On 31/08/18 00:06, JNugent wrote:
On 30/08/2018 21:29, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/08/18 19:32, JNugent wrote:
On 30/08/2018 15:20, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/08/18 14:25, JNugent wrote:
On 30/08/2018 00:19, TMS320 wrote:
On 29/08/18 20:56, Bret Cahill wrote:

This 4 year old article finally appeared in the U. S. media with
little attempt to hide the plagiarism:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26073797

Visiting your side of the water a couple of years ago, I found the
larger towns and cities very walkable. Probably because they tend
to be
in grids, there usually isn't much reason to cross except at
intersections. Roads are wider so th ecrossing time requires larger
gaps between vehicles but, compared to the UK, intersections with
sidewalks are better marked and, unlike the UK, drivers give way
when turning.

The drivers and riders of motor vehicles - and cyclists - are
obliged to give way to pedestrians crossing any road into which
they are turning in both the UK and the USA. The American right (in
most places) to turn right against a red traffic light does not
undermine that.

Obligation and practice are not necessarily the same thing.

My observed experience is clearly different from yours. Drivers in
the UK and the USA do generally give way where they are supposed to,
subject always to the fact that a small minority either flout the law
or are ignorant of it.

If only one could say the same of cyclists, the majority of whom
appear oblivious to this and most other traffic rules (that's putting
it charitably).

Since you don't walk far how would you know?

What?

Perhaps an internet translation helps...

Since yous dun corky and chalk dead far 'ow would ye nah?