Folks, I apologise for this rant, but I hope you’ll understand why I’m sharing this info.
Some of you are aware that I’m recovering from major surgery to my lower right leg, resulting in a frame being fitted to my leg to support the severely damaged bones while the join together.
The incident happened while legitimately using a pelican crossing where a motorist sped through a red light, and never stopped!
As a result, I’m now extremely wary of using pelican crossings on major roads, a fear I need to conquer, but I’m finding difficult, especially when I’m confronted with motorists who still go through red lights!
This vehicle was one of many who inadvertently crossed the pelican crossing while pedestrians had right of way!
Note van reg and company details obscured to protect the driver due to bad signage
The photo above shows a vehicle (one of many) appearing to do such a thing. Although the driver, and subsequent drivers, actually broke the law, they were misled by very bad diversion signage, unaware that the pelican crossing would be against them, suggesting they could turn left, when the left filter was closed for road works and no suitable left turn had been provided. The only available lanes were actually straight on only!
The problem was, when the road works started, no one reviewed the signage, so a diversion that was in place pre-road works was good and safe.
However, the left filter had to be closed off for the works to be carried out and the diversion was not amended to take this in to account, resulting in drivers turning left, and innocently driving across a pelican crossing when pedestrians were legitimately crossing.
The yellow diversion sign was misleading motorists!
Note the blue circular sign which is a COMMAND SIGN telling drivers to go straight on, along with the road marking to confirm straight on only.
Please, folks, to save yourselves being involved in an incident, read the signs and road markings carefully and hopefully you will make a safe decision.
The correct and only decision in this instance is to go straight on…..The council concerned did remedy this error very quickly when I told them plus, I advised them I was going to inform the local rag as well should they delay any appropriate actions.