You stop because the Highway Code says that you have to. If everyone complies with it then it makes all road users more predictable and therefore safer.
If you want to be traffic then act as traffic.
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You stop because the Highway Code says that you have to. If everyone complies with it then it makes all road users more predictable and therefore safer.
If you want to be traffic then act as traffic.