Re: Pedestrians give way to cars

[cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON)]

: Auckland New Zealand, the only city in the world where you will find signs
: at pedestrian crossings which say: "Pedestrians give way to traffic."

: There are similar signs at  Box Hill (Victoria, Australia).
: Carrington Rd (parallel to the railway, on the southern side) was recently
: decorated in a Chinese temple theme, with traffic chokes.  Signs warn
: pedestrians to give way to cars at these points, but there are no signs
: telling cars this, so they stop because of psychology: the design looks
: like a proper pedestrian crossing.  This results in confusion, delays and a
: risky situation.

The problem is that a crossing like this was in Croydon with bricks on the
road, and the sign saying that cars have right of way, however 
internationally brick pavers on the road mean it is a pedestrian crossing.

They have now painted white lines, and erected signs for the cars making
it a pedestrian crossing.

Two things to remeber:
Brick pavers = Pedestrian Crossing (if not, then it is not legial), the 
expection is speed humps.
For a road there must be flashing lights, warning signs etc for all 
crossings.  (things like car parks, slip lanes don't need lights)

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Chris Gordon
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord