Cars coming uphill always have priority apparently. Hmm possibly out of politeness or to help an HGV but not something I've read since the days when it mattered that your horse and cart would lose momentum. There is good stuff too but some of the advice is a tad misleading.

It refers to roads where there isn't room for two vehicles to pass, and is standard practice in alpine countries e.g. Austria, Switzerland, and obviously good practice in the UK as well.

The current threads on driving in France got me thinking as to what visitors to UK are advised. The "Visit Britain guide to driving in the UK" is a corker. It lists that you should have reflective jackets, triangles, spare bullbs etc as if they are mandatory. Contrary to the Highway Code it advises flashing lights ("go ahead") and dubious use of the horn ("when someone's driving is really dangerous"). Among visits it recommends driving to Oxford , one of the least car friendly cities in the UK and Bexhill on Sea, a lovely place no doubt but hardly top 10 stuff. Cars coming uphill always have priority apparently. Hmm possibly out of politeness or to help an HGV but not something I've read since the days when it mattered that your horse and cart would lose momentum. There is good stuff too but some of the advice is a tad misleading.

I always thought that vehicles going downhill should have priority as ones going up can more easily stop at a passing point, except on steep hills or narrow country lanes where the other vehicle is an HGV/Farm vehicle, where starting/stopping and manouvrability comes far easier to cars.

I would also say that every driver in the UK should also have a tyre pump and a pressure guage handy - all those potholes and poor road surfaces (including strewn with debris) mean that, despite significant improvements to tyres, the chances of terminal tyre damage is still quite high compared to other breakdowns (assuimg your car is well manitained).

The same could be said for a fully charged mobile phone (and with car adapter to help charge it needed) with internet function in case you need to find a tyre outfit or garage sharpish in an out-of-the-way area for items you know your breakdown service doesn't cover/can't fix and you can limp to a nearby garage for help, especially on Sundays.

Having one also helps in the event of an accident or to help prove you didn't stop at that motorway service stop or retail park car park for more than the maximum free period.

And finally...despite it being far more sensible (making the best use of the space and filtering in turn and reducing traffic jams), never, I mean NEVER EVER use all lanes on a dual carriageway or motorway right up to a coned off section when traffic is moving very slowly. You MUST, under all circumstances, stay in the lanes not coned off, from the moment you fist see the sign stating that the lanes will be reducing in X miles/yards etc. Failure to do so will result in:

1. Other drivers pulling out in front of you, blocking your way out of spite for doing this;
2. Other drivers shouting obscenitites, 'flipping the bird' and using their horn to signal their displeasure. Doing so back may get you or your car hit - especially on a hot day;
3. No-one letting you in, at least until the first person you passed after the first sign for the lane closure has passed you again. Twice as much if you're a rep. 5x as much if you're driving a premium German car.

Don't expect Plod to get involved, well, unless you want to be arrested. They have better things to do, like going after people telling jokes on YouTube, 'offending' snowflakes and dead/former Tory MPs, or other virtue-signalling activites.

Bexhill on Sea, a lovely place no doubt but hardly top 10 stuff.

...or top 100! The coast line is unsheltered, long, flat and boring. Constant gales preclude tree growth. The buildings which front it, apart from a few expensive houses at Cooden beach, are ugly. The 'beach' consists of flat sandy clay when the tide's out, or shingle when it isn't. Its single interesting feature is the de la Warr pavilion, a large white concrete art deco type building reflecting the design features of one of its German architect's previous efforts, a textile factory in Leningrad.

any mention of drive on the left???