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stu675:
When I was learning to drive a car 30 odd years ago, I was asked, when do pedestrians have priority. The answer was always.Absolutely. It was the same when I passed my test 53 years ago. It’s probably been in the Highway Code since 1925. I can’t understand why the Media keep flagging it up as a ‘new rule’. When pedestrians are already (or about to) crossing the road at a road junction you must give way if you are driving.
The Green Cross Code campaign says otherwise.I was nearly run over as child running across the road in front of a car in what is now a 20 mph limit but when 30 was regarded as too slow by most.
My Dad saw it and apologised to the shaken driver and thanked him for managing to stop in time.The Green Cross Code does not say otherwise. Firstly, it didn’t come out till the '70s and secondly it was aimed entirely at educating children crossing the road, not at legislating for drivers
Stop, look both ways before starting to cross and while crossing.Treat roads with traffic islands as two seperate roads.
The definition of pelican crossings and zebra crossings is all the antithesis of ‘priority’ to pedestrians.
If pedestrians supposedly have priority what are they stopping for and why bother with pelican and zebra crossings .The idea of ‘priority’ to most vulnerable road users is a satanic idiocy worse than removing hard shoulders on motorways and which can only end in tears.