There's a lady on BBC1 right now, an ex-servicewoman aged 101, talking an awful of sense on this.

Completely agree. It's an odd thing that we remember the end of WW1 with silence and poppies for the dead, but the end of WW2 in Europe with street parties, and the end of the war in the east not at all.

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There is a very unfortunate apostrophe in HGVs.

New Hierarchy of Road Users

Graphic image of a graph, with bars of descending height for:

Pedestrians
Cyclists
Horse riders
Motorcyclists
Cars / Taxis
Vans/ Minibuses
HGVs

In the Hierarchy of Road Users, those at most risk in the event of an accident are at the top of the hierarchy.

It is intended to alter motorists' behaviour behind the wheel, so they are more aware of the disparity in risk, and potential to suffer injury, between different road users in the event of a collision.

Here, we explain how the Hierarchy of Road Users will work.

The Hierarchy of Road Users concept

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The Highway Code has introduced new regulations for 2022 called "The Hierarchy of Road Users.

The objective is to encourage those who can do the greatest harm to others to reduce the danger or threat they pose [cont]