305937d9ed1d0d253be37a10dc6b66435546?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14790fb01262904bfcc46a17f47d305937d9ed1d0d253be37a10dc6b66435546?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"administrator"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1375,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions\/1375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}