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Zebra Crossings

« on: October 19, 2005, 02:00:00 PM »

I have to get this one off my chest ... crossing the road in Bermuda is DANGEROUS.? I know, you're saying, "DUH - kid killed already in the past 12 months!"? But I'm not talking about the middle of north Shore Road, I mean Hamilton!

The Corporation of Hamilton wisely put in several raised crosswalks, in an attempt to slow the traffic around said crosswalks.? All well & good and - again - a noble idea.

However, the 4-wheeled motorists still have some difficulty in STOPPING for a crosswalk at all!? The number of times a car has stopped/slowed to allow me to start across, only to take off again after my butt is 3 inches past their bumper is INFURIATING!!? If I were to drop something by mistake & bend down to get it, I'd be killed!

If I'm not mistaken, the Law states that the motorist MUST remain stationary until the pedestrian has reached the opposite sidewalk?!?!?

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Re: Zebra Crossings

« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2005, 06:52:39 PM »

A bit like the crossings in Italy... great sprint training. I always figured it wasn't so much a mark of where it is safe to cross, more a mark of where it is most convenient to scrape up your body should your speed not be adequate.Since I can't imagine any crack down on such driving habits, I can only suggest extreme care and attention - and if you have kids, train them very well. And for the perpetrators - slap a BermudaSucks sticker on their fender as they drive away!