questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Rule H1 of the Highway Code, a) what assessment she has made of whether the hierarchy of road users alters expectations of legal responsibility in collisions involving motorists; b) whether her Department has undertaken any analysis of how the rule has been interpreted by insurers, police forces, or the courts; and c) whether guidance has been issued to clarify that motorists do not carry automatic presumption of fault under the hierarchy.
answerText: The previous government did not initiate any assessment of the impact of Rule H1 following their introduction of the rule in 2022.Rule H1 of the Highway Code is an advisory rule. Although failure to comply with the advisory rules of the Highway Code will ...
heading: Roads: Accidents