fungus wrote:sussex2 wrote:Interesting attitude? If you are parking in shall we say a supermarket or some such do you not regard the pedestrian as having priority? Not a criticism but more a question.
Yes, I do give priopity to pedestrians, but I find that I can see more using mirrors. That's not to say that I neglect to check around. However, as a pedestrian, if I see a vehicle reversing, I stop and wait for my own safety.
It was the use of the word scurry that attracted my attention as it seems to be the predominant feature of UK pedestrians.
They scurry across roads and dart from behind cars; even children seem encouraged to adopt this approach.
It is quite noticeable when I return from abroad and takes a bit of getting used to.
When I am in an area frequented by pedestrians - car parks, driveways, busy mixed streets or garage forecourts the peds have absolute priority as far as I am concerned; however this is not something which seems to be general practice in the UK.
It's all a bit odd.