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Green cross code revamped to reduce adult injury toll



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Published Date: 16 October 2008
JAYWALKING Glaswegians are being taught how to cross the road in Scotland's first safety campaign aimed at adult pedestrians.
New adverts are launched today, after Glasgow City Council discovered that more than half the victims knocked down in the city centre last year were within 20 metres of a crossing.

It said the number of injuries remained "significant". Urging people to wait for the green man, the adverts state: "You risk it all crossing at the red man."

Glasgow has Scotland's worst pedestrian casualty rate – at 1.08 per 1,000 people, compared with 0.82 in Edinburgh and 0.56 across Scotland.

Bill Smith, a former head of road safety for the city council, said: "There is an entrenched attitude in Glasgow that it is an affront to your machismo to cross at the green man. Adults need to set an example to their children."

Peter Spinney, the Scottish chairman of the Association of British Drivers, said: "Glasgow and jaywalking are words that go together."



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  • Last Updated: 15 October 2008 9:55 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Hmm ...,

16/10/2008 00:14:46
... there's something to be said for jaywalking - it means less red lights at pedestrian crossings in exchange for a tolerant attitude from drivers who only need to ease up on the accelerator to let the less fleet of foot cross ahead of them. As I have found crossing the road in Glasgow with total confidence.
2

eric,

16/10/2008 08:08:16
American word aaaaag Mall ,jaywalking.Hello Glasgow is 3 times the size of Edinburgh ,it will have more.
3

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/10/2008 08:35:47
JAYWALKING Glaswegians are being taught how to cross the road in Scotland's first safety campaign aimed at adult pedestrians.

Fair play to Glasgow, the roads are still useable by cars. The reliance on other people braking is obviously a reflection on local authority cutbacks on funding for adrenalin sports facilities. Either that or they're apprentice cyclists developing their superiority complex. :o)

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Chris W,

Argyll 16/10/2008 08:41:52
#2 The figure is per 1000 people, so the size of the city is irrelevant.
5

Americanbob,

16/10/2008 10:28:53
Quite right folks, wait for the green light then you can get mowed down by some lunatic on a pushbike who doesn't know why crossings and traffic lights exist, other than to let them go faster than cars and buses.
6

celtic4,

USA 16/10/2008 16:22:14
This article is kidding us right? I mean what ADULT needs to be taught how to cross the street??? Unbelieveable!
7

Vincent-W,

16/10/2008 20:02:17
German Joke -

Q - Why did the German cross the road?

A - Because he had been standing at a pedestrian crossing and the lights indicated that it was safe to do so.
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Maisie from Morningside,

17/10/2008 00:11:00
Those new pedestrian crossings with the green man invisible as you cross the road are a real waste of time and money.
I suspect the brown envelope technique was used to promote their installation.
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mobocaster,

Aberdeen 17/10/2008 09:59:06
I'm not aware jaywalking is actually illegal in the UK?

Either way, whilst I'm not in favour of importing US-style crossing laws here, far too many pedestrians do think nothing about striding into traffic without looking & with no care for themselves or other road users. Esp when the special protective aura generated by pushing a baby buggy or holding a mobile to their lug is in place.

These guys can be ticketed IIRC, so why not hit them with a few £80 antisocial behaviour fines? That might hit home better the idea that whilst the pedestrian still has right of way, they are required to use a degree of responibility when excercising that right.

 

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