Are Scots More Dangerous Pedestrians?
When I was in Scotland, I saw an article in The Scotsman entitled Scotland is ‘deadliest place to go for a walk’
Here’s the first paragraph.
Scotland has Europe’s worst record for pedestrian deaths in towns and cities, campaigners claimed yesterday, as new official figures showed the total soared by one-third last year.
I don’t know but as a careful pedestrian, who always waits for the green, I found that in Edinburgh and Glasgow, I’d wait and found when it went green, everybody else had long gone.
So perhaps Scots do walk more dangerously!
The Anonymous Widower 
They also drink more heavily. The worst road-crossers I come across are “freshers” at Manchester uni, they wander all over the roads, even main roads, never look, sometimes chat in the middle of the road. It is usually Christmas before they learn how to do it properly!
Comment by nosnikrapzil | October 28, 2013 |
Could it be, that it’s the first time, they’ve ever walked anywhere? Children these days get ferries around by their parents all the time.
Comment by AnonW | October 28, 2013 |
Some do, but surely they know a bit of road safety from going out shopping and suchlike – and dont they teach it in schools? Common sense should tell them not to stand in the road and chat to their friends, after all, they are by definition intelligent, or they wouldnt be at uni!
Comment by nosnikrapzil | October 28, 2013 |
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