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Sainsburys zebra crossings - Simon (22nd Oct 2012 - 10:48:03) I am becoming increasingly frustrated and angry at the disregard paid by some drivers to the zebra crossings at Sainsburys in the village. I understand that legally speaking, you do not have to stop your car unless a pedestrian has placed a foot onto the crossing. Nevertheless, I have lost count of the number of times I have been waiting to cross with my young children, and motorists have sped on past. This includes the crossings on the road into the supermarket and within the car park itself. I fear that there will be a serious accident before too long. Has anyone else had this experience? Should Sainsburys and/or the council take action to make the crossings clearer?

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - James (22nd Oct 2012 - 12:10:14) I sympathize entirely with you on this, however, the type of crossing found at Sainsbury's and elsewhere in the village is the 'courtesy crossing'. I believe I am right in saying that drivers are not obliged to stop at these as the crossing has no legal status (though I am happy to be corrected). Hampshire's traffic management website does not make this clear and courtesy crossings do not seem to be in the Highway Code. So if drivers don't stop it is not an offence but simply a lack of courtesy. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/trafficmanagement/pedestrian-crossings.htm

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - H (22nd Oct 2012 - 12:53:48) The crossings within Sainsburys grounds would not be covered by the same Highway Code as those crossings looked after by the Highways Agency. I have a feeling that the crossing near the roundabout at the entrance to Sainsburys is not part of the Highway but an unadopted road? I may be corrected on this but it is worth considering?

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - Jaybee (22nd Oct 2012 - 15:02:38) If drivers don't stop, it is a lack of courtesy. The same applies at the mini roundabout at the entrance to the filling station,drivers don't give way to vehicles entering from their right. More signs might get the message home.

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - ck (22nd Oct 2012 - 17:12:02) In mild defense of drivers exiting Sainsburys..... unless the pedestrian is very tall because of the bushes on the pavement you are actually unable to see anyone standing there! This is no excuse for drivers speeding over the crossings tho!!

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - rita (22nd Oct 2012 - 18:55:00) i work at sainsburys and the time i spend trying to cross the road in the mornings is quite frustrating. i take on board the fact that it is a up to the driver if they want to be nice and stop, but most people are in too much of a hurry themselves or just to arrogant. one occasion a lady driver stopped just so that she could shout and swear at me for stopping to let me cross. very bizzare. wish she had kept on driving. also some drivers think that is acceptable to delibritly drive through puddles and splash me. not so bad on the way home as i can change but in the mornings when i have to sit in wet clothes, not so good.

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - Chris Jackson (24th Oct 2012 - 14:55:16) we need more zebra crossings in the village, getting to Sainsburys is difficult but crossing the road to get to Lloyds chemist is impossible?

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - Eleanor (24th Oct 2012 - 16:02:10) Drivers don't even stop at the crossings in the village. Just walking back from school and we were halfway across the pedestrian crossing which was showing a red light to traffic. My 4 year old son nearly got run over by a driver who didn't stop and went completely through a red light! What is wrong with drivers in this village as this is not the first time.

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - rita (24th Oct 2012 - 16:40:25) i too have experienced this quite a few times with the crossing by hampshires. i have done fist shaking and sworn at speeding drivers who do not stop for a red light. i just hope and pray that no children are hurt or killed when this happens. my dog had to be pulled back on the pavement by me a few times, so it must be 10 times worse for people with children or push chairs. and also cars who park just before the crossing do not help.

Re: Sainsburys zebra crossings - Susie (24th Oct 2012 - 18:10:19) ...and wheelchairs. Pushing a wheelchair around Guildford today I realised how selfish some people are. They don't stop to think at all. One junction had no down ramp and the next drop in the pavement was quite a distance down the road (hard work on Guildfords hills) and when I looked at how to get back up onto the pavement a delivery van had parked on a double yellow blocking the pavement drop. Pavements are a nightmare and so uneven (I don't think ours are too bad) but it's made me look a lot closer at my surroundings. I have a new plan that whoever I vote for should be made to walk in the shoes of others for a percentage of their week. Learn how it feels to be a wheelchair user, blind, deaf or any other disability that we could all vote for on a web page. Hey, I've just invented a new reality show!!

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