Yellow Boxes, why are there?
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The law states, 'do not ENTER the box unless your exit is clear' so there can be no excuse, if you can't get a cars length past the box, then you just don't enter it. Yes there are loads of people, and not only in the UK, who just don't know how to use them, and i suspect that many don't even know what they mean
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Well they'll have to soon as there will be an automatic fine. Just worried though, if your'e turning right and then suddenly the car in front stops and you are still on the box, the lights change to Red and you haven't been able to move, I assume you will also get the fine and it wasn't your fault.
Try the DVLA website.
The essence of a yellow box is that you do not enter it unless your exit is clear and not anticipated to be clear. If the car in front stops and leaves you stranded in the middle of of the box, it's your fault. This has always been the case but if they start handing out fines for it, light-controlled crossings will become grid locked with fights breaking out in the traffic queue.
get a digi camera take a photo of em send it to cops!
I'm fairly certain that most drivers don't have a clue as to how to use them properly, that's why. Ask one if, when turning right at a box junction, can he enter the box legally or not, and see what you get as an answer!
The yellow boxes painted on the road is to inform vehicle
drivers that they are not supposed to stop their vehicles in that
section when they drive their vehicles to wait in-line at the
T-junction or traffic lights.
They are there to ease and help the traffic flow better.
However, when you approach the yellow box, you should make
sure that you can cross over it without stopping your vehicle
at the said box. If you cannot cross it but happen to stop in the
box, you'll be penalized by the police or traffic warden as an
traffic offence and slapped with a fine which is stated in the
safety and traffic law.
I know, but it's like one of those annoying things on the road we have to deal with. The law simply does not permit standing your car in the yellow box anytime for whatever reason, whether the car in front of you stopped, moved whatever. It's like the speed camera b******s too, especially in areas you clearly see it's not required.
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