Are zebra crossings no longer a thing?
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I was having a look at this is money and stumbled across the below - absolutely horrific. I really can't comprehend how people like that can live with themselves. Other than rank bad driving I really can't see any excuses
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-1144291...
For easily triggered souls I'd mention that it appears as if This is Money is daily Mail linked
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-1144291...
For easily triggered souls I'd mention that it appears as if This is Money is daily Mail linked
DodgyGeezer said:
I was having a look at this is money and stumbled across the below - absolutely horrific. I really can't comprehend how people like that can live with themselves. Other than rank bad driving I really can't see any excuses
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-1144291...
For easily triggered souls I'd mention that it appears as if This is Money is daily Mail linked
Anyone would think it would be a good place to site a safety camera. Perhaps there are more dangerous places on local motorways.https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-1144291...
For easily triggered souls I'd mention that it appears as if This is Money is daily Mail linked
Unreal said:
DodgyGeezer said:
I was having a look at this is money and stumbled across the below - absolutely horrific. I really can't comprehend how people like that can live with themselves. Other than rank bad driving I really can't see any excuses
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-1144291...
For easily triggered souls I'd mention that it appears as if This is Money is daily Mail linked
Anyone would think it would be a good place to site a safety camera. Perhaps there are more dangerous places on local motorways.https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-1144291...
For easily triggered souls I'd mention that it appears as if This is Money is daily Mail linked
The cars dont appear to be speeding. So no speed camera
Theres no button/red light on a Zebra crossing to stop traffic so you couldnt have a red light camera.
Average speed camera is just not appropriate.
Hoofy said:
What's going on with that particular zebra crossing? I've only witnessed a near miss at a zebra crossing once in my life (been driving for 30+ years).
My grandson and I were crossing on a ‘green man’ crossing in Manchester, when a car came sweeping round and nearly mowed us down. Luckily, I never accept it’s safe, even when the green man is showing.It's not just Bradford. I used to cross the same crossing in Kingston on Thames every evening, and I got to just expect cars to sail across when I was already crossing. No really near misses, but that was because I was expecting it. Wasn't the case with other crossings in same area so it must have been something specific to that crossing, although I never worked out what.
May have been the width of the road- nearly but not quite wide enough to justify a central refuge.
May have been the width of the road- nearly but not quite wide enough to justify a central refuge.
Zebra crossing near work I have had a few near misses, people just come off a roundabout and given the speed they are going you just know they aren't looking ahead and anticipating that there just might be someone on the crossing.
Another one near where I live which I use a few times a month, frequently people just bomb over it, a few weeks ago when crossing, the car on the opposite carriageway stopped I started to move across and this Polo on my side of the road had its brakes slammed on, coming to a stop with what sounded like its ABS kicking in, which says to me the car was travelling way too fast for the road in the first instance and the driver wasn't anticipating that someone might be crossing at the very obvious Zebra crossing
Another one near where I live which I use a few times a month, frequently people just bomb over it, a few weeks ago when crossing, the car on the opposite carriageway stopped I started to move across and this Polo on my side of the road had its brakes slammed on, coming to a stop with what sounded like its ABS kicking in, which says to me the car was travelling way too fast for the road in the first instance and the driver wasn't anticipating that someone might be crossing at the very obvious Zebra crossing
mac96 said:
It's not just Bradford. I used to cross the same crossing in Kingston on Thames every evening, and I got to just expect cars to sail across when I was already crossing. No really near misses, but that was because I was expecting it. Wasn't the case with other crossings in same area so it must have been something specific to that crossing, although I never worked out what.
May have been the width of the road- nearly but not quite wide enough to justify a central refuge.
Ah, Kingston. Many years ago I had someone drive into the cycle lane on Kingston bridge, knocking me off my bicycle because she didn't think I should be undertaking... In. The. Cycle. Lane. She then got grumpy that I'd hit her wing mirror in the process, her passenger was not amused, it must be said. I suspect the driver was simply a bit of a see you next Tuesday.May have been the width of the road- nearly but not quite wide enough to justify a central refuge.
donkmeister said:
mac96 said:
It's not just Bradford. I used to cross the same crossing in Kingston on Thames every evening, and I got to just expect cars to sail across when I was already crossing. No really near misses, but that was because I was expecting it. Wasn't the case with other crossings in same area so it must have been something specific to that crossing, although I never worked out what.
May have been the width of the road- nearly but not quite wide enough to justify a central refuge.
Ah, Kingston. Many years ago I had someone drive into the cycle lane on Kingston bridge, knocking me off my bicycle because she didn't think I should be undertaking... In. The. Cycle. Lane. She then got grumpy that I'd hit her wing mirror in the process, her passenger was not amused, it must be said. I suspect the driver was simply a bit of a see you next Tuesday.May have been the width of the road- nearly but not quite wide enough to justify a central refuge.
You would have to drive up a kerb to do that now, but, yes, I had interesting experiences as a cyclist in Kingston as well- the inner ring road is not great for a bike!
mac96 said:
It's not just Bradford. I used to cross the same crossing in Kingston on Thames every evening, and I got to just expect cars to sail across when I was already crossing. No really near misses, but that was because I was expecting it. Wasn't the case with other crossings in same area so it must have been something specific to that crossing, although I never worked out what.
May have been the width of the road- nearly but not quite wide enough to justify a central refuge.
Which crossing? I know Kingston well.May have been the width of the road- nearly but not quite wide enough to justify a central refuge.
Have to drive through that general area to get home after coming off the M606. No rules whatsoever are adhered to by the majority and no attempt appears to be being made by the authorities to do anything about it. It's been the same around there for as long as I can remember - at least two decades.
The only thing that surprised me about that film is that the first two cars actually stopped!
The only thing that surprised me about that film is that the first two cars actually stopped!
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