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#2742288 10-Jul-2021 22:17

Technofreak: Drivers who stop at the exit of a roundabout to allow pedestrians to cross when there is no marked pedestrian crossing.

Really?
I will generally stop and allow peds in this situation. Rather they cross safely than risk an ill advised panic dash.

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#2742332 11-Jul-2021 08:16

Urban designers that put a pedestrian crossing immediately after the exit from a roundabout. One pedestrian crosses and cars back up blocking the entire roundabout.

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#2742336 11-Jul-2021 08:48

At times that crossing can be very useful. I'm thinking of a roundabout in our old Wellington suburb where there's a constant stream of vehicles with right of way travelling faster than the 30km/h limit. The only chances the minor road gets sometimes are when someone is on the crossing. Having the crossing as a speed hump might achieve the same thing without the pedestrians.

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#2742350 11-Jul-2021 09:37

SepticSceptic:
Technofreak: Drivers who stop at the exit of a roundabout to allow pedestrians to cross when there is no marked pedestrian crossing.

Really?
I will generally stop and allow peds in this situation. Rather they cross safely than risk an ill advised panic dash.

Using your logic then I suppose you also stop when a pedestrian is waiting to cross the street at any point along a street?

There is no need to stop like you do. The natural action of traffic flow at a round a about will give a good gap for pedestrians to cross at the same point as when cars cross in the same direction.

Stopping like you do not only blocks traffic flow in the direction you are travelling but because your vehicle is likely still protruding onto the round a bout you are also blocking the crossing traffic. All you're doing is disrupting the normal flow of traffic without any real benefit. If the pedestrian is elderly, disabled etc then there may be a case to stop otherwise in my opinion you're causing more problems than you solve.

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#2742351 11-Jul-2021 09:39

MadEngineer:

push buttons on both directions therefore hold up two sets of light changes for vehicle traffic
push the button for the hell of it as they walk around the corner

I do both of these. The first if I need to get to the diagonal side.

The second I will hit the button and keep walking down the road. When the crossing turns green it will open a gap in the traffic so I can cross.

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#2742355 11-Jul-2021 10:14

blackjack17:

MadEngineer:

push buttons on both directions therefore hold up two sets of light changes for vehicle traffic
push the button for the hell of it as they walk around the corner

I do both of these. The first if I need to get to the diagonal side.

The second I will hit the button and keep walking down the road. When the crossing turns green it will open a gap in the traffic so I can cross.

I see these as inconsiderate and or lazy actions.

If you need to cross diagonally, be strategic and choose the crossing that is going to be next in sequence and push only that button, once you have crossed the next crossing you need will be nearly always the next in the sequence, push the button. By doing what you're doing you very often block the left turning lane unnecessarily on the light you don't use.

If you're going to continue walking and cross at a gap in the traffic you'll usually find there are gaps without having to press the buttons. Meantime by doing what you're doing cars are potentially blocked from turning while the crossing light is lit with no one crossing.

People go on about motorists being considerate to pedestrians. There are times when pedestrians need to be considerate to motorists.

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#2742375 11-Jul-2021 11:54

Ads that mislead, like this one

Because lag doesn't have a lot to do with speed unless you're saturating your connection in which case changing to hyperfibre (over say 900/400) probably won't help much with lag if you're going to be using consumer grade gear

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#2742582 11-Jul-2021 18:41

Fibre ads that suggest anyone in NZ can simply "get fibre" just by ringing and asking for it!

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#2742598 11-Jul-2021 19:27

Geektastic: Fibre ads that suggest anyone in NZ can simply "get fibre" just by ringing and asking for it!

You don't even need to ring for it. I find there's plenty on the cereal shelves at the supermarket. 🤣

The people making those ads probably have no idea that fibre isn't everywhere. Just because they can get it then surely everyone must be able to get it.

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#2742703 11-Jul-2021 19:56

Geektastic: Fibre ads that suggest anyone in NZ can simply "get fibre" just by ringing and asking for it!

Reminds me when some friends of mine walked into a vodafone store for something and they got talked into discussing their broadband needs - the sales rep tried to tell them they could tap into the dark fibre running along the main highway (they knew they couldn't) - apparently he pressed on and on and they got some astronomical quote because it had to be run to town about 30km away

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#2742726 11-Jul-2021 20:36

blackjack17:

MadEngineer:

push buttons on both directions therefore hold up two sets of light changes for vehicle traffic
push the button for the hell of it as they walk around the corner

I do both of these. The first if I need to get to the diagonal side.

The second I will hit the button and keep walking down the road. When the crossing turns green it will open a gap in the traffic so I can cross.

One of those is fine I suppose if you're familiar with the lights and you know that it will give a pedestrian crossing change for both sides but for others? No. And you're already at the crossing - why not just make use of it? Seen too many near misses of people walking through traffic only to nearly get taken out by cars coming down lanes they're not expecting and said cars cannot see them at all.

Here's a classic for that problem. People cross the road to/from the Mobile but the right hand lane frequently gets traffic pulling into it at the last second. A pedestrian would have no chance.

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