Pedestrian crossings
Where a pedestrian crossing is marked at a robot controlled intersection, respect it and give people the chance to get across safely. A vehicle turning left or right gives way to any pedestrian within the crossing.
Crossings provided away from an intersection are of the zebra variety, alternate wide black and white stripes, and an advance warning sign tells you one is coming. At such a crossing the driver gives right of way to the pedestrian, unless the traffic there is being controlled by a robot or a police officer.
As you approach any crossing:
- Look for people waiting at the kerb and be ready to slow down or stop.
- Give way once someone has moved onto the crossing.
- Allow more distance for stopping on a wet or a gravel surface.
- Do not wave people across or sound your horn at them. Another vehicle may be coming past that they cannot see and that has not seen them.
- Watch the pavement on both sides, not only the stripes themselves.
Do not park at or near a pedestrian crossing, and never overtake at one. Overtaking a vehicle that has slowed or stopped to let people cross hides them from you and you from them, which is how the worst collisions at crossings happen.
Always be on the lookout for these crossings. A crossing with nobody standing at it still needs you at a speed from which you could stop.