I was always led to believe, that the, "give way to traffic coming uphill", rule, goes back to the days of horse and cart, where obviously it would be more difficult to ascend, once the momentum had been lost. I can see how, in snow and bad conditions it is still a rule to follow but at the same time it may be more difficult to stop on a steep hill in these conditions when going downhill, than coming up.... a difficult one to judge in these conditions.
_________________ My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.
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