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In the UK we have various types of pedestrian crossing, but they're an optional convenience. You can use them, or you can find a safe place and time to cross yo
by foo42 2y ago
In the UK we have various types of pedestrian crossing, but they're an optional convenience. You can use them, or you can find a safe place and time to cross yourself.
- fire_lake 2y agoAnd if no one uses them, they weren’t well designed to start with.
- oneeyedpigeon 2y agoI guess the jaywalking law is partly to avoid disrupting traffic, but the most efficient cross is the one when no traffic is present, and that's more likely in the middle of the road than at an intersection.
- fire_lake 2y agoYep - prioritisation of motorists is baked in. This makes sense for freeways but in cities this should be flipped.