things that p*** off pedestrians (well me anyway)

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1. being waved across the road by a driver. Friendly or impatient it is not helpful. I decide when I am crossing the road.

2. Not indicating - there is a crossing next to the train station and it is 50/50 whether cars turning off the roundabout indicate so you can be there for hours not sure if you can cross or if the car is going to make the left turn.

3. starting to go through the crossing before the pedestrian is across the road. I have had my heels clipped a few times.

4. finally one for some moped/ motorbikes / cyclists in cities red lights also apply to you!

YANBU apart from the first one. I get peed off when people don't wave me over...especially when they are only going to sit in traffic 20 yards down the road.

The assumption that the metal box goes first, regardless of the circumstances, and in some cases, regardless of the speed.

There seems to be some notion that a steel case is a form of immunity.

Adult cyclists on the pavement who seem to believe that pedestrians should be walking somewhere else.

YY to cars not indicating (but that applies when I am driving too - so few makes seem to have indicators as standard these days....)

Other pedestrians who wall zombie like in the middle of the pavement on their phones.

Yes to adult cyclists using the pavements! Grrrr!

Fast cars on residential streets. Grrrr!

Not slowing down when I'm already crossing the road, and just assuming I'll make it out of the way in time.

Makes me walk twice as slow just to teach them some manners.

Turning into a side road when I've already started crossing from my side, and driving straight into me.

Nopey nope. You don't own the road. Fucking wait your turn.

Indicators don't come as standard Seeline? Wow, that just seems wrong

Cyclists on the pavement who shout at me to get out of the way. Erm, no. It's the pavement. And drivers and cyclists who break red lights on crossings.

Things that PISS me off. People who are so dainty and delicate that they have to *** the word PISS.

I find that other pedestrians frequently piss me off when I'm a pedestrian.

• people who suddenly stop dead in the doorway to a shop or, even worse, at the top or bottom of an escalator etc
• groups of people who decide to stop and have a chat in the middle of a pavement meaning that I have to step into the road to get past them
• wayward little kids on scooters in busy areas

Drivers jumping red lights when I am crossing - happens frequently here. Cars and bikes overtaking on the zebra crossing. There is a garage near us and the entrance and exit go over the pavement - drivers just drive over the pavement and expect pedestrians to jump out of the way.

Yes to the not indicating and running red lights. Also cyclists who ride on pavements (in my area, even in one place where there is a dedicated cycle lane).

Plus motorists who park on pavements and double yellow lines. I'm not talking pulling in on a double yellow just for as long as it takes for a passenger to get out, but actual parking. Sometimes the double yellow is the only stretch of road where there's a clear enough view to cross safely.

Eeyore I'm assuming that is the case, as so many vehicles don't appear to have functioning indicators any more - I think they have 'false' ones which don't actually flash

We've got a garage which uses the pavement as a carpark.

Yep, cyclists on the pavement or, worse, weaving on and off the pavement with no warning.

People who walk side by side and don't drop down to single file, expecting you to step into the road.

Tourists who expect you to wait for them to take pictures.

Groups of school children who take up the entire pavement, and seem unaware they could move out of the way for wheelchairs/people with prams, but that those people are going to find it much harder to move for them.

People who step out into the road without looking for cyclists (doesn't hurt me but does give me the fear of God every time I see it).

People who stop to have long conversations across the middle of the pavement with no awareness of anyone around them.

I'm cheerful, me.

"dainty and delicate"!? If only you knew Far many decades ago I asked my mum if I was "delicate" she pissed herself laughing... Sorry p*ed herself ... A girl can dwream though. I don't know why I asterisked just did.

Drivers that simply can't wait until the single lane through our village is clear of cars coming the other way and drive along the path. They're clearly so important and in such an important rush that they take precedence over the safety of me and my young children walking to school.

Last time it happened I whipped my phone out of my pocket and held it up at the lorry as he came at us. Obviously I'd pushed the dds on to the grass verge first. The lorry driver gave me the V sign. He couldn't give a shit that I might actually be filming the stupid arrogant bastard.

What I really hate is when you want to cross and a car drives so slowly that A) you could if fucking crossed the road before they got there (but couldn't if they were driving a normal speed) and B) it means that you can't cross after them because of the gap between them and the car driving at a normal speed behind them

Not stopping at pedestrian crossings (cyclists and drivers, although cyclists seem to be the main culprits around here)

Parking on pavements

Not letting me cross the road when I'm standing in the pissing rain and they're crawling along in a queue of traffic - I know they don't have to, but if they're moving very slowly anyway it wouldn't kill them to let me cross

Stopping across crossings - we have a pelican crossing near us which has a set of traffic lights about 10 yards up, drivers never leave a gap for the crossing

Drivers pulling in/out of their driveways regardless of pedestrians. Yes, there may be a dropped kerb, but I still have right of way - I've got a cracker of a bruise on my knee at the moment where someone reversed off their driveway without looking and I was already half way across

Not indicating - I've clearly got nothing better to do than stand there waiting to cross all day because no one can be bothered to indicate. My nearest bus stop is near a roundabout, you can stand for ages waiting to cross because no one bothers to indicate

Cyclists haring along the pavement or taking part in time trials along our local cycle/foot path - it's a shared path along a river used by children wobbling on bikes, dog walkers and people out for a nice walk, it's not a bloody race track (it's got to the point where PCSOs have to patrol it!)

Other pedestrians - large groups walking really slowly across the entire path so no one can get past without going into the road. People who stop dead in doorways when coming out of shops o right at the top of escalators. People standing all over the pavement chatting. Parents walking in groups across a pavement with buggies so you have to go on the road. People in busy town centres with massive fuck off umbrellas or huge ruck sacks that seem to be filled with bricks when you get rammed with one

I live in a very touristy area so I frequently get pedestrian rage when in town in the summer - i really try to be patient and welcoming and helpful, but sometimes when I'm in a hurry they piss me off.

Christ, that was long

• Cars that speed up as they approach the zebra crossing, or think it's okay to drive around the person who is actually on the crossing.

• Cars parked on the pavement, especially those with all four wheels on the path. There isn't enough room for anyone to get by without walking in the road.

Seeline. The trouble with many modern cars is that the indicators don't have an orange lens/diffuser, only an orange bulb which makes them more difficult to see. A triumph of aesthetics over safety .

Cars that speed around corners and then get pissed off that they have to brake for someone crossing. This happened to me yesterday - looked both ways and nobody was there, started crossing, and a car sped round the corner (limit was 20 and was definitely doing at least 35) - they had to brake and beeped at me as though I was in the wrong!

YY to people driving slowly but just fast enough for you not to be able get across safely. Especially when it's raining.

It's usually people crawling up to red traffic lights hoping they'll change and they won't have to stop. I think it's a game they play with themselves.

Whatever it is, it means they're not paying attention to anything else so it would be lethal to try to cross in front of them.

There's an electrical and plumbing supplies shop near me that's really popular with trade and ordinary customers alike. I even go there myself, but on foot.

I've learned to be really careful crossing that road because of the number of people who peer out their side windows to see if they can spot it. Worst is when you're in the middle of the road, they lurch towards you and stop because they've seen it, not you. And then you think: 'Okay, I'll just go round the back of them,' and then they put the car in reverse without looking.

/off topic
i got sniped at on a facebook group because i was in the MN mindset and wrote 'bullshit' - "clean up your language"

i just wanted to tell her to fuck off, but thought eurghh..... hope she never comes here!