Do you salute car that gives you right of way whewalking over zebra crossing?

nails1 · 13-04-2018 04:03PM #1

I think it’s a tricky one. I feel like a pr*ck if I don’t acknowledge the driver for stopping at one for me. But at same time they aren’t stopping as a gesture of goodwill. They are obliged too. Same with yellow boxes on the road.

Skylinehead · 13-04-2018 04:04PM

No. I don't salute anyone that stops at a traffic light, this is no different.

Jim Bob Scratcher · 13-04-2018 04:04PM

Yes

BBDBB · 13-04-2018 04:05PM

I do

and I stand to attention in the middle of the zebra crossing until they acknowledge it

biko · 13-04-2018 04:07PM

I usually do, it's a nice thing to do.

Graces7 · 13-04-2018 04:08PM

Yes. Makes their day happier and they drive better

Moomat · 13-04-2018 04:08PM

Yes - with my feet. I'll quicken my pace and do a little skip

loalae · 13-04-2018 04:10PM

You thank people who serve you in a shop when they give you change and a receipt even though they're obliged to. It's just manners to acknowledge when someone does something for you.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-04-2018 04:12PM

No but I vent my ire at the large number who don't stop when I'm on a crossing,

I don't salute a driver who uses his indicators, sticks to the speed limit or doesn't use his phone while driving. They are supposed to stop. If someone is courteous enough to stop well in advance of me stepping on the crossing then I certainly will acknowledge it.

ConnyMcDavid · 13-04-2018 04:12PM

I'll salute an acknowledgement if they are generous like stopping when I'm approaching and not yet on the crossing.

But otherwise no. You wouldn't wave at people using their indicator or driving on the correct side of the road, etc.

Noveight · 13-04-2018 04:13PM

Yes, of course they’re doing it out of obligation but being friendly costs nothing.

Outlaw Pete · 13-04-2018 04:16PM

Yes, of course, but not if they're one of those fools that end up holding up traffic insisting you move out even when doing so endangers your life and that of others. Damn people pleasers.

Blazer · 13-04-2018 04:19PM

some one has a list a few years ago of things that annoyed the ****e out of her.

No 2 was
People who don't salute at zebra crossings -I stopped for you asshole, it doesn't hurt to be nice

No 7 was

People who saluted at zebra crossings - asshole..I wouldn't have stopped if it wasn't the law.

Skylinehead · 13-04-2018 04:21PM

Noveight wrote: »

Yes, of course they’re doing it out of obligation but being friendly costs nothing.

But what's the difference between stopping there and at a signal-controlled crossing? Nobody acknowledges drivers stopping for those!

Cordell · 13-04-2018 04:26PM

They do, quite often I'm getting the nod or waive at a on demand signal pedestrian crossing.

13-04-2018 04:27PM

I do, as sometimes at one near my house they dont stop if they are going fast so it's a bit of a thank you, other times its just to get am acknowledgment that they've actually seen me

Graces7 · 13-04-2018 05:53PM

Skylinehead wrote: »

But what's the difference between stopping there and at a signal-controlled crossing? Nobody acknowledges drivers stopping for those!

I do. Every time

Graces7 · 13-04-2018 05:54PM

riffmongous wrote: »

I do, as sometimes at one near my house they dont stop if they are going fast so it's a bit of a thank you, other times its just to get am acknowledgment that they've actually seen me

Yep.make eye contact.. ,

The One Doctor · 13-04-2018 06:01PM

Blazer wrote: »

some one has a list a few years ago of things that annoyed the ****e out of her.

No 2 was
People who don't salute at zebra crossings -I stopped for you asshole, it doesn't hurt to be nice

No 7 was
People who saluted at zebra crossings - asshole..I wouldn't have stopped if it wasn't the law.

Women...

Joe prim · 13-04-2018 06:03PM

Hitler and the Naszties liked saluting too. and a lot of good it did them.

(I hereby claim the record for breaking Godwins Law in a thread thats totally unrelated)

begbysback · 13-04-2018 06:05PM

Only if Adolf Hitler is driving the car

Manic Moran · 13-04-2018 06:13PM

I’ll give ‘em. a thanking wave, but I very rarely salute when out of uniform...

Snake Plisken · 13-04-2018 06:15PM

Yep a thank you wave for those who stop and a death glare for the feckers who try to knock me down!

erica74 · 13-04-2018 06:16PM

I salute if it's a zebra crossing with or without the flashing orange lights, for example, the crossings you use in carparks.
More often than not drivers just fly around with their head up their arse so I salute courteous drivers.
Yes, by law drivers have to stop and should stop but a lot don't and if I get hit by a car that didn't stop, the fact that the driver should have stopped would be of little comfort if I'm dead.

Oink · 13-04-2018 06:23PM

Depends.

If I’m in a “THIS IS MY GODDAM RIGHT BY LAW AND I WILL CROSS THIS ROAD OR DIE RIGHT HERE” kinda mood, then no.

Else yeah, a “cheers mate” kinda wave.

freshpopcorn · 13-04-2018 06:24PM

I salute nearly everybody apart from feminists just encase I offend them!

lawred2 · 13-04-2018 06:24PM

nails1 wrote: »

I think it’s a tricky one. I feel like a pr*ck if I don’t acknowledge the driver for stopping at one for me. But at same time they aren’t stopping as a gesture of goodwill. They are obliged too. Same with yellow boxes on the road.

suicide_circus · 13-04-2018 06:28PM

*lifts index finger from wheel*

keith_sixteen · 13-04-2018 06:48PM

In Switzerland kids are thought to walk to school by themselves (or with their friends) from an early age. Part of this is teaching them how to cross the road at zebra crossings. As part of this training, the kids are thought to thank the driver for stopping by giving them a wave.

It's a small common courtesy but a nice one

appledrop · 13-04-2018 06:52PM

I always give a little wave. Main one I would cross doesn't have flashing orange lights so not every car stops. Different at traffic lights everyone stops.

Sand · 13-04-2018 07:34PM

No, never have. I really never thought of it as a pedestrian, and as a driver I really don't care if they wave or not. Its the rules of the road, the driver has to stop so no one is doing anyone a favour.

Do you salute car that gives you right of way whewalking over zebra crossing?

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