Pedestrian road rules query

davej

I have a question about the rights of pedestrians when crossing a road at a junction. Does the pedestrian, who is continuing on his journey straight along the main road's footpath by crossing at the point where the two roads meet, have the right of way if a vehicle wants to turn onto the secondary road? Should the vehicle stop and wait until the pedestrian has crossed, just as it would have to do if it were another vehicle? Or do vehicles always automatically have the right of way in all circumstances, even though the pedestrian is continuing straight and the vehicle wants to turn ? What is the official position ?

davej

Cake Fiend

The vehicle should always wait for the pedestrian.

But then again the pedestrian shouldn't be jaywalking


Edit for americans: don't take the above as a life rule - if you're stupid enough get killed by a car driving through a junction, you're still dead, even though it's legally the driver's fault.

Blitzkrieger

Unless there's traffic lights or some other crossing, the pedestrian has right of way once they set foot on the road, though they are supposed to wait until there is no traffic. In practise this has little meaning as a lot of people take at least one step onto the road while they're looking around/waiting.