On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 3:44:55 PM UTC, Adam Lea wrote:
On Friday, January 3, 2020 at 10:20:15 AM UTC, TMS320 wrote:
On 03/01/2020 08:04, Ian Smith wrote:
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 20:13:42 +0000, TMS320 wrote:
On 02/01/2020 16:48, Ian Smith wrote:

'Often'? So if a road doesn't have 'sidewalks' you're not
generally allowed to walk down it? And some clot from Hull Daily
Mail thinks we should "bring the UK in line with the US, where
pedestrians always have priority."?

It would be nice if UK road builders provided crossing points at
junctions as they do in the USA and increasingly being applied in
continental Europe.

No, because pretty much every square inch of every road in the UK is
a 'crossing point'. You can cross wherever you like. This is
better than having designated designated crossing points only at
junctions.

If all you want to do is cross the road to get to the other side, then
fine, so long as traffic allows. But for walking some distance along the
length of a road, the UK system and culture doesn't work properly or
efficiently.


It is unavoidable in rural areas where roads do not have pavements but do have places where people want to walk too and from. It is also often unavoidable when going on a circular walk in the countryside, because sometimes the roads result in discontinuities in the footpaths, necessitating short road sections to get from one footpath to another.

Indeed. The Highway Code has a section for pedestrians and advises on walking in small or large groups on country roads that have no footways.