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On Apr 2, 12:22=A0am, Mark McNeill  wrote: > Response to JNugent: > > > QUOTE > > >> If a driver is trying to overtake you, maintain a steady course and > > >> speed, slowing down if necessary to let the vehicle pass. *Never > > >> obstruct drivers who wish to pass.* ... [my emphasis] =A0 > > ENDQUOTE > > > > And when the driver takes evasive action to avoid the oncoming > > > vehicle which you've seen and he hasn't? =A0 > > > The word is "never". > > 168 is certainly quite a strikingly strict rule. =A0When you're driving, > and another driver wishes to pass you, do you really *never* obstruct > them?

On the open road, I never do. I *always* try to help people past as soon as is practical. That way, they can carry on at their chosen speed, and I can carry on at mine. They disappear off into the distance and I never see them again, so I am not delayed in any way. Everyone is happy. Only a spiteful busybody would wish to force someone to stay behind them when allowing them to overtake would not affect them in *any* way.