listermint wrote: » One driver does not make a crowd.
Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: » I've noticed it as a pedestrian myself too. In the Netherlands cars will test the beacons as a stop sign. Most Irish motorists expect the pedestrians to wait.
I’ve just arrived in the work car park in an industrial estate. My route takes me by a zebra crossing. As I approached the zebra crossing I saw a few people walking towards it, so I slowed down in good time and stopped to let the pedestrians cross. A driver behind me did Riverdance on the horn and opened his window to scream. We ended up pulling up side-by-side in the work car park :pac: he turned white as a ghost and apologised for beeping me. He politely explained that we have right of way and pedestrians have to wait for a gap in the gap to cross. I begged to different. When I lived in the Netherlands, drivers treated them with the height of respect.
I was driving on an 80 km/h stretch of road which changes from 60-80-60. I maintained a constant 50 on all stretches due to hills, blind spots and there's often cyclists on it. Its a limit not a target. There was no cyclists at the time but I like to be careful. A male driver and his female passenger came up behind me. She started shaking her head and he was jumping like he was in a rave. I could see in the rear view mirror. She started filming my car. We ended up side-by-side at a T-junction. He beckoned me to put down my window. He said he'll be reporting me for careless driving (holding up traffic) and driving so slow as to be causing an obstruction. I'm afraid they might embellish the story and exaggerate that I was doing other things that I wasn't off camera. I'm expecting a call out or summons soon.
I popped out for a quick 10k, round cycle after work today. I finish work at 3 and arrive home at 3:30 ish I was cycling in the middle of the lane (to stop drivers squeezing by) with traffic coming on the other side. It was rush hour so traffic was busy on the other lane, but not so busy on my side. A white transit van flew up behind me, well in excess of the 60 km/h limit blaring the horn, nearly skimming my handlebar and almost scraping off oncoming traffic. I didn't think anyone would be so selfish and idiotic. I nearly sh1t myself. These things would discourage people from taking up cycling. Take your time, keep your distance and overtake when safe and legal to do so. I know most motorists are respectful and law abiding, so this doesn't apply to them, but please be careful.
Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: » This annoys me no end. This just doesn't happen in rush hour, it happens all times of the day. I, as a law abiding driver, drive in the lane I should be in, and the driver behind will cut in left 10 or so metres before the bus lane ends and the dash lines start meaning I have to wait for drivers who are essentially skipping me. It's infuriating and illegal. I was driving a vintage car today with no nearside mirror (they weren't fitted on some old cars). This makes observation of these clowns harder.
Isambard wrote: » OP you are wrong to have stopped before they reached the crossing. You only have to stop for people on the crossing and it's good manners to stop for people waiting to cross.
sydthebeat wrote: » Not all crossings are zebra crossings. This makes for a myriad of different reactions by drivers
Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: » Who said they were?
Emmersonn wrote: » Just besause a pedestrian is walking towards a zebra crossing it does't mean the pedestrian is going to use the crossing. Traffic does not have to stop until someone has moved on to the crossing.
Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: » I didn't stop before they entered the crossing. I slowed down with the anticipation that they would enter the crossing. And they did enter the crossing so I came to a full stop.
Seth Brundle wrote: » Under Irish law, a pedestrian must place a foot on the crossing in order to get priority. Simply standing beside the crossing doesn't indicate intent to cross and therefore does not assign a priority. However, that entails a pedestrian stepping out into traffic which can be dangerous and many won't do that. As a consequence, many local authorities don't use these crossings because of the confusion over them.
LIGHTNING wrote: » Yet another troll like post from Hairy Japanese BASTARDS!. I am keeping an close eye on your posts.
irelandrover wrote: » I live in the Netherlands and the other day a driver went straight through a zebra crossing outside a school without stopping. He stopped the car and shouted out the window at me after i cursed him. So id say you're observations that everyone obeys then here is just wrong.
Del2005 wrote: » Putting your foot onto the road isn't dangerous if you are looking at the traffic, if a vehicle is going to hit someone with a foot on the road then the footpath isn't any protection. I often do it at junctions and traffic stops to let me cross. I've seen the opposite to the OP. People stopping at speed ramps to let pedestrians cross, I think it's because a lot of lollipop crossings are being done on speed ramps.
Isambard wrote: » you don't pull out of a side road if something is coming, same thing applies to stepping out on to a crossing.
