do you say thank you, or gesture your appreciation, if a vehicle stops to allow you to cross the

[EleanorReally]

crossing?
some eejit yelled at me, after he let me cross,
Could have said thank you.
i'm shy
I dont necessary thank drivers,
its in the highway code surely?

Too shy to raise a hand, I’ve heard it all now.

I don't do a wave of thanks if it's an actual crossing because cars are meant to stop but if it's not an actual crossing I wave a thank you because they weren't obliged to stop so they did me a favour (which is worthy of thanks).

So start to cross, wave, smile, mouth "thank you" at driver on your right, then half way across repeat your show of good manners to the driver on your left?

I have to mix it up and wave to the first car and then a quick nod to the second car.

Yes I always do and even my 4 year old now does this unprompted! Sorry OP!

But yes, I always wave and say thank you to drivers on both sides of the road. Politeness costs nothing.

Too shy to wave? Really?

I do it when not using a zebra crossing but definitely not at a zebra crossing. Pedestrians have right of way and they are in the wrong if they don’t stop. People have been annoyed at me for not thanking them too but I just ignore them. I just don’t think it is necessary to be grateful for them adhering to traffic rules.

I always wave my appreciation. It's the nice thing to do.

*But yes, I always wave and say thank you to drivers on both sides of the road. Politeness costs nothing.

Too shy to wave? Really?*

^^this!!

I've also heard it all, too shy to wave or nod 🙄

as a driver i dont notice if pedestrians wave thanks, i believe they dont

Do you prefer pedestrians to scurry across tenlittlecygnets, or saunter across in their own sweet time (ie. walk at their normal pace)?

Flicking your hazards on is not saying thank you ffs, they have a function! Could people stop with this ducking misconception!

It's easy as any road user to acknowledge with thanks, not viral though. But you have to be an entitled wanker to EXPECT it enough to get aggressive with pedestrians.

People flick their hazards to say thank you here. Yes, it's not the highway code it seems most people are happier to break the rules than drop a thank you.

Sultan, I don’t mind if people saunter or run. It’s up to them! It’s interesting, though, that women obviously want to take up less time and move more quickly.

And op, most pedestrians do say thank you. Surely you must notice that?!

Flicking your hazards on is not saying thank you ffs, they have a function!
Here they have a special function that means it's perfectly ok to park on double yellows, as long as they're flashing away.

Proper green man controlled crossing, no. Just a road with no marked crossing, yes and would be rude not to imo.

Yes but ten, for most pedestrians it takes a matter of seconds to cross the road. It just gets to me that so many feel the need to scurry across so they don't hold up motorists for maybe a couple of seconds more.
There seems to be a hierarchy of road users now, with pedestrians at the very bottom. People scurrying across as if they have no right to be in the road only helps to make things worse.

That said, I do give a nod of thanks.

There seems to be a hierarchy of road users now, with pedestrians at the very bottom. People scurrying across as if they have no right to be in the road only helps to make things worse.

Yes. I'm increasingly walking more assertively. I'll usually give a nod or wave of polite acknowledgement but I'm darned if I want to indicate that drivers are doing me a favour merely by obeying the law.

Yes, I do have basic manners.

Yes i say thank you. I've nearly been run over at a zebra before so i thank the drivers who do stop.

I’m not saying I want people to run across the road!! I’m just saying what i’ve noticed happening. Men tend to slow down, women speed up. Sense of male entitlement?

Eye contact with driver, raised hand and mouth the words 'thank you' with a smile. All in the space of a second. It's not that hard surely?

Depends. Drivers who stop when the other side of the road is clear - Yes. Drivers who stop and wait even though there is loads of traffic coming down the other side of the road and no island no. Really annoys me as I feel pressured to cross over even though it's not safe. I always make a point of waiting until it's safe to cross the full road but some drivers seem to huff that they're waiting for me. Why stop in the first place?!

I generally do a smile. Dd has a great line in regal waves!

If it is not a zebra, jyst crossing in the middle of the road willy nilly of course I smile and wave

Yes, usually a smile or a wave.