Safety On Zebra Crossings
Every morning, when I go to get my newspaper, I have to cross a zebra crossing twice, that has a very busy and sometimes dangerous mix of cyclists and pedestrians. Sometimes, if a van, bus or other obscuring vehicle is waiting for a pedestrian to cross, cyclists will undertake the vehicle and then find a pedestrian is on the crossing.
Perhaps a convex mirror placed at the correct angle under the beacon, might make it easier for cyclists and pedestrians to avoid each other. The cyclist could see across the crossing and the pedestrian could see behind the obscuring vehicle.
Zebra Crossing Beacons
There’s plenty of space on this pole.
The Anonymous Widower 
There’s no excuse for any road user not to slow to check a zebra crossing before proceeding. The assumption must always be that there is someone there.
Comment by Marc | March 20, 2012 |
I know there isn’t. But there will be a bad accident on that crossing, when a whole pack of cyclists run over a pedestrian. I hope it’s not me!
Comment by AnonW | March 20, 2012 |