Stupid things on windscreens

Stebbo wrote:

"Little dude onboard"  always makes me want to crash into them on purpose... Car or bike 

never quite figured out why parents do that and often seen them driving recklessly. 

ErnieC wrote:

Stebbo wrote:

"Little dude onboard"  always makes me want to crash into them on purpose... Car or bike 

never quite figured out why parents do that and often seen them driving recklessly. 

See quite a lot of bad driving from drivers with the Christian fish symbol on the back too, do they think they're protected? I'm not religiously inclined myself but as my very devout centenarian father-in-law says, "God will look after you but he expects you to contribute."

Rendel Harris wrote:

"God will look after you but he expects you to contribute."

I like it.

I've met a few Christian drivers who avoid the fish symbol precisely because it might reflect negatively on the whole faith when they inevitably make a mistake on the road.

I can't find that in the road traffic act. Only in a section regarding maintenance in the highway code. Feels like a mis-quote taken out of context. Otherwise, screen-mounted satnav holders, which have been around for donkeys, world all be illegal.

Highway Code Annex 6 points to this piece of legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/30/made

We can probably dance around the legal wording when it comes to hanging things from mirrors and/or screen-mounted holders, but certainly appears to indicate the clear forward vision is required.

Or failing that there is simply driving without due care and attention.

ShutTheFrontDawes wrote:

I can't find that in the road traffic act. Only in a section regarding maintenance in the highway code. Feels like a mis-quote taken out of context. Otherwise, screen-mounted satnav holders, which have been around for donkeys, world all be illegal.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/30/made

"All glass or other transparent material fitted to a motor vehicle shall be maintained in such condition that it does not obscure the vision of the driver while the vehicle is being driven on a road. "

OnYerBike and Tom_77 have saved me the leg work.

If you use the online version of the highway code, then a MUST has hyperlinks at the bottom of the section to take you to the underlying legislation.

Just because you can buy something does not make its use legal. Although positions such as bottom right corner seem reasonable unlike stuck in the middle of the windscreen.

There's a whole range of offences that can fall under "Construction & Use" (CU endorsement code) that a driver could be done for if a police officer so wished, I've seen someone get a fine for having a slightly misted up rear window after failing the roadside "attitude test" and getting mouthy with a police officer.