"JNugent" wrote in message
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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.

Being obliged to give way to pedestrians who are actually crossing (ie
they're already in the road) makes a lot of sense, on a best-endeavours
basis if not a legal obligation, just as you would do you best to avoid
someone crossing anywhere else. But does UK and US law actually require you
to stop for someone who is waiting on the pavement to cross: is there a
portion of every road junction which has *implicit* zebra-crossing rules?

As a pedestrian, I would never step off the pavement unless I could see that
the road was clear: I would never *make* a car stop for me with the single
exception of a zebra crossing.