Maaarrghk! wrote:
I find it rather worrying the amount of people of all generations now who will not look either way after they have stepped off the kerb whilst sauntering across a road at 45 degrees to its path.
Funnily enough, that exact same thing happened to me tonight on the way home (as i was avoiding the NEC because of the traffic). Driving (headlights on at around 18:15) along on a "cushion humped" road at around 20mph (the limit was 30mph) at the back of Castle Bromwich, a "ped" wandered/jogged out immediately in front of me in a dark track suit and crossed the road on a diagonal without looking.
I pipped my horn, but the ped didn't even notice (maybe he was walkman/iPodded?).
Either they should force stupid "Peds" to wear number plates and take out insurance, or simply make running over stupid people a "non offence"
mb