Re: Pedestrians give way to cars

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

Christopher_Martin GORDON <cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
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> : 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)
>
> --
> Chris Gordon
> http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord

The one in Unanderra is brick pavers and is not a pedestrian crossing. The
ones in Kiama are made of pieces of rock, sort of like cobblestones, one is
a pedestrian crossing and the others aren't.
--
Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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