united4ever
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Sorry not cycling but I didn't know who better to ask....
My son started secondary school this week and is walking by himself for the first time. He has a tricky road to cross and had a near miss from his rather unclear explanation this week. I went with him to the junction tonight so we could work out how safest to cross it but I was still unsure.
Location here: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.391...4!1sRo3oaGEhcLVO11ZltRjc0A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Unfortunately there are is no pelican crossing at the lights at the junction to the south and traffic comes fast on a winding road with poor visibility. Also traffic ques at the lights so he has difficulty seeing if there is a gap in traffic on the other side of the road. It seems that stepping between stationary cars waiting for the lights to change may be inevitable which is awful when you cannot even see above the cars.
Where is the safest point to cross this road in this area?
He could cross at the lights themselves but even if the lights are red for one direction they are always on green for another direction approaching so I wouldn't fancy that.
My advice to him tonight was to cross where the 'Keep Clear markings' are (above location in link above) thinking that at least here there should not be queing cars so the gap provides better visibility of both directions. This obviously relies on road users obeying the faded 'Keep Clear' markings.
The near miss on Friday shook him up a bit and I tried to drill into him how he really has to focus here (he can be a bit of a daydreamer). Anyways - where would you advise your kid to cross this road?
The thought of him crossing here a couple of thousand times over the next few years scares me tbh.
My son started secondary school this week and is walking by himself for the first time. He has a tricky road to cross and had a near miss from his rather unclear explanation this week. I went with him to the junction tonight so we could work out how safest to cross it but I was still unsure.
Location here: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.391...4!1sRo3oaGEhcLVO11ZltRjc0A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Unfortunately there are is no pelican crossing at the lights at the junction to the south and traffic comes fast on a winding road with poor visibility. Also traffic ques at the lights so he has difficulty seeing if there is a gap in traffic on the other side of the road. It seems that stepping between stationary cars waiting for the lights to change may be inevitable which is awful when you cannot even see above the cars.
Where is the safest point to cross this road in this area?
He could cross at the lights themselves but even if the lights are red for one direction they are always on green for another direction approaching so I wouldn't fancy that.
My advice to him tonight was to cross where the 'Keep Clear markings' are (above location in link above) thinking that at least here there should not be queing cars so the gap provides better visibility of both directions. This obviously relies on road users obeying the faded 'Keep Clear' markings.
The near miss on Friday shook him up a bit and I tried to drill into him how he really has to focus here (he can be a bit of a daydreamer). Anyways - where would you advise your kid to cross this road?
The thought of him crossing here a couple of thousand times over the next few years scares me tbh.