Were we wrong to cross the road in this way?

[UndertheCedartree]

I was taking my DD to school this morning. There is a junction where we need to cross over the road in front then cross over the road to the left. Lots of families including us cross diagonally as it is quicker than crossing both separately.

We were late this morning so there were no other families around. We were crossing the junction and a few seconds before we got onto the pavement a car sounds it's horn loudly at us (scaring poor DD) then came round the corner and started shouting and pointing at us. I just ignored the driver as they were clearly very angry so no point in trying to have a civil conversation.

I always thought if a pedestrian was crossing a road then a car needs to give way to them. Or are we wrong to cross diagonally?

Great news - pedestrians - especially with kids, should be given more time to cross. Why do cars have to dominate?

Yes, it would be great. It would be so nice if cars didn't dominate. But many or even most drivers don't seem to even be able to cope with shared space or school streets.

Yes school streets pisses a few people off

Hey folks

This thread is falling off track now.
Please can we draw a line now?

Peace and love.

In what way? I was an interesting discussion about road safety!

@Momicrone - they are refering to some of the other posters hounding me about what time I go to bed, how many posts I write. I had to report.

Ah I see, yes that's a bit ott