Yeah I'm sure thats what goes through their mind as they just walk straight into the road
without looking to see what is coming
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 10:53, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

IIRC the Highway Code says you must give way to pedestrians at *all* times?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 10:57, Reply)

Except if I don't want to.
See also: cyclists.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 10:58, Reply)

cyclists = pricks

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:01, Reply)

+ who frequently forget that in a collision they will inevitably come off worst.
Mind you, car drivers who overtake cyclists on corners are also cunts.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:04, Reply)

Roads are too dangerous for them to be on.
Proper cycle lanes are necessary.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:16, Reply)

I'd rather the road budgets were spent on resurfacing

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:16, Reply)

Roads would be a lot safer if people weren't such impatient selfish cunts
There are very few things in life that won't wait another 10-15 seconds. Better late in this life than early in the next, and all that.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:19, Reply)

bender

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:20, Reply)

Lanes are often not wide enough.

( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:22, Reply)

Yes they have right of way.
However that right is quickly rescinded if stepping out in front of 2 tonnes of vehicle travelling at 30mph
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:21, Reply)

I'm approaching a junction the light is on green and I'm doing 30mph
10 foot before me a pedestrian steps into the road, how the fuck am I supposed to stop in time?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:22, Reply)

i dunno, use the brakes?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:22, Reply)

Stopping distances
uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080527142838AA66wy7
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:24, Reply)

If those are the Highway Code ones
they were written when everyone drove shit cars like Cortinas with crossply tyres, live axles and drum brakes. Modern cars stop way quicker than that.
What hasn't got any better though is the meatsack behind the wheel.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:27, Reply)

Could you break to a full stop at 30mph within 10'?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:31, Reply)

easy

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:32, Reply)

What do you drive a Tank?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:34, Reply)

No, cos the thinking distance before you hit the pedal is 30ft

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:35, Reply)

This is Nakers knowing him he probably thinks the ' sign means Kilometers

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:37, Reply)

yours might be you mongaloid

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:37, Reply)

If your everyday reaction time is consistently under 0.3 of a second
a) you're in the wrong job and b) I'd expect your typing to be better
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:44, Reply)

Prick can't even control his car.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:24, Reply)

stopping distance at 30mph is about 70 ft
so he would be still 60ft after mowing down the fuckwit...
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:24, Reply)

bollocks it is, what are your brakes made out of milk bottle tops?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:26, Reply)

25 yards from 30mph?
Maybe if you lock your brakes.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:31, Reply)

In the wet.

( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:33, Reply)

Most cars now have ABS
and bloody effective it is too. Though apparently a lot of drivers don't brake hard enough in an emergency stop, too.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:47, Reply)

My car has automatic brake sensors
that recognise if you are panic braking and apply them a bit harder
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:52, Reply)

If you are approaching a junction, especially one with traffic lights, you should be prepared to stop.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:24, Reply)

If the light turns orange I will stop, I have been driving since 1991
and have never been involved in an accident.
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:27, Reply)

SCIENCE!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:28, Reply)

How come you can stop for an amber light but not a pedestrian?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:28, Reply)

Because amber lights don't just jump out at you, they give you adequate time to stop

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:32, Reply)

How so?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:35, Reply)

No wonder you get scared on the motorway..
If I just call it magic will that help?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:36, Reply)

No, because this is side-stepping my question about the pointless claim you made that traffic lights somehow give you a warning before they change.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:37, Reply)

The amber light *is* the warning.

( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:39, Reply)

Don't be an amber gambler, Kroney.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:42, Reply)

You stop at the Amber if it is safe to do so
i.e. if you are only 20 yards from it when it changes, you go through.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:45, Reply)

This is TuiB, being a Spaz.

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:48, Reply)

So people stepping in front of a moving vehicle, because they are too busy
fucking around on a mobile phone, is going to be the drivers fault if the get hit right?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:46, Reply)

depends really
if the driver was also on his phone, or was going too quick or something then he's fucked even if the peestrian was a stupid cunt. But if they were driving normally at 25mph then it's just an accident and nothing happens.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:50, Reply)

Or approaching a junction without being prepared to stop.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 11:57, Reply)