Pedestrian crossings
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In Know the law (CM December 61 Mr. Oldridge was discussing pedestrian crossings. He says that it seems clear that if a person is on a crossing a driver must give him precedence however difficult or impossible this may seem. This is incorrect to the extent that the regulations provide that if a motorist is either on the studs or nearer the crossing than the studs then he has precedence over a pedestrian who steps on to the crossing or seeks to step on the crossing after that time. The studs represent the effective stopping distance assuming that the motorist is driving reasonably. Thus if the motorist is nearer the crossing than the studs it is assumed that he cannot stop safely. The difficulty, of course, is finding a witness to confirm that the car was nearer to the crossing.
Manchester.