Zebra crossing Florence/Tollington
  • dion

    i disagree with the fact that you think it is in a stupid place. all the people walking down to the station from lancaster, florence and beyond use it every day. and there are lots of them.

    if no one uses it, then why did our beloved lynne f get a petition going?

  • Misscara

    Dion - Those same people could still use it if it gets moved along the road to a safer place, then they could just walk down Oxford Rd and continue their journey to the station or wherever. The reason Lynne got the petition going was to make it SAFER.

    I know a lot of people don't use it (myself included) because it's not safe. I see parents walking down from Lancaster Rd etc with their kids and avoiding the crossing and crossing further down the road nearer to Oxford Rd because it is safer to do so. I think someone else on here has also remarked on this.

    ShaunG - I'm talking about the bit at the end of Oxford Rd, just before the railway footbridge.

    Sorry for my venting, I've been trying to stay off the fags.

  • krappyrubsnifkrappyrubsnif
    Nicorette
  • Misscara

    Nah, I don't smoke enough for that, usually just when I go to the pub (and been going rather a lot of that over the festive season).

    Anyway, I've calmed down now. It's nice to have a good winge :)

  • ShaunG

    OK I think I get it now - having to career up on the pavement where the steel window shop is. In which case yes I agree with you.

  • dion

    No, still disagree.

  • Misscara

    I agree to disagree.

    Happy New Year everyone!

  • Marquis

    You could fight!

    Plus: a happy new year to you too!

  • Misscara

    I'm rubbish at fighting, but I'd be up for a dance-off.

  • dion

    I am great at fighting and middling at a dance-off.

    It would have to be a fair fight or a fair dance-off.

  • dion

    Or a zebra crossing russian roulette. One on each lane. First one to get hit by a car loses. Medi would provide PIZZAS for the audience.

  • miss annie

    I would bet a hundred thousand pounds on Misscara to win any dance off, fair or otherwise. She has quite exceptional stamina.

  • sg_mike
    I thought there was something weird about the crossing as I walked past it tonight - the yellow lights on top of the poles aren't working.

    Probably explains why someone else nearly got run over as I passed it.
  • dion

    I have reported it to fixmystreet

  • helen
    fixed and flashing. be careful out there folks.
  • dion

    I have been watching this crossing closely and have realised that the worst offenders are Working Class people. Upper Class people are the next worst and Middle Class are the nicest. Mini-cabs are in a class of their own.

    Though I am not sure if Working Class people owning cars makes them Middle Class or not. If so, then it would be the Middle Classes to blame.

  • Misscara

    http://www.archive.org/details/pedestrian_crossing_TNA

  • dion

    I can't believe the tone this thread has taken. You are clearly all fascists.

  • dion

    One of the belisha beacons has been smashed.

    This thread is definitely on topic.

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