zadocbrown wrote:One thing that concerns me are the half baked crossings you get in supermarket car parks and such like. They are usually clear enough to pedestrians but less so for drivers. I think they give a false sense of security to pedestrians who may assume the crossing has the same legal standing as a fully fledged zebra (bit of a mixed metaphor there). But this cannot be the case since they don't conform to standard spec. If you hit someone on a conventional crossing you'd be on a sticky wicket, but if it doesn't meet specifications and is difficult to see as a result...?
adiNigel wrote: If someone were to be knocked over whilst crossing would the car park owners have to share some of the blame for not implementing the crossing correctly?
driverpete wrote:Who is vulnerable in a supermarket car park? Me in my seat-belted, air-bagged, crumple-zoned cocoon or the shopper struggling with a wayward trolley and fractious child? There is no debate - eyes open, brain in gear.
fungus wrote:Back to pedestrian crossings. I seem to remember reading that zebra crossings were found to be safer than light controlled crossings for the reason that pedestrians will look before stepping onto a zebra crossing, whereas at light controlled crossings pedestrians tend to go when the green man appears, assuming that drivers will be stopping, without looking.
fungus wrote:Back to pedestrian crossings. I seem to remember reading that zebra crossings were found to be safer than light controlled crossings for the reason that pedestrians will look before stepping onto a zebra crossing, whereas at light controlled crossings pedestrians tend to go when the green man appears, assuming that drivers will be stopping, without looking.
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