gedge

Pedestrian 'just bounced off' bus windscreen
Does anyone else find it strange that a green light at a junction also means a green light for pedestrians?

From a driver's pov, you see a green light, so you don't expect to turn the corner and find people walking in the road.

As a pedestrian, you get a green man so you believe yourself to be safe from moving traffic.

Is this a case where the Oz road rules are wrong, or is there some common sense to it?

bondipom

The only sense is that it frees up traffic when noone is crossing the road. There was talk of changing this in the CBD.

mlbonner

Think thats probably a good idea, taxi's especially seem to be quite bad for trying to drive around people when they're crossing on a green man.

gedge

What annoys me as a pedestrian is those drivers without any patience. Some go so far as to intimidate you. It just makes me take longer.

JackTheLad

Its the same in some european countries too. It does come as a shock the first time you cross on a green man and nearly get wiped by a car or bus.

You can also have the added risk of nearly silent electric trams and cyclists, so even if you don't hear anything approaching, and obviously can't see anything coming round the corner, you're still taking your life in your hands when you cross.

Cheers,
JTL

Simone

It takes quite getting used to, very annoying! And dangerous too, yes.

But, you don't have to be crossing the street to be hit by a bus in Sydney....
Anyone remember a year or two ago, Madeleine West (then in Neighbours) got hit by a bus while ON the sidewalk!!! She nearly died, had a brain haemorrage or something. And major scars on the face. She's funny though, makes jokes about her makeup being on the windscreen of the bus! (it was!). She also got robbed of her wallet while lying there nearly dead btw
THe whole thing made her think: lifes to short, so she left neighbours!

gedge

This should be on the crime thread!

steve99

I still feel sorry for Toadie

Simone

lol!


Actually, was thinking about starting a new thread about this...
Anyone notice Neighbours is getting more 'real'?
There's now a 'bogan' family living in the street.
And a part Serbian one.

One of the kids of the bogan family is 'overweight'(and you actually see her eating chocolate etc, very funny).
And Toadie's new girlfriend is also 'overweight' and you see him and his colleagues dealing with that etc.

There's other stuff too, that I can't think of at the moment.
People always accuse neighbours of helping people get the rose tints, but Neighbours doesn't even have beaches and bbq's.
Home and Away on the other hand......

gedge

They wouldn't have had to try to hard to achieve this!
It still looks like a bunch of amatuers acting out plots that are more flimsy than the film sets.
Are they actually serious? Or do they know that they're really bad, and try hard to be the worst?

jayr

They're just filling in until they get a singing career or part on Dancing With the "Stars" and a tennis playing boyfriend....

Simone

That's Home and Away.

I think there's a big difference between the quality of H&A and Neighbours, expecially with acting, though Neighbours does have crap actors sometimes too.
A few of the Neighbours actors I now see in Hollywood, not many H&A ones though.

Anyway, this wasn't my point

bondipom

Can we get a bus to run over the whole cast of H&A and neighbours. I'll put in $10 to the cause.

gedge

$10 from me too. Anyone else?
You'll be able to get your money back by robbing them afterwards.

jayr

I'll see you and raise you $10.