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My company is situated across a main road from a college. There are a couple of permissive rights of way across our land to the road and quite a few students w

My company is situated across a main road from a college. There are a couple of permissive rights of way across our land to the road and quite a few students walk that way and also up the road. This horror of a link is what Google Maps shows with Street View: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.9469423,-2.6380275,3a,75y,326.62h,97.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1srvchdpt_qNsO9xAwB4u5uw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-7.769655411264054%26panoid%3Drvchdpt_qNsO9xAwB4u5uw%26yaw%3D326.62205193594406!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExMjMzSAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.9469423,-2.6380275,3a,75y,... Our place is the left hand turn off. The college is about 100m further up on the right. Pretend I'm in the red car. I often see kids with headphones on the pavement (sidewalk) cross our turn off without looking around - invariably they are wearing massive bins - head phones and listening to music or podcasts or whatever. Kids also walk down our ramp towards the college too. Again with minimal regard for traffic. That road is the A37 which I was told a while back conveys at least 30,000 odd vehicles per day. I often get to pause whilst waiting for a kiddie to cross. To be fair, our traffic laws now allow for pedestrians to have right of way when crossing a "turn off". However, that is a life limiting thing to depend upon without keeping an eye out! Never mind phones, why not keep an eye on the real world and stop pretending that wearing bins will stop a car killing you?

aorloff 2y ago
I live far enough away from you that I think your English needs tuning up, and I couldn’t agree more. In my college town the scooters around campus, ridden both on the roadway and on the sidewalk, add another element of risk to the “headphones are not helmets” crowd.
WWLink 2y ago
I mean, ok? What's the big deal? So you have to drive slowly and carefully and wait for people who are walking and might not be paying the best of attention? I can see how that may be annoying but how many seconds/minutes does it add to your commute such that you would be so bothered about it? Edit: And to clarify, I believe your post is incredibly tame and politely written. I've seen people get super furious over the slightest inconvenience - both in person and on the internet. Like they feel 1000% entitled to drive 5+mph over the speed limit and any interruption in that results in them laying on the horn and yelling obscenities.
- mattlondon 2y ago
  An A road is typically a high-speed high-throughput road. Stopping to wait for someone to slowly cross can be dangerous. So you are stationary there and then some comes around the bend at 60mph not expecting a stopped car and wham. Not saying cars should have priority, but there you go
  - WWLink 2y ago
    Yea, going by the picture that road is VERY incorrectly setup, then! There should be a pedestrian bridge for that kinda road. o_O
    - gerdesj 2y ago
      It is pretty awful. I have to turn right out of that weird ramp to return home. My mental rule of thumb is to only start the manoeuvre if there are no cars on the up hill lane - they are leaving a roundabout and also crossing over an unmarked pedestrian crossing. Lots of distractions without having to worry about a car appearing from the left. Ironically enough, one of the school transport systems used to run from here and during the covid lock downs, quite a lot of Police transport used to run in and out of there too. Now I've really thought about it I need to start whining at whomever looks after the A37 around there. The worst bit is actually people crossing at the edge of Fiveways roundabout.
  - DamonHD 2y ago
    Just maybe no one should be regarding coming round a blind corner at 60mph as any more sensible than crossing the road without looking ... especially given that the motorist is a lethal danger to others...
- GeoAtreides 2y ago
  He has to drive slowly, because he knows the road layout, the other drivers though... i think that was OP's point

aorloff 2y ago

I live far enough away from you that I think your English needs tuning up, and I couldn’t agree more. In my college town the scooters around campus, ridden both on the roadway and on the sidewalk, add another element of risk to the “headphones are not helmets” crowd.

WWLink 2y ago

I mean, ok? What's the big deal? So you have to drive slowly and carefully and wait for people who are walking and might not be paying the best of attention? I can see how that may be annoying but how many seconds/minutes does it add to your commute such that you would be so bothered about it? Edit: And to clarify, I believe your post is incredibly tame and politely written. I've seen people get super furious over the slightest inconvenience - both in person and on the internet. Like they feel 1000% entitled to drive 5+mph over the speed limit and any interruption in that results in them laying on the horn and yelling obscenities.

mattlondon 2y ago
An A road is typically a high-speed high-throughput road. Stopping to wait for someone to slowly cross can be dangerous. So you are stationary there and then some comes around the bend at 60mph not expecting a stopped car and wham. Not saying cars should have priority, but there you go
- WWLink 2y ago
  Yea, going by the picture that road is VERY incorrectly setup, then! There should be a pedestrian bridge for that kinda road. o_O
  - gerdesj 2y ago
    It is pretty awful. I have to turn right out of that weird ramp to return home. My mental rule of thumb is to only start the manoeuvre if there are no cars on the up hill lane - they are leaving a roundabout and also crossing over an unmarked pedestrian crossing. Lots of distractions without having to worry about a car appearing from the left. Ironically enough, one of the school transport systems used to run from here and during the covid lock downs, quite a lot of Police transport used to run in and out of there too. Now I've really thought about it I need to start whining at whomever looks after the A37 around there. The worst bit is actually people crossing at the edge of Fiveways roundabout.
- DamonHD 2y ago
  Just maybe no one should be regarding coming round a blind corner at 60mph as any more sensible than crossing the road without looking ... especially given that the motorist is a lethal danger to others...
GeoAtreides 2y ago
He has to drive slowly, because he knows the road layout, the other drivers though... i think that was OP's point