howdood Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here's my reading of the rules: it's not "the > driver doesn't have to try to stop unless someone > is on the crossing"; it's "once someone is on the > crossing, the driver *has* to stop". In other > words, the driver has to be looking far enough > ahead to ensure that (s)he can stop before anyone > actually gets a foot onto the crossing. Amazing > how many people ignore this fact - including the > speeding police car that nearly took out me and my > 2-year old on the zebra next to the EDT a few > months ago! One assumes the vehicle had its light flashing and perhaps even a siren going? - what were you doing crossing the road in this instance?