On 01/06/2010, DagT <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that may be the case and in Norway they recently published a report > stating that more pedestrian were hit by cars at the zebra crossings. It > turns out that they think they are safe because they use the crossing and the > rules say that the cars have to stop, but they don´t think about the braking > distance of the cars. They don´t even look for the cars, just walk.
Here the problem is similar but it's differentiation between education and cultures, in my area we have a significant enclave of new migrants from HK. Truly they have no idea about crossings, they launch across then looking in the completely opposite direction (most Zebras are on one way streets), they don't even glance down the street, I'm always on the lookout. Then there are the ones who loiter at the edge of the crossing looking like they intend to cross but never do. They also seem to be significantly over represented at the casino and for some time were often caught leaving kids in cars for hours whilst they indulged their habits (thankfully usually over night in underground parking), sad and inappropriate none the less. Obviously education and culture have big impacts on parental behaviour. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
