On Thursday, 1 August 2013 11:14:11 UTC+1, wrote:

While it obviously aids traffic flow I'm not too keen on it as it won't be
long before we have the "sorry mate, didn't see you" from a driver as a
pedestrian lies squashed on the road. There are too many idiot drivers in the
UK for this to work.

Yes. Pedestrians already have right of way over a vehicle turning into a side road, but it's a perilous right to exercise.