On 05/01/2020 15:44, 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, it can be difficult to put together a countr walk without having
to leap into the undergrowth occasionally. But this is a slighty
different to the issue of priority at junctions on town/city roads that
have pavements. This is where I think the UK does badly.