Half of UK disregard green man when crossing the road - what laws do you break daily?

IvaBigWun

Nearly half of British adults often ignore the green man when crossing the road

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/09/06/green-man-gets-red-light/

What small laws do you break daily?

Frosty McSnowballs

If its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down

minidazzler

Rules of the Road..... but only the ones I don't agree with.

Dravokivich

IvaBigWun wrote: »

What small laws do you break daily?

Just thermodynamics.

MadsL

Think before you post.

mikemac1

I live with the shame of no TV licence

Eamonn Gilmore has outsmarted me though with his new broadcasting tax
* shakes fist *

mutley18

The law of gravity, I float around all day in my shopping trolley like a boss.

redtapestyl

I haven't broken any laws Garda.

fasttalkerchat

I don't think Jay-walking is illegal here.

MadsL

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

I don't think Jay-walking is illegal here.

It is.

Roger_007

mutley18 wrote: »

The law of gravity, I float around all day in my shopping trolley like a boss.

I tried breaking that law......I was out of hospital in just three weeks.:o

lahalane

I'm not falling for this again...

Czarcasm

Blasphemy

Dravokivich

MadsL wrote: »

It is.

It can't be if pedestrians always have priority. Unless, you're thinking of your "here."

Mickey H

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Nearly half of British adults often ignore the green man when crossing the road

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/09/06/green-man-gets-red-light/

What small laws do you break daily?

Aren't they the bastards. What will they be at next? Selling drugs? Riding whores? Where will it end? 'Tis terrible Joe...

MadsL

Dravokivich wrote: »

It can't be if pedestrians always have priority. Unless, you're thinking of your "here."

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/si/0182.html#zzsi182y1997a46

Dravokivich

MadsL wrote: »

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/si/0182.html#zzsi182y1997a46

I'll be honest and say I've never read over that before. But I think the comment I made, would be more relevant to section 8.3 of it. As in a possible misrepresentation of what 8.3 refers to when it says:

"A driver of a vehicle approaching a road junction shall yield the right of way to another vehicle which has commenced to turn or cross at the junction in accordance with these Regulations and to a pedestrian who has commenced to cross at the junction in accordance with these Regulations."

"At the junction" appears to be something amiss, with regards to common conversation on the matter.

MadsL

Dravokivich wrote: »

I'll be honest and say I've never read over that before. But I think the comment I made, would be more relevant to section 8.3 of it. As in a possible misrepresentation of what 8.3 refers to when it says:

"A driver of a vehicle approaching a road junction shall yield the right of way to another vehicle which has commenced to turn or cross at the junction in accordance with these Regulations and to a pedestrian who has commenced to cross at the junction in accordance with these Regulations."

"At the junction" appears to be something amiss, with regards to common conversation on the matter.

I thonk it makes it clear enough that pedestrians do not have absolute right of way. Crossing the road within (I think) 50 feet of a pedestrian crossing (but not on it) is also an offence.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Nothing. Everything like crossing the street and drinking beer in public is legal over here .

(Well, okay, maybe not the first one, but seriously? Not even the Germans give a ****...)

Royal Legend

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Nearly half of British adults often ignore the green man when crossing the road

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/09/06/green-man-gets-red-light/

What small laws do you break daily?

Just goes to prove what an ignorant racist society they live in. Still I suppose at least we have not heard of any green men been stabbed to death yet.

MadsL

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Nothing. Everything like crossing the street and drinking beer in public is legal over here .

(Well, okay, maybe not the first one, but seriously? Not even the Germans give a ****...)

Errm. Hate to burst your bubble....not in Dublin

Intoxicating Liquor Bye-laws under the Local Government Act 2001 came into effect on 1st October 2008. The Bye-laws prohibit the consumption of intoxicating liquor on roads and in public places within the city of Dublin.

Mr Benevolent

I have always flaunted the Maximum Penis Size laws.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

MadsL wrote: »

Errm. Hate to burst your bubble....not in Dublin

Intoxicating Liquor Bye-laws under the Local Government Act 2001 came into effect on 1st October 2008. The Bye-laws prohibit the consumption of intoxicating liquor on roads and in public places within the city of Dublin.

Dublin?! Dublin?! Hah! Ahahahahha................h............................































Dublin, he sez.......

MadsL

In the words of Robocop...I don't make the laws...

IvaBigWun

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

I have always flaunted the Maximum Penis Size laws.

No comment.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

MadsL wrote: »

In the words of Robocop...I don't make the laws...

Ah, seriously... "Dublin"... ah, the **** you come out with.... :D

bnt

I'm so used to jaywalking in Dublin and the UK, that I found myself doing it in New York, where the cops are infamously harsh on the practice. Luckily no cop was around, and I found that the traffic lights in Manhattan operate on a much shorter time cycle, so it wasn't actually necessary to jaywalk.

I have to do it in Dublin centre, otherwise too much time is wasted waiting for the lights to change. London's not quite as bad, but I try to avoid it in the city centre, purely in the interests of safety.

MadsL

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Ah, seriously... "Dublin"... ah, the **** you come out with.... :D

Well the simple truth is you are not allowed to drink in public or jaywalk in Dublin, if you don't believe me just go look at the streets for yourself....


...never mind.

Czarcasm

MadsL wrote: »

Well the simple truth is you are not allowed to drink in public or jaywalk in Dublin, if you don't believe me just go look at the streets for yourself....


...never mind.

Yep, I got told off by staff outside the badass cafe in temple bar when I went out for a smoke with a bottle of bud in my hand, this was a few years ago now. More recently I was nearly ran over by a Dublin bus as I was crossing O' Connell street, I misjudged the time it'd take me to get across and the bus came out of nowhere...

The words my mother said to me as a child came back to haunt me-

"Always wear clean underwear, you never know you might get hit by a bus".

Pointless advice really, given that I'd practically soiled myself at the sight of the bus coming towards me.

Jester252

I'll cross the road when no traffic is around without waiting for the red man to turn. What gets under my skin is when people are beside a zebra crossing or lights and don't use them. I'm looking you lady who walked out in front of my car after I had just past a zebra crossing.

To the group of student that refused to use the lights during rush hour, when I walked passed ye up to the lights and waited for them to turn and crossed the road while ye where still waited until the traffic had come to a full stop slightly down the road to cross it because fcuk the man. Who than went to cross the road as the lights turn forcing a driver and cyclist to make a emergency stop. Two days after someone else was knocked down for doing the same thing.
Feck ye.

As for other small laws I have broken. Drunk in public but tbf most people have broken that law

Jester252

Czarcasm wrote: »

Yep, I got told off by staff outside the badass cafe in temple bar when I went out for a smoke with a bottle of bud in my hand, this was a few years ago now.

That not very badass of them

Rubecula

I got caught for speeding (31 mph in a 30 mph zone) once. Had to pay a hefty fine

sixpack's little hat

It's the red man they disregard not the green man.

Green man means you can cross or not if you don't feel like it!

_Whimsical_

I infringe copyright on an almost daily basis.

BBDBB

I feed the trolls

MadsL

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I infringe copyright on an almost daily basis.

You work in restaurant and have to sing Happy Birthday?

CruelCoin

Some speed limits (the silly ones)

Some berk zones a cliffside one-laner in kerry at 100kph while the half-mile wide dead flat stretch close to me is zoned at 80kph?

Well **** you, i'm ignoring that one.


Also my reaction speeds after 2 pints are faster than that of a sober granny, yet i'm painted as a monstrous baby eater while she's the paragon of all virtue apparently.

Again, bolloxs i ignore.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

MadsL wrote: »

Well the simple truth is you are not allowed to drink in public or jaywalk in Dublin, if you don't believe me just go look at the streets for yourself....


...never mind.

Ah.... you crack me up.... Dublin

**** it, pass the Augustiner bitte....

MadsL

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Ah.... you crack me up.... Dublin

**** it, pass the Augustiner bitte....

Yeah....anyway.

oppenheimer1

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Nearly half of British adults often ignore the green man when crossing the road

http://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/09/06/green-man-gets-red-light/

What small laws do you break daily?

They don't ignore the green man, they ignore the red one. People don't wait at the lights not crossing on a green.

MadsL

New On here. Yes_I_AM. wrote: »

Obligatory "you must be new here" comment.

Capt'n Midnight

The RSA speed survey always shows that the vast majority of motorists break the speed limit (up to 98%).


Did you know you can get a penalty point for driving on the white hatched lines ? I've never seen anyone avoid them at a busy right hand turn.




I've infringed this patent many times
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn965-wheel-patented-in-australia.html



I've also knowingly listened to pirated music
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/01/29/3678851.htm

IvaBigWun

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I infringe copyright on an almost daily basis.

Good one. Id say we all do at least weekly with mp3s etc

Capt'n Midnight

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The RSA speed survey always shows that the vast majority of motorists break the speed limit (up to 98%).


Did you know you can get a penalty point for driving on the white hatched lines ? I've never seen anyone avoid them at a busy right hand turn.

Yeah, I do my best to avoid them but sometimes if everyone else is at it you need to fit in as well
Should be treated like a solid island afaik

dublinbhoy88

I never break my own laws

sbsquarepants

Godwins law.
I refuse to ever mention the Nazis, which is probably why I'm struggling with my history degree I suppose - but I have my principles, that's what matters.

iDave

Those stupid Blasphemy Laws.

Jesus and Moh were a gay couple!

CruelCoin

iDave wrote: »

Those stupid Blasphemy Laws.

Jesus and Moh were a gay couple!

And Mary was a virgin indeed, but i bet she took it up the arse like a champion.

iDave

CruelCoin wrote: »

And Mary was a virgin indeed, but i bet she took it up the arse like a champion.

Always on her knees.....but not to pray

Rasheed

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Ah.... you crack me up.... Dublin

**** it, pass the Augustiner bitte....

Are you trying to make a point? Because I'm completely lost with your last few posts.