When crossing the road, do you....
Poll: When crossing the road, do you....
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Walking home from the train station earlier (effed if I'm riding to London in 3°), 3 young girls aged around 5-8 yrs followed by a chap jogged past me on the pavement.
Main road to left, side turnings to the right ahead.
On both occasions, none of them looked over their left shoulder before crossing.
Following from the thread about pedestrians walking out in front of cars a few weeks ago, I just wondered if it's normal behaviour not to bother looking.
I was rather shocked the the adult didn't even flinch as he crossed the road given that there were someone's pride & joy in the road first.
(won't somebody think of the children)
I wonder if it transfers across to the standard of driving, more worrying though is what it teaches young 'uns.
Main road to left, side turnings to the right ahead.
On both occasions, none of them looked over their left shoulder before crossing.
Following from the thread about pedestrians walking out in front of cars a few weeks ago, I just wondered if it's normal behaviour not to bother looking.
I was rather shocked the the adult didn't even flinch as he crossed the road given that there were someone's pride & joy in the road first.
(won't somebody think of the children)
I wonder if it transfers across to the standard of driving, more worrying though is what it teaches young 'uns.
I'm usually listening to my mp3 player when I'm on foot so I always take extra care when crossing. I regularly have to
drive through Handsworth though and the amount of women wearing Yashmaks/Burkas that just walk out into the road is daft.
Clearly they dont do much for your peripheral vision but for the love of god try turning your heads!
drive through Handsworth though and the amount of women wearing Yashmaks/Burkas that just walk out into the road is daft.
Clearly they dont do much for your peripheral vision but for the love of god try turning your heads!
Edited by Subbeh on Wednesday 19th January 18:19
Smiler. said:
Main road to left, side turnings to the right ahead.
I'm having a hard time picturing this. Is it like this:
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Where you are OP, J is jogger and j is the junior joggers? Walking upwards on the diagram above?
If so, I believe that the highway code gives the pedestrians crossing the side road priority over the cars turning from the main road into the side road. Not that priority will help when you bounce over the bonnet and roof, but if your broken body survives you should have a clear case for your no-win-no-fee ambulance chaser?
ETA not exactly correct, but rule 170 is on the side of the pedestrian if they start to cross before the vehicle starts to turn
Edited by aclivity on Wednesday 19th January 18:39
aclivity said:
Smiler. said:
Main road to left, side turnings to the right ahead.
I'm having a hard time picturing this. Is it like this:
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| L________
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| .--------
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| L________
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| .--------
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| | J j
| | j
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| | OP
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Where you are OP, J is jogger and j is the junior joggers? Walking upwards on the diagram above?
If so, I believe that the highway code gives the pedestrians crossing the side road priority over the cars turning from the main road into the side road. Not that priority will help when you bounce over the bonnet and roof, but if your broken body survives you should have a clear case for your no-win-no-fee ambulance chaser?
ETA not exactly correct, but rule 170 is on the side of the pedestrian if they start to cross before the vehicle starts to turn
Edited by aclivity on Wednesday 19th January 18:39
Common sense aside, I have on numerous occasions seen occurrences, where the coincidental speed of both vehicle & pedestrian (running, jogging or walking very quickly) has resulted in a near miss that could not have been avoided, other than for a life-saver over the shoulder.
In every case, the operator of the vehicle was not at fault as they were already executing their manoeuvre, the pedestrian left the pavement into its inevitable path.
Ranks right up there with drivers not indicating when they turn off a main road. I run a lot on the roads and frequently get frustrated by drivers not indicating when I'm crossing roads. I stop, look and listen, and they still turn into me despite not indicating!
Pedestrians do have one advantage over dirvers - hearing. A lot of my observation of the world around me when out for a run is done through hearing. Of course, with a rise in electic cars, I'll have to learn not to rely on this so much.
Pedestrians do have one advantage over dirvers - hearing. A lot of my observation of the world around me when out for a run is done through hearing. Of course, with a rise in electic cars, I'll have to learn not to rely on this so much.
There was a heavy frost on the road this morning so the road was white but schoolkids waiting for a school bus were still standing on the road (which is downhill) so if a car had a minor loss of control, they would be far more likely to get hit. They don't seem to have any logic in their brains. Maybe they need to study physics with greater care.
When I returned home from hockey last night some thick tart just walked across the road in front of us without looking 
Although at that time of night ( 0100 ) I've noticed that many drivers ignore red lights and roundabouts too..... and they don't slow down either in case someone *might* be there 
You just need to remember that common sense is not encouraged in the UK (verging on extinct) and if you remember that, generally you can get by withoutout squishing a pedestrian.
Although at that time of night ( 0100 ) I've noticed that many drivers ignore red lights and roundabouts too..... and they don't slow down either in case someone *might* be there You just need to remember that common sense is not encouraged in the UK (verging on extinct) and if you remember that, generally you can get by withoutout squishing a pedestrian.
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