a Danger for pedestrians hotspots thread

[inkyjunior1]

East dulwich grove pelican crossing by Dulwich communtiy hospital had car upto my feet using this pelican crossing.

my hubby disabled and has to use this everyday and nearly very day cars just speed over it even when see you trying to cross.

not well lite...... think should be a traffic light rather than pelican as another pelican further up and that ones ok seem to stop at that one.

near glenarry road.

melbourne grove adjoining east dulwich grove a nightmare as cars coming at you 4/5 ways and often speeding,lot children use that one.

[Horsebox]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> nope - impatient drivers cause impatient

> driving... the inconvenience of waiting mere

> seconds for a green man to flash compared to the

> horror of crossing uncontrolled traffic? hmmmm

>

> accidents is a funny word as well - have a look at

> most accident reports - were they accidents or

> were assumptions made which turned out not to be

> true?

Agree with you here, Sean, and you raise an intersting point re: 'accidents'. Police now refer to them as 'collisions' rather than accidents as generally they will find that somebody was at fault whether due to careless /drunk /impatient /arrogant driving and therefore cannot really be considered an accident.

[bawdy-nan]

Nasty and terrifying bit of "pavement"by the Plough where there is no pavement and the bus lane swerves at you and the buses drive like demons with the devil on their back.

Really scary. Whats wrong with a kerb.

[elliescott]

Barry Rd is a nightmare. I was recently overtaken driving down it by a car that then stopped in front of me to turn right!

Why? It's a 30 area not a 50!

Moan over.

[markybwoy]

Tinkering with pavement furniture, kerbs, bollards, humps and bumps, pelicans etc is not going to address the root cause of this anti-social behaviour.

Put speed traps up all over the place, snap everyone doing 25mph in the 20 zone, or 35 in the 30 zone, instant ₤150 fine in the post.

You'd only need to run it one day a month to start to affect behaviour. Also, our council tax would be slashed by all the extra money coming in.

[David Mc]

Yeah right.

[trident]

Totally agree with Izodia about the zebra crossings - for example whenever I cross the one between Dulwich Picture Gallery and Dulwich park, cars actually accelerate. Someone told me it's technically illegal to drive over zebra crossings as you have to always approach them at a speed at which you could stop, which made me laugh, although I'm not entirely sure whether it's true.