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Position of Crossings
Why is it pedestrian crossings always seem to be on corners and right at the exit point of roundabouts? It seems like an odd place to put them to me as drivers will be busy checking what all the other cars around them are doing and perhaps not so much what's going on on the pavement.
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3 crossings just off a double roundabout! there have been countless close calls with drivers not spotting people on the crossing as they come round the corner over the years.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
3 crossings just off a double roundabout! there have been countless close calls with drivers not spotting people on the crossing as they come round the corner over the years.
I'll try that link again :)
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Just like cars, people walking prefer to go in straightish lines.
In ChuckFickens example, someone walking North to south has a minor detour to keep going in the direction they wish to go. If the crossing was a quarter of a mile down the road on the left, then no one would use it.
If drivers are that distracted on exiting or approaching roundabouts, then they should not be behind the wheel of a car.
In ChuckFickens example, someone walking North to south has a minor detour to keep going in the direction they wish to go. If the crossing was a quarter of a mile down the road on the left, then no one would use it.
If drivers are that distracted on exiting or approaching roundabouts, then they should not be behind the wheel of a car.
I've got a few like that near me Chuck and they are all hugely busy roads day and night, it never quite made sense. Especially when, going by the flowers on the railings, there does seem to have been problems with people making it all the way across the road in one piece.
You could have a point Al. There is a habit of petitioning for a crossing to be put in when someone gets knocked over.
Are people really that lazy that they wouldn't walk up the road a few more meters Gromit?
You could have a point Al. There is a habit of petitioning for a crossing to be put in when someone gets knocked over.
Are people really that lazy that they wouldn't walk up the road a few more meters Gromit?
It does seem strange that pedestrian crossings are often positioned at exit points of roundabouts..It has something to do with compliance of road traffic acts, whereby pedestrians have the right of way at road junctions. :-
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Ron.
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Ron.
I wish they'd put the crossing nearer the roundabout exit near by me. It has been positioned half way down the road between 2 roundabout so no matter which you are at, you are expected to walk a large distance out of your way in order to cross and then walk back again. To make matters worse it is not only after where 2 lanes join and drivers are trying to swap lanes without hitting each other, and so are not as concentrated on the crossing as they ought to be, but also, in the evening, the low sun blinds them anyway.
Dtg - I am often a pedestrian and yes car drivers can be arses but this is noticable as a driver too. It's also possible for pedestrians to be completely brainless at times. But, I don't think my question is suggesting pedestrians are a problem, I'm trying to stop them getting splattered.
OG - don't you think it would be better if if the crossings were moved up a few meters past the exits so that the drivers have stopped needing to concentrate on other cars so much and can pay a bit more attention to other things, like people crossing. I don't mean quite so far up as you say you have to go.
OG - don't you think it would be better if if the crossings were moved up a few meters past the exits so that the drivers have stopped needing to concentrate on other cars so much and can pay a bit more attention to other things, like people crossing. I don't mean quite so far up as you say you have to go.