Thread: How on earth does this happen?

Originally Posted by trog

Curious to learn , what exactly are the laws re pedestrians and crossing the road. Perhaps ignorance or defaulting to what I was originally taught , it seems I am out of step . A few that I would like clarification on , unless different in each state ;
If walking along the footpath , vehicles wishing to cross must give way ?
If no marked crossing corner to corner is fine , and if already crossing vehicles must give way ?
It seems from what I see daily from my window is a mixture of different procedures of who yields to who. Though most often it seems to be vehicles exerting physical dominance over pedestrians . Thanks

Road Safety Commission - Pedestrians

That is the road safety council brief about pedestrian rules and fines...

Only thing I know for sure is, if your at a pedestrian crossing that has an island, you can move on once all pedestrians clear your side of the road... Beyond that, I just give way... Bad habit from driving all the time, too easy for them to get hurt and I dont wish that, even if they are idiots at the time...

Originally Posted by Wraithe

Road Safety Commission - Pedestrians

That is the road safety council brief about pedestrian rules and fines...

Only thing I know for sure is, if your at a pedestrian crossing that has an island, you can move on once all pedestrians clear your side of the road... Beyond that, I just give way... Bad habit from driving all the time, too easy for them to get hurt and I dont wish that, even if they are idiots at the time...

Thanks for that , it is much as I had thought it to be, therefore from what I see then in most cases it is the driver at fault. In the past few minutes alone I have just seen a few people nearly run down while crossing the street opposite from cars failing to slow down to turn or notice that someone was already crossing.
Likewise I prefer to give way , saves hassles , guilt and the sum total of time added to the journey isn't that great.