teuchter
je suis teuchter
This is not true.
Trains can't stop in time. This is why railways are completely separated from the pedestrian realm.
But the comparison isn't even worth engaging with. Ignore the troll.
Speeding and general dangerous driving in and around Brixton
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This is not true.
Trains can't stop in time. This is why railways are completely separated from the pedestrian realm.
But the comparison isn't even worth engaging with. Ignore the troll.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Actually something like this has been done in Bloomsbury. But in favour of pedestrians/ cyclists.
The whole stretch of road running across Bloomsbury from West end to Clerkenwell has been narrowed to one way street ( West to East) for cars. With segregated cycle lanes on both side of street. One going west one east.
This is now permanent. Its reduced car traffic through Bloomsbury. Its encouraged more cycling. Its also improved environment for pedestrians.
I use it and it works.
Its segregation of road space that puts pedestrians and cyclists first. Cars last.
As you think segregation of road users is good idea would you support this?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
They can, it just takes longer for them to come to a halt
You may be mistaking my facetiousness for earnestness. That's OK, I don't do written sarcasm well
Oh. ok.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Anyone who doesn't agree with your Daily-Mail-esque hand-wringing hatred of everything is a troll.
I bet you're a proper curtain-twitcher, aren't you
mojo pixy
...שלא נמצא בשמאל
Anyone who doesn't agree with your Daily-Mail-esque hand-wringing hatred of everything is a troll.
I bet you're a proper curtain-twitcher, aren't you
Why do this? What's the point?
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Team Top Gear out to defend the poor motorists.
I guess you don’t live anywhere near a railway which has a mixed fast/slow service - fast trains do not slow down through none stopping stations.
Alex
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Because when some Daily-Mail-reading hand-wringing hater of everything curtain-twitcher calls me a troll for disagreeing with him, he can fuck the fuck off
Three people killed by a train at Loughborough station!
mauvais
on reddit or something
Loughborough Junction, not Loughborough.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Why don't you just run into them?
As a cyclist, I'm sure you must have a camera strapped to your head. Just run into them, dive on the floor like a well trained footballer, reel around for a while and sue them.
And you're on a push bike. It's not like you're going to do any damage to them
snowy_again
Slush
Do fuck off.
editor
hiraethified
You're banned from this thread.Why don't you just run into them?
As a cyclist, I'm sure you must have a camera strapped to your head. Just run into them, dive on the floor like a well trained footballer, reel around for a while and sue them.
And you're on a push bike. It's not like you're going to do any damage to them
teuchter
je suis teuchter
This seems promising in principle, although they are changes which will take a while and be met with some resistance I expect.
TfL is planning to cut road speeds as part of “ambitious” strategy to boost cycle safety
TfL is planning to cut road speeds as part of “ambitious” strategy to boost cycle safety
T & P
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Now that the bunfight posts have ceased I will dare to raise an issue that might not be agreeable to most remaining contributions ITT, but one that I can at least hope we can discuss without undue accusations of petrolheadness or trolling.
Whereas an absolute zero casualty rate is not achievable in the foreseeable imo, any effort to bring the figures down is of course worth considering. But if the authorities are to seriously attempt such a target the will also need to address pedestrian road behaviour and awareness- something that in this country is pretty much non existent.
Gramsci was telling in the previous page about encountering pedestrians whilst on his bicycle stepping on the road in front of him without even the most cursory check for incoming traffic. It is certainly his duty to be alert for such hazards, but he sounded to me (correct me if I'm wrong Gramsci ) as saying it is not an issue and something he and other road users just accept without question. The thing is, he shouldn't. Be prepared for it, yes of course. Dismiss as acceptable behaviour from pedestrians, no ,not at all.
The official policy (or rather, lack thereof ) regarding peds in this country seems to be that they are absolved of any wrongdoing and are neither required nor even advised to take the most basic of precautions when crossing or stepping onto the road. Regardless of what the law might say about liability, it seems extraordinary to me that there are virtually zero government campaigns asking pedestrians to exercise due care. Zero casualties will remain a distant dream until the end of time for as long as peds are not required to do something as basic as look before stepping onto the road.
And if anyone believes the current legislation is appropriate and it is impossible for a pedestrian to be at fault in a collision with a bike/ motor vehicle, I can assure you that there are plenty of scenarios where a road user can be travelling with the most diligence and attention and still hit a pedestrian without being their fault. If traffic laws in this country suggest that is not possible, then traffic laws in this country are a gigantic ass.
More importantly, it is not about who is right in the eyes of the law but how to minimise the chances of an accident. Every road user is taught to travel defensively and assume the worst regardless of whether they have priority. It seems insane to me that peds are exempt from even the most basic cautionary advice.
Whereas an absolute zero casualty rate is not achievable in the foreseeable imo, any effort to bring the figures down is of course worth considering. But if the authorities are to seriously attempt such a target the will also need to address pedestrian road behaviour and awareness- something that in this country is pretty much non existent.
Gramsci was telling in the previous page about encountering pedestrians whilst on his bicycle stepping on the road in front of him without even the most cursory check for incoming traffic. It is certainly his duty to be alert for such hazards, but he sounded to me (correct me if I'm wrong Gramsci ) as saying it is not an issue and something he and other road users just accept without question. The thing is, he shouldn't. Be prepared for it, yes of course. Dismiss as acceptable behaviour from pedestrians, no ,not at all.
The official policy (or rather, lack thereof ) regarding peds in this country seems to be that they are absolved of any wrongdoing and are neither required nor even advised to take the most basic of precautions when crossing or stepping onto the road. Regardless of what the law might say about liability, it seems extraordinary to me that there are virtually zero government campaigns asking pedestrians to exercise due care. Zero casualties will remain a distant dream until the end of time for as long as peds are not required to do something as basic as look before stepping onto the road.
And if anyone believes the current legislation is appropriate and it is impossible for a pedestrian to be at fault in a collision with a bike/ motor vehicle, I can assure you that there are plenty of scenarios where a road user can be travelling with the most diligence and attention and still hit a pedestrian without being their fault. If traffic laws in this country suggest that is not possible, then traffic laws in this country are a gigantic ass.
More importantly, it is not about who is right in the eyes of the law but how to minimise the chances of an accident. Every road user is taught to travel defensively and assume the worst regardless of whether they have priority. It seems insane to me that peds are exempt from even the most basic cautionary advice.
organicpanda
cat herder extraodinaire
at the risk of sounding like my parents, part of the problem is people walking heads down texting or whatever, combined with headphones people are in a world of their own with no idea of anything outside their screen. Quite how you deal with this (personally I walk into them if I'm feeling arsey and they're not too big) without draconian laws I don't know, maybe there should be an app or make it the responsibility of the phone manufacturers.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
Every child at school (should) get pedestrian training in infant and primary school - I think there are modules in the current framework (which is called "togo and nogo" and whose central lesson is "stop, look, listen and think") up to year 6, last year of primary school, aged 9/10 (or is it 10/11?).
Back in my day we just were to to "stop, look and listen". No thinking involved or needed!
Pedestrians are also usually included in the winter "be bright, be safe, be seen" type campaigns but there's nothing on the Think! website aimed at pedestrians (which does all the UK govt official road safety campaigns afaik).
I'm not sure it's true to say that peds are exempt from the most basic cautionary advice but it's aimed at children, and traffic laws do not suggest it's not possible for a pedestrian to be at fault - we don't have any jaywalking laws but the traffic laws in this country do not in any way assume liability against the driver, only when a pedestrian is crossing a side road or pedestrian crossing do they have priority (e2a: and where there aren't pavements). Anywhere else they don't, and if a pedestrian steps out in front of you, it's about whether it was reasonable to stop. If you can show you were driving in a proper fashion and could not avoid the collision you won't be found at fault in the UK.
There are some countries that have presumed liability laws so you have to prove your innocence rather than the prosecution proving your guilt but those aren't automatic liability either.
No jaywalking laws just means that pedestrians are allowed to cross wherever and whenever they want, and not be restricted to formal crossings. They don't mean someone can just step out in front of traffic and it's the drivers fault if they get hit.
But yes, there are pedestrians who need to behave better. I wouldn't introduce jaywalking laws personally.
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SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
Tbf it's also partly human nature. I've had people, who I swear were looking right at me, step out in front of me when cycling, then look utterly surprised afterwards and very apologetic. People work on autopilot mostly so their brain is looking out for the car/bus/lorry and their associated sounds. Sometimes they genuinely don't see cyclists.
bimble
floofy
Sorry SpamMisery no you have to change your profile pic back again to the morning suit toff. You have a rep to live up to here. Also no cycling .
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
Also fixed the profile pic. Don't know what I was thinking.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
How is it on thread about speeding and dangerous driving get posts about pedestrians?
Not the first time here.
To make it clear I as long time cyclist accept that pedestrians have precedence on roads. I'm not complaining about it.
As for the "bunfight". Now you are starting it again. Trying to sound all reasonable.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Why are you encouraging Spam?
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Read this. All sounds good. But what Im not optimistic about is the "groundswell" of public support that Mayor wants to make this happen. And article isn't only about cyclists. Its about non car owning pedestrians using public transport as well.
Given posting here I not optimistic. Which isn't that out of line with what I hear offline.
Take this:
What would get more support in present climate is blaming pedestrians and cyclists for accidents.
T & P
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I certainly wasn't the one who made the first post in this thread about pedestrians, so I'm perhaps not the best person to answer your question.
And I don't know what makes you think my making that post is starting a bunfight. Other posters seem have been able to reply to it and make counterpoints and everything has remained perfectly civil and pretty far from any kind of bunfight. But perhaps next time instead of "trying to sound all reasonable" I should just dish out some cheap meaningless banter.
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