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In the states when we walk, I think most of us pass you,coming towards us, to the right,on your side. Holy cow, I getting confused,but I think I asked it correctly

2006-12-11 07:38:07 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Cultures & Groups Other - Cultures & Groups

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1. NATIONALLY/OFFICIALLY
For decades, the UK has had a set of road usage rules known as The Highway Code. Though it is not expressly stated, rule 1 implies that pedestrians should keep to the left on the footpath (sidewalk). Where there is no footpath, pedestrians should walk on the right side of the road, in order to face oncoming traffic (rule 2). Very few people know this, thinking that the Highway Code is something you have to read just to pass the driving test.
http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/01.htm#1

2. MILTON KEYNES
In the "new town" of Miton Keynes (population approx. 200,000), there is a network of red-coloured paths for cyclists and pedestrians, called redways. Milton Keynes has its own Redway Code, which instructs cyclists to keep to the left and pedestrians to the right, but offers no advice to a pedestrian approaching an oncoming cyclist!
http://www.btinternet.com/~joppa/redcode.htm

3. LONDON UNDERGROUND
In most pedestrian ways, on the London Underground, there are signs advising people to keep to the left, though it is possible to find some stations which have "keep to the right" signs, to correspond with usual peak hour flows, station layouts and escalator locations. On the escalators, London Underground users are instructed to stand on the right or walk on the left. The signs to this effect occasionally go unnoticed by American tourists who hold up a long line of exasperated British commuters too polite and reserved to complain!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground

4. THE REALITY
In reality few Britons stick rigidly to left or right when walking. I try to keep to the left, because it seems eminently sensible. However what can you do if someone, coming in the opposite direction, is on his/her right, and is clearly not going to budge? Reciting rule 1 of the Highway Code (or pointing to a London Underground "keep to the left" sign) is the last thing on my mind, as I move over to my right, to avoid collision.

2006-12-12 02:41:51 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 1 0

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