There is a risk of pedestrians, especially children, stepping unexpectedly into the road. You should drive with the safety of children in mind at a speed suitable for the conditions.
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Road users requiring extra care · Pedestrians
There is a risk of pedestrians, especially children, stepping unexpectedly into the road. You should drive with the safety of children in mind at a speed suitable for the conditions.
In the Highway Code, MUST and MUST NOT identify legal requirements. Advice using should, should not, do or do not can still be used as evidence in court proceedings under the Traffic Acts to establish liability. The introduction explains this distinction.
The Code reads in order, and each of these names the rule it goes to rather than saying only ‘next’.
The rules the Code files beside this one, in its order.
The other groups in this part of the Code, and the rest of it.