[Visage]

I don't know when or why but recently I am seeing more and more many people approaching a pedestrian crossing and not even looking anymore, they just walk straight out.

When I was a lad we were taught to wait until the cars on both sides came to a full stop before we entered the crossing.

Do you walk straight out without looking or are there some of you that actually approaches the crossing and waits for the cars to stop...?

[Niall]

I wait of course. I rather like being alive.

[Z]

I wait. Here in Germany, there are even crossings where the cars are still moving but the green man goes and the pedestrians have right of way - I'm convinced I'm going to be run over at some point, it's insane...

[Samuel.]

A pair of singing hedgehogs taught me how to cross the road properly.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Niall

I wait of course. I rather like being alive.

This

[Visage]

Originally Posted by Samuel.

A pair of singing hedgehogs taught me how to cross the road properly.

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[MTVN]

I walk straight out, it's their responsibility to stop for me not mine to wait for them plus some cars won't stop at zebra crossings unless you do walk out, especially in countries like Italy it seems to me

[Tom]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I walk straight out, it's their responsibility to stop for me not mine to wait for them plus some cars won't stop at zebra crossings unless you do walk out, especially in countries like Italy it seems to me

If people walk out I never stop, I just make them run across the road for being idiots themselves

Highway code works both ways

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Zebra crossings. Give traffic plenty of time to see you and to stop before you start to cross. Vehicles will need more time when the road is slippery. Wait until traffic has stopped from both directions or the road is clear before crossing. Remember that traffic does not have to stop until someone has moved onto the crossing. Keep looking both ways, and listening, in case a driver or rider has not seen you and attempts to overtake a vehicle that has stopped.

Originally Posted by Zee

I wait. Here in Germany, there are even crossings where the cars are still moving but the green man goes and the pedestrians have right of way - I'm convinced I'm going to be run over at some point, it's insane...

Thats Germany though, Europe is terrible to drive in. Germany doesn't even have a speed limit

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Tom

If people walk out I never stop, I just make them run across the road for being idiots themselves

Highway code works both ways

I prefer it when people walk out, gives me more warning that they're definitely crossing and makes the process quicker, I obviously wouldn't walk out when a car is literally a few metres away but if there's a comfortable distance then why not

[Scarlett.]

I look then walk out, no point in making people wait if I can safely cross

[Tom]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I prefer it when people walk out, gives me more warning that they're definitely crossing and makes the process quicker, I obviously wouldn't walk out when a car is literally a few metres away but if there's a comfortable distance then why not

I'm more on about people who cross when you're only a few metres from the crossing. People who do it from a distance don't bother me, the chances are you only have to slow down for them anyway

[Marc]

As part of your hazard awareness training you are trained to spot these likely events before you even approach the crossing. Even if the crossing is (for some reason) obscured from vision, you are supposed to slow down incase of any people jumping out suddenly.

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EDIT: Sorry forgot to actually answer the thread

I always stop and let the cars see me before I cross. I would rather make their lives easier by showing a lot of warning than to do the above ^

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Samuel.

A pair of singing hedgehogs taught me how to cross the road properly.

[Jordan.]

The aim is to run across the road before the car hits you

[Bollo]

I do look, but i will step out regardless as it's my right of way..then if the person looks pissed off ..I smile and wave at them, walking even more slowly..