LOL moment @ Zebra crossing in Lakeside

Brookert · 25 Mar 2012 at 19:25

Since when is it acceptable to act like a moron, just because someone didn't thank you for following the highway code?

By that logic, why do we thank people when they are obliged by the highway code to stop? We don't thank people for stopping at red lights?

rustynuts · 25 Mar 2012 at 19:28

RomanNose said:
They are called women.

+1

ash_scotland88 · 25 Mar 2012 at 19:33

Reminds me of a time when I was driving a van and came to a zebra crossing. Pedestrians just crossed without looking causing me to slam on my breaks, they were behind parked cars so not the most obvious, and I was too close to have stoped safely if I did notice them.
Anyway came to a screeching halt, before the line, as a taxi driver on the opposite side of the road started shouting abuse at me for paying attention and stopping, when he was stopped more than halfway over the zebra crossing itself.

Moothead2 · 25 Mar 2012 at 20:12

Brookert said:
By that logic, why do we thank people when they are obliged by the highway code to stop? We don't thank people for stopping at red lights?

Guess those who do it just find it polite to do so, and also maybe because there are quite a few ****head drivers out there who decide not to obey the law because they need a pee or something equally petty

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ron3003 · 25 Mar 2012 at 20:18

If this zebra crossing is in a car park then there's no obligation for the driver to give way. They're not 'legal' as such as there's most likely no flashing beacons etc.
I'd always stop though out of courtesy

RoboCod · 25 Mar 2012 at 20:28

ron3003 said:
If this zebra crossing is in a car park then there's no obligation for the driver to give way. They're not 'legal' as such as there's most likely no flashing beacons etc.
I'd always stop though out of courtesy

The High Way code states that you must give way to someone once they have set foot onto a crossing so it is the law. Pretty sure the same applies to car parks.

Zebra crossings. As you approach a zebra crossing

* look out for pedestrians waiting to cross and be ready to slow down or stop to let them cross
* you MUST give way when a pedestrian has moved onto a crossing
* allow more time for stopping on wet or icy roads
* do not wave or use your horn to invite pedestrians across; this could be dangerous if another vehicle is approaching
* be aware of pedestrians approaching from the side of the crossing

RoboCod · 25 Mar 2012 at 20:32

Section 79a of The Road Traffic Act of 1985 (as amended 2001) states:

(1) The Department may by order apply any provisions of
this Act, or of Part IV (traffic signs) of the Road Traffic Regulation
Act 1985, specified in the order to any parking place so specified, with
such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as may be so specified.

(2) An order under subsection (1) applying to a parking
place other than one provided by the Department or another public
authority under Part III of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1985 shall
not be made without the consent of the owner of the parking place; but
where such an order contains a statement that it is made with such
consent, that statement shall be presumed to be true until the contrary
is proved.

In other words, for the last 10 years, public car-parks (like those at a supermarket) are classed as part of the public highway and all the rules of the road apply.

silversurfer · 25 Mar 2012 at 20:49

They changed the law, used to be you could drive round a carpark with no license to practise.
Now that only applies if it has a physical gate closed to the road . I think it stemmed from groups of cars taking over car parks on friday night, etc

Deiwos · 25 Mar 2012 at 21:33

Captain Planet said:
The High Way code states that you must give way to someone once they have set foot onto a crossing so it is the law. Pretty sure the same applies to car parks.

That makes it sound like you only have to stop when they're in the road. It sounds like you don't have to stop if they're waiting to cross...

RoboCod · 25 Mar 2012 at 21:38

Deiwos said:
That makes it sound like you only have to stop when they're in the road. It sounds like you don't have to stop if they're waiting to cross...

Agreed, but in a court of law, if you run a person down at a crossing who do you think is going to be on the back foot? Also, if you are unable to stop for someone who has stepped out in the road then chances are you are driving carelessly.

pioneer2000 · 25 Mar 2012 at 21:38

For anyone who is not familiar with Lakeside, these crossings connect two separate car parks, and have the large orange flashing beacons on either side, so are quite obvious.

It was my right of way to cross, it's law for the driver to stop. There's absolutely no need for me to thank someone for obeying the law. :confused:

asim18 · 25 Mar 2012 at 22:35

Deep said:
I'm at Lakeside at nandos.

True story

That cant be true.

Lakeside isn't at Nandos, Nandos is at Lakeside. Therefore you are at Nandos at Lakeside, not at Lakeside at Nandos.

Gepetto · 25 Mar 2012 at 22:58

pioneer2000 said:
It was my right of way to cross, it's law for the driver to stop. There's absolutely no need for me to thank someone for obeying the law.

Of course there is no need for you to thank, or acknowledge, the driver, and it should not be expected by the driver. The bovine you encountered was probably just having a bad day. Lakeside can do that to you!

But, I also know that I personally appreciate someone taking the time to acknowledge me when I stop to let them cross, therefore I always try to do the same, with a nod or a wave, when I'm the pedestrian. Costs nothing, and has a positive effect, where's the loss?

Smoking Man · 25 Mar 2012 at 23:01

I keep reading it as Lakeshire.

Too much WoW.

Dj_Jestar · 25 Mar 2012 at 23:34

Manners are free. A cursory nod and smile, or show of hand to say thanks is nothing but polite.

OP in "Someone said something to me, I must run to the internet!" tale of woe.

steve-h · 25 Mar 2012 at 23:48

HAHA WOMEN DRIVERS LOL

Will Gill · 25 Mar 2012 at 23:50

I'd love the OP to post precisely the same thread in the motors forum, just so we can see the difference between the GD mindset and the motors crew

also a true story

RoboCod · 25 Mar 2012 at 23:54

Will Gill said:
I'd love the OP to post precisely the same thread in the motors forum, just so we can see the difference between the GD mindset and the motors crew

also a true story

I'd hope they would post sensible responses along the lines of obeying the highway code, etc.

Energize · 26 Mar 2012 at 00:18

wozzizname said:
Of course you give way to someone once they're ON the crossing, otherwise you'd be running them over or swerving to avoid them.

The crossing includes the waiting area by the side of the road, not just the road itself, otherwise no one could ever cross because who's going to walk into the road when cars are driving across it?

Mickie · 26 Mar 2012 at 00:52

BunnyKillBot said:
I never, ever, thank people at zebra crossing, either when i am driving or when i am the pedestrian. Since the pedestrian has legal right of way, thanking would be a superfluous recognition of 'Thank you for obeying the law and not killing me today'.

thats the problem with this country, no manners..

it wouldnt hurt to say thanks for stopping.. she didnt have to stop, she could have kept on driving and no-one would have stopped her for it and no-one would have got hurt either as you obviously dont cross till all cars have stopped..

she was nice enough to stop, he was nasty enough to not say thanks

this is how i see it, deal with it..

i bet he's the type of person to not thank someone for keeping the door open for him, as the other person had to opn it anyway..

what goes round comes round though, maybe one day he'll get run down, then maybe that might make him not take everything for granted.. its not hard to say thank you.. just rude some people..