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- From: alla0008@student.tc.umn.edu (Graham Allan)
- Subject: Re: Pavements
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.184238.17338@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:42:38 GMT
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- In article <JC.92Nov19092339@mr-potter-t-crosser-i-dotter.fulcrum.co.uk> jc@fulcrum.co.uk (John Callingham) writes:
- >Does anyone know the definition of a pavement (the legal one, not the
- >dictionary one). I ask because I was nearly run over this morning by a
- >car crossing the pavement from a drop kerb to enter a drive. I thought
- >I was still on the pavement, but the driver seemed to think that he
- >had priority because he was still on the road.
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- I always thought that, as Britain doesn't have any jaywalking laws, the
- pedestrian has priority even if they are on the road. Though I wouldn't
- advise testing this too hard! I could of course be completely wrong...
-
- Graham allan@mnhep8.hep.umn.edu
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