Do you know how to use a pedestrican crossing correctly?

It's fairly obvious to experienced drivers that there's a crossing ahead due to the layout & pinching, let alone the flashing orange beacons.

Pedestrians can often mistake painted raised speed ramps for crossings, again, most experienced drivers would recognise this and simply let them cross. They are in areas where drivers would be traveling slowly anyway.

That's the problem - there is no 'layout and pinching' - I guess you're in Dublin - outside of Dublin the local authorities do not care in an ever increasing circle from their town/city hall.

In Cork many of the crossings are faded with no zig zags before and after.

And NO there should be no crossing a road by walking on speed bumps - another local authority mess.

1 and 3 won't cut it in many of the countries in Eastern Europe, you'll end up waiting for all the traffic to go past. The only approach that reliably works is to walk straight out with ne'er a look at the oncoming traffic; they've got to believe you're serious about it.

At multi-lane crossings, only when the traffic in the first lane have stopped should you look, but you absolutely have to look out for the drivers in the 2nd and later lanes who might have been blindsided by the traffic in lane 1 actually stopping.

That's a great way to get yourself killed.

Above is a Pedestrian Crossing - No zig zags - cars parked - paint faded

Above is a 'Speed Bump' to slow traffic on a residental road - people who are not familiar with Ireland use it as a Pedestrian Crossing.

My biggest problem as a driver at crossings are the pram pushers.

If I had kids I would be concerned and protective of them.

In Ireland though, they simply push that yoke out there without bothering to look, judge the circumstances or anything really.

It's almost used like a weapon.

Poor flippin kids. Sends shivers down my neck even if I'm not driving.

Putting the foot out first would remind me of my Irish dancing lessons 😐️

This myth. Again.

How many have you prams have you run over? How many babies in prams are killed every week, month, year, decade?

None. Because it doesn't happen in real life.

It's just guidance in the Highway Code - nobody pays any attention . . . certainly not pedestrians who value their life.

Well, no, I can't see around corners, which is why I slow down appropriately at corners.

I think the post I was replying to was talking about the kind of raised platform for pedestrians at some busy junctions, giving priority to pedestrians. It just means drivers have to slow down for a few seconds.