To wonder why lots of car drivers shout at pedestrians?

The only time in recent memory that I’ve shouted at a pedestrian was to tell him that he dropped some of his shopping in the middle of the zebra crossing and had just kept on walking. I had literally shouted “excuse me sir, but you just dropped your shopping.”

He told me to F off. 😂 I hope he got home and had a miserable lunch because his salad and sharing packet of fancy crisps got mushed in the middle of the road.

Well, that was unnecessarily rude, wasn't it?

Not shouted at but gestured to go and me refusing to and them having an issue where I live because they don’t have the same field of vision or knowledge of the area as I do.

Too many drivers think they know more than pedestrians when it comes to walking and don’t realise they can be putting us in danger because they don’t have the full picture of risks if you step out when they say. Many assume other drivers will stop on the other side, but many don’t. Add in people who don’t cut down their hedges making it difficult for pedestrians and drivers to see each other, it’s asking for someone (the pedestrian) to get hurt.

I don’t trust drivers whatsoever. I’ve had too many close calls from drivers not paying attention and breaking laws and if I hadn’t been the one paying attention I and my child would have been seriously injured or worse.
It’s usually people running red lights and had some guy in a white van who decided to do a u-turn with no thought to the pedestrians who have the green man and were crossing.

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As a driver I always slow down approaching a crossing because some pedestrians are unpredictable and don’t wait and will jump out last second, so I always slow down on approach. As a pedestrian I will always wait till the cars have fully stopped before stepping out on to the road

Re read my message I said I didn’t say I wouldn’t have enough time. Even if people slow down to 20 in a 30 when approaching a crossing if someone steps out whilst your at the crossing you would still have to stop sharply

I always make sure cars are stopping, but surely you have enough time to be able to stop safely when you see someone waiting to cross? It winds me up the amount of drivers who are going so fast and/or haven't even checked to see if anyone's waiting to cross, so they have to slam on the breaks to skid to a halt, or just speed on over the crossing.

I lived in China for a while - to cross the road you step out but looking the wrong way - this ensures approaching traffic slows down -if you look at approaching traffic they assume you have seen them so keep going -you could try this OP

I think you are missing the point here. You are driving along a road with a known hazard. It is YOUR responsibility to drive at a speed that ensured YOU have enough time to stop.

If you don't have enough time to stop safely, you are driving too fast.

I shouted at some teens who ran out in front of me causing me to emergency stop. It was really close.

So sometimes its reasonable.

I've had things like "Fat Cunt" shouted at me once or twice, I put it down to just being common or garden Utter Wankers. Bless.

Of course DRIVERS not just me need time to stop safely but nowhere did I say as a driver I can’t stop with enough time to do it safely 🤷‍♀️

I don’t know is it? You’re the one keep challenging it

You were probably just unlucky and they were probably just a weird angry person.

I’ve never been shouted at, witnessed shouting nor have I ever shouted at a pedestrian.

When you stated that you need time to stop safely. If you can't stop safely for someone using a zebra crossing, you need to slow down.

Indeed, my experience is obviously different from yours, is that hard to accept?

Well you obviously have a very different experience with crossings to me. If I use a zebra crossing I wait on the curb the car approaching stops, I cross and give a wave of thanks car continues everyone goes about their day.

Where did I say that?

Recent times I've been shouted at by a driver:
1 pointing out my road is one way, and they are going the wrong way down it
2 asking a car driver who was parked blocking the whole of the pavement alongside a busy road to move their car - the only way to pass was to walk out into the incoming traffic to go round the parked car
3 Standstill traffic, car decides to drive along the pavement my daughter and I were walking along. As in car literally mounted the pavement and drove 50 feet towards us. Driver then swears at me for not getting out of their way - absolutely nowhere for me to go as there was a 10 ft wall alongside the pavement

There is no obligation to say thank you!

The car driver has less priority than you do so it should be them thanking you for waiting for them to stop.

Does shouting at squirrels and birds count ?

So you expect the pedestrian to just stand like a lemming at the side of the road until a kind hearted driver decides to stop for them?

I use several zebra crossings on a daily basis and most days the only way to get a car to stop for you, IS to to step out (taking care of my own safety). In my experience, the vast majority of drivers on those two roads would rather gouge their eyes out than pause for the 30secs it takes to let someone cross the road.

If you are worried about your ability to stop safely, you should reduce your speed.

I am not someone who jumps straight out - I don't necessarily trust drivers to stop. I do more often than not have a foot in the road and plenty still ignore it, plus the ones who drive through red lights at a pelican crossing (fortunately. there's not too many of them about).

I disagree that it's just polite in the circumstances to thank a driver for doing what they are legally obliged to do so we'll have to agree to differ.

Some drivers think that, I do not. I always stop at a crossing if I see someone approaching however you do get people that just jump straight out before you’ve even stopped.
As a pedestrian I always give someone a thanks it’s just polite