General Guidance Flashcards
Pavements (including any path along the side of a road) should be used when?
If Pavements are provided. Where possible, avoid being next to the kerb with your back to the traffic.
What should you do if there is no Pavement?
You need to keep to the right hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic. You should take extra care and
- Be prepared to walk in a single file
- Keep close to the side of the road.
How do you help other road users to see you?
Wear or carry something light-coloured, bright or fluorescent in poor daylight conditions. When it is dark, use reflective materials (e.g. armbands, sashes, waistcoats, jackets, footwear),
How should you treat children whilst on the road?
Young children should not be out alone on the pavement or road. When taking children out, keep between them and the traffic and hold their hands firmly. Strap very young children into push-chairs or use reins. W
How should you approach an organised walk?
Large groups of people walking together should use a pavement if available; if one is not, they should keep to the left. Look-outs should be positioned at the front and back of the group, and they should wear fluorescent clothes in daylight and reflective clothes in the dark. At night, the look-out in front should show a white light and the one at the back a red light. People on the outside of large groups should also carry lights and wear reflective clothing
What should pedestrians do when it comes to Motorways?
Pedestrians MUST NOT be on motorways or slip roads except in an emergency.
What is the green cross code?
You should teach children that they should
- first find a safe place to cross
- stop just before you get to a kerb
- Look all around for traffic and listen
- if traffic is coming let it pass
- When it is safe, go straight across the road –do not run.
What should you do at a junction?
When crossing the road, look out for traffic turning into the road, especially from behind you. If you have started crossing and traffic wants to turn into the road, you have priority and they should give way
What should you do about pedestrian safety barriers?
Where there are barriers, cross the road only at the gaps provided for pedestrians. Do not climb over the barriers or walk between them and the road.
What are tactile pavings?
Raised surfaces that can be felt underfoot provide warning and guidance to blind or partially sighted people. The most common surfaces are a series of raised studs, which are used at crossing points with a droppedkerb, or a series of rounded raised bars which are used at level crossings, at the top and bottom of steps and at some other hazards
What should pedestrians do on One-way streets?
Check which way the traffic is moving. Do not cross until it is safe to do so without stopping. Bus and cycle lanes may operate in the opposite direction to the rest of the traffic.
What should pedestrians do about bus and cycle lanes/
Take care when crossing these lanes as traffic may be moving faster than in the other lanes, or against the flow of traffic.
Some routes are shared with cyclists, how should you approach these routes?
Some cycle tracks run alongside footpaths or pavements, using a segregating feature to separate cyclists from people on foot. Segregated routes may also incorporate short lengths of tactile paving to help visually impaired people stay on the correct side. On the pedestrian side this will comprise a series of flat-topped bars running across the direction of travel (ladder pattern). On the cyclist side the same bars are orientated in the direction of travel (tramline pattern). Not all routes which are shared with cyclists are segregated.
What should pedestrians do about parked vehicles?
If you have to cross between parked vehicles, use the outside edges of the vehicles as if they were the kerb. Stop there and make sure you can see all around and that the traffic can see you. Make sure there is a gap between any parked vehicles on the other side, so you can reach the pavement. Never cross the road in frontof, or behind, any vehicle with its engine running, especially a large vehicle, as the driver may not be able to see you.
How should pedestrians approach reversing vehicles?
Never cross behind a vehicle which is reversing, showing white reversing lights or sounding a warning
