Highway Code rules 2022 – Everything you need to know about the new changes being enforced NOW as 50 added or amended
- Six major changes to the highway code in 2022
- How smart motorways and numbers plates will change this year
- The rule change that gives cyclists priority over drivers
MAJOR Highway Code changes have come into force – with drivers, cyclists and pedestrians urged to brush up the new rules.
The changes came in on Saturday and are essentially designed to improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders, by targeting larger vehicles with a swathe of new rules.
The biggest Highway Code rule change is the new “hierarchy of vehicles”, which means the more damage your vehicle can do, the more responsibility you have to ensure you don’t put less-threatening road users at risk.
The hierarchy is now, in order of priority: pedestrians; cyclists; horse riders; motorcyclists; cars/taxis; vans/minibuses, with large passenger and heavy goods vehicles at the bottom.
What that means in reality is that you have ultimate responsibility to ensure you don’t increase the risk for every vehicle above yours in the list.
Read our Highway Code live blog below for the latest updates…