tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6886055841825766664..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Kids Will Be Kids…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-35020105199952136352012-06-03T00:24:33.038+01:002012-06-03T00:24:33.038+01:00This is just the same narrow minded argument on al...This is just the same narrow minded argument on all sides. You're point is "I have the right to travel how I want and nobody else does". If a child runs across the road to get to an island, I guess the child want to cross the road. I assume they didn't wait for your car before running out. The valid answers are: you slow for the child or the child waits for half an hour until the road is empty enough to cross without slowing a car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-70427995675993492402012-02-04T07:05:07.676+00:002012-02-04T07:05:07.676+00:00"This is still cyclists we're talking abo...<i>"This is still cyclists we're talking about? ;-)"</i><br /><br />Good point! They are at it again tomorrow, on the streets of London, demanding someone do something about all those lorries they insist on going up the inside of...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6392111961446314032012-02-03T11:20:11.725+00:002012-02-03T11:20:11.725+00:00Well, if he wants to cross safely, wouldn't he...<i>Well, if he wants to cross safely, wouldn't he be best off dismounting and using the crossing?</i><br /><br />This is still cyclists we're talking about? ;-)Angry Exilehttp://angryexile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59482716853034222492012-02-03T05:28:33.838+00:002012-02-03T05:28:33.838+00:00"Relevance of a pedestrian crossing to a cycl...<i>"Relevance of a pedestrian crossing to a cyclist?"</i> <br /><br />Well, if he wants to cross safely, wouldn't he be best off dismounting and using the crossing?<br /><br /><i>"Old thought, regurgitated: people don't use crossings. If they can cross within twenty or thirty yards of one they will do."</i> <br /><br />Yup, and it's not <i>just</i> the kids, as many people seem to think. My local high street is a nightmare for this.<br /><br /><i>"This is what is needed. No signs, no crossing, no clutter."</i> <br /><br />Southend has tried that, with very limited success!<br /><br /><i>"You just can't legislate for bone idleness or fuck-wittery .."</i><br /><br />Indeed. Never stops them trying, though.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-81998107630116575212012-02-02T11:04:44.064+00:002012-02-02T11:04:44.064+00:00How spooky to read a post on this subject now ..
...How spooky to read a post on this subject now ..<br /><br />I've just returned from a little shopping jaunt to my local Town .. whilst driving on the inside lane of a busy 4 lane "A"road, I observed a kid of about 13-14 (complete with de-riguer iPod)wander out into the road & stand between passing traffic on the "cross-hatch" markings, close to a junction .. and less than 20 yds from a pelican crossing ..<br /><br />And the cheeky little bugger had the temerity to look daggers at the traffic, which was "holding him up" ..<br /><br />You just can't legislate for bone idleness or fuck-wittery ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59603613942392169602012-02-02T10:28:30.492+00:002012-02-02T10:28:30.492+00:00This is what is needed. No signs, no crossing, no ...This is what is needed. No signs, no crossing, no clutter.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094939/Britains-longest-clutter-free-street-unveiled-make-things-SAFER.htmlSadButMadLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836368722377421009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-71256266983528998532012-02-02T10:16:31.482+00:002012-02-02T10:16:31.482+00:00/echoes Curmudgeon/echoes CurmudgeonAngry Exilehttp://angryexile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45502876661463901392012-02-02T09:14:38.945+00:002012-02-02T09:14:38.945+00:00Wish there was an edit on these posts. I meant &qu...Wish there was an edit on these posts. I meant "saw a kid" instead of the ridiculous "say kid."<br /><br />Soz.Pelican, againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24006865254081359072012-02-02T09:13:04.519+00:002012-02-02T09:13:04.519+00:00Old thought, regurgitated: people don't use cr...Old thought, regurgitated: people don't use crossings. If they can cross within twenty or thirty yards of one they will do.<br /><br />In fact, the other day I say kid run across a T junction to save crossing two roads (though he only ran because a bus was approaching his rear quickly) and there was a pedestrian crossing ten yards lower down.<br /><br />But by all means paint lines and put in 'controls' if it gives the council something to do.Pelican, but will they?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-30993920679532877882012-02-02T09:08:22.500+00:002012-02-02T09:08:22.500+00:00Relevance of a pedestrian crossing to a cyclist?Relevance of a pedestrian crossing to a <b>cyclist</b>?Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com