"Silly Girls" reprised

[unstuck]

Probably well deserved

You are correct, I was walking across the thing at the time.

[neels]

Common sense would suggest that if you step out in front of a car that is a metre away from you it won't be able to stop (much like the silly girl in Blenheim), however modern thinking seems to be that as it is the pedestrians right to step out on the crossing, all laws of physics should be suspended and if this fails the driver will be at fault. Unfortunately this is bullshit, perpetuated by the current generation that thinks that everything is their right, and they have no responsibility for their actions

[unstuck]

Im Fucking retarded and need a tablet.

Fixed that for ya.

[skippa1]

When I sat my license the road code clearly states that, whilst giving way to a pedestrian, you must not take off again until the pedestrian has either left the other side of the road or has entered a traffic island.

It may just be bureaucracy, but it was the law, and if you don't want a ticket, you will wait patiently for the pedestrian to be off the road.

Fixed that for you, I remember it changing, just don't remember when.....

[f2dz]

After this thread I've only just started taking notice of how far away those diamonds are from crossings.

In a lot of cases they are miles away. I know this isn't really the topic, but if you seriously can't stop in time travelling between the diamonds and the crossing markings then you are going way too fast.

I passed some yesterday that looked about 20m away apart. Makes sense that this old rule isn't enforced because in a lot of cases this would be ridiculous.

[400sm]

Common sense would suggest that if you step out in front of a car that is a metre away from you it won't be able to stop (much like the silly girl in Blenheim), however modern thinking seems to be that as it is the pedestrians right to step out on the crossing, all laws of physics should be suspended and if this fails the driver will be at fault. Unfortunately this is bullshit, perpetuated by the current generation that thinks that everything is their right, and they have no responsibility for their actions

Right on !

[caspernz]

Common sense would suggest that if you step out in front of a car that is a metre away from you it won't be able to stop (much like the silly girl in Blenheim), however modern thinking seems to be that as it is the pedestrians right to step out on the crossing, all laws of physics should be suspended and if this fails the driver will be at fault. Unfortunately this is bullshit, perpetuated by the current generation that thinks that everything is their right, and they have no responsibility for their actions

Not that I'm that cold blooded, but in the truck (camera equipped) it doesn't worry me too much. Not that many take a self righteous approach when faced with a big rig. On the bike it can be annoying...