Zebra crossings?
Discussion
Am I right in saying you have to stop at a zebra crossing if there's a pedestrian waiting to cross?
The other night I was driving along and came up to a pedesrtian crossing outside a college. There was a lad walking up to the crossing so I slowed down fully expecting him to start crossing and me stopping. To my surprise he waited at the side of the crossing and looked both ways along the road! I slowed down and stopped anyway, assuming he would see me stopped and would cross, but he didn't. I was confused and thought 'what an idiot, doesn't he know how to use a crossing?'. That was until a car coming the other way went straight over the crossing. Then the next one did the same, and the next, and the next. 4 cars went past as this lad was trying to cross and I was waiting patiently!
Don't people know drivers have to stop once a pedestrian starts crossing a zebra crossing?
Yes it did have the flashing lights too.
The other night I was driving along and came up to a pedesrtian crossing outside a college. There was a lad walking up to the crossing so I slowed down fully expecting him to start crossing and me stopping. To my surprise he waited at the side of the crossing and looked both ways along the road! I slowed down and stopped anyway, assuming he would see me stopped and would cross, but he didn't. I was confused and thought 'what an idiot, doesn't he know how to use a crossing?'. That was until a car coming the other way went straight over the crossing. Then the next one did the same, and the next, and the next. 4 cars went past as this lad was trying to cross and I was waiting patiently!
Don't people know drivers have to stop once a pedestrian starts crossing a zebra crossing?
Yes it did have the flashing lights too.
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