Crossing road at Pedestrian Crossing

[Justaboutdone]

I don’t get why so many people with young children cross the road at a Pedestrian Crossing when it’s a Red Man.

Mines always know to press button and wait for green man. And then still make sure it’s safe to cross. Even when they were in a buggy we still made sure we waited for the green man.

They also know how to make sure road is clear when there is no pedestrian crossing.

Surely road safety is one of the most important things parents should be teaching so I don’t get why so many people ignore it to save a few seconds.

I have to admit if there’s no one around and the road is clear I feel like a bit of a tit waiting for the green man when I safely able to cross myself. However if there’s kids around, and when I’m with my DD I do always wait for the green man before crossing.

If there’s no one around I will go on a red man because it’s a total waste of my life to stand there like a dickhead waiting for it to turn green.

I go on red if road is clear and I am on my own.

And even if there was other people’s children around I may still go.

But when I am with my own kids, i’ll Always wait with them.

“They also know how to make sure road is clear when there is no pedestrian crossing.”

Why is this any different from doing so when there is a pedestrian crossing but the red man is showing?

Is there inherently something more unsafe about crossing on a red man, when you have made sure the road is clear, than doing them same when there is no pedestrian crossing?

I go if there are no cars, having 4 children makes it more difficult to cross the road but I always feel abit silly standing there whilst everyone else is crossing.

It's seems that using any kind of crossing now is a rarity. I've see so many adults and children just walking into the road any expecting cars to stop. It's horribly dangerous. Most of time there's some kind of a crossing not far up the road so there's no excuse for it. A lot of people really need to revisit the Highway Code!

They should be checking anyway regardless if the man is red or green.

If it's red and it's safe then why not cross with them?

If it's red and it's safe then why not cross with them?

Because if I do that I am saying to them it’s ok to cross on red.

I recall at high school we had a busy road outside the road that most children had to cross. There were quite a few knocked down.

I cross on a red man. I teach my children to cross when it’s clear not just because it’s a green man

Complete dickheads will run green men sometimes so I don’t pay any attention to it

I teach DD to use her eyes, her judgement and properly assess. When she starts walking to school on her own next year she is going to have to cross a number of roads with no official crossing. So I don't just mindlessly wait for the red man, I look and assess at every crossing.

If the road is clear I and she will cross.

People jump red lights.

It's not a red man though.

It's a green or red person.

We say green walker and red stopper!

If I'm with DS1, we cross when it's clear, even if it's red.

If I'm with DS2, I always wait and say "green man!" when it's our turn to move. Difference is, DS2 is autistic, presenting with severe learning difficulties, so it's something I have to insist on being rule driven on.

YANBU.

Mind you, we may have instilled this into DD a shade too well as she gets cross with me if, after having looked, I want to cross before getting the green man. She's 20.

If there are only adults at the crossing, I cross if it's safe to do so when the red man is showing. If there are children waiting, I always wait for the green man to show.

“Because if I do that I am saying to them it’s ok to cross on red.”

But why isn’t it ok to cross on red, if you’ve done the same checks as you would if there were no crossing at all?

But it is okay to cross on red if the road's clear.

The man being red or green doesn't mean it's unsafe/safe to cross. Only your eyes can tell you whether it's safe.

It's not a red man though

It's a green or red person

We say green walker and red stopper!

So woke it's actually painful!

I will stand there "like a dickhead" even if the road is clear, waiting for a green man. It means that I am in that habit and don't have to think about whether I have our son with us, or if other children are around to see. For me it's similar to indicating in the car at a road junction even if there is nobody around to see that I am indicating - I've removed a step of the thought process in what is routine activity.

I drilled it into mine so hard about red/green man that one day I happened to be with my dad (no kids) and he went to step out on the red
I grabbed his hand out of sheer habit and yanked it back with the words
‘Red means stop!green means..oh sorry dad!’
I think he forgave me...

Our crossings are broken a little too often for me to make it a habit to wait... Also doesn't help that they don't turn green at all the times in the cycle that it is safe to cross, and they're not smart enough to cut green lights short if there are no cars at them. So no, I'm not normally standing around in the cold/wet for them!

*Noteventhebestdrummer

It's not a red man though.

It's a green or red person.

We say green walker and red stopper!*

I can't

It gets easier if you practise!