[Closed] Most annoying pedestrian activities.

Getting arsey when I'm cycling on the pavement

having to beg permission from hordes of strangers (who live 20miles to the north and work 10 miles to the south) to cross the street in front of my own house is the most annoying activity I have to undertake as a pedestrian

Spitting

stopping to talk/think/decide where to go next at he points where paths bottleneck

not looking and only listening before stepping into the road

They don't pay road or pavement tax
The cross on red lights
They get arsey if I nearly kill them if I can't be bothered driving properly e.g. when I want to run a red light
They make me drive slowly when I want to rag it at any old speed
They don't have lights or hi-vis or helmets
They slow up traffic
They're not in cars and therefore are scum who must be exterminated 😀

Ironing shirts.

When there's a few of you at the crossing and the one nearest the button hasn't pressed it, thus having to stand there all day or weave through the mouth-breathers and press it yourself. It's either stupidity, or some sanctimonious "I usually drive so don't want to stop the traffic" behavior.

When there's a few of you at the crossing and the one nearest the button hasn't pressed it,

When there's a few of you at the crossing and you have pressed it, it's all clearly lit up and everything, and someone leans across you and presses it again, with a look at you that implies they think you took the short bus to school.

Having a dog that's at the far end of thirty feet of black nylon fishing line

Attempting to walk and text/read a book - and being really bad at it.

Texting and not looking up every now and then 😈

Edit: beaten to it by covert

Attempting to walk and text/read a book - and being really bad at it.

Dragging/scuffing your feet noticeably seems to have some effect. Albeit I'll admit it's slightly passive-aggressive 😀

gwaelod - Member

having to beg permission from hordes of strangers (who live 20miles to the north and work 10 miles to the south) to cross the street in front of my own house is the most annoying activity I have to undertake as a pedestrian

This requires further explanation...

Getting into a car and driving.

Not using a bell!

All walkers should have a bell to warn cyclists and animals of their approach!

Another vote for spitting, after that not a lot maybe standing in doorways but you know not really.

When there's a few of you at the crossing and the one nearest the button hasn't pressed it, thus having to stand there all day or weave through the mouth-breathers and press it yourself. It's either stupidity, or some sanctimonious "I usually drive so don't want to stop the traffic" behavior.

you do know that the button on many pelican crossings is only there for effect right? It doesn't actually do anything.

people who walk slowly and meander from side to side so you can't get past them on the pavement

people in leeds station who use the left side of the escalator and just stand there
they deserve to die

you do know that the button on many pelican crossings is only there for effect right? It doesn't actually do anything.

Major junctions they are, but pedestrian only traffic lights and small junctions will only go red if the button is pressed.

Stop in the middle of the narrow pedestrian pavement without due consideration for those behind them. Everyone then needs to step out on the road to walk pass them. It's not as if the pavement is wide but if you have fatties blocking the pavement there is nothing you can do. 😯

Having sex in public. Especially if they're ugly.

Actually, being ugly would be the only annoying thing if they were having sex.

And there was nobody with a GoPro to put it on You Tube later.

Walking along engrossed in their mobile phone screen.

Standing right by a zebra crossing chatting with no intention to cross.

Walking along and just stepping out onto a zebra crossing without giving any signs they intend to and without looking.

Losing all sense of space and sensibility at bus stops, especially when the bus comes in to sight.

I nearly exploded at a zebra crossing the other day when I came to a stop as you know, there were 3 people waiting to cross, I would have called it 'addressing the crossing' if I had to put a definitive label on it.

They then stood there gormlessly for a few seconds, then waived me through as they were waiting for their mate, about 20M behind them.

Dunno if it's just me, but pretty much *every* pedestrian I meet (on roads without pavements / footways) walks on the 'wrong' side - i.e. my side - of the road and glare at me like [i]I'm[/i] on the wrong side. Must be a ramblerist thing TBH 😐

I want to yell at them like my old crazy maths teacher who used to stand at the top of the school stairs shouting "keep to the left ya b*stards"

"On your left...
LEFT!

[b]YOUR[/b] LEFT, MATE!"

Is [i]the[/i] left a different direction?

Grown adults who haven't shaken the habit of pressing the button as they walk past, or pressing the button as they leave the crossing.

But far more annoying are the ignorant * drivers that try to nose their way through the crossing on flashing amber as they feel the pedestrians are too slow. Sounded my horn at one recently who started to started to drive straight through a crossing full of kids, the kids scattered and the mum went batcrazy at the guy now trapped halfway across and being screamed at :d

Today I watched someone push through three crossings in a row all with peds halfway across.

I want to yell at them like my old crazy maths teacher who used to stand at the top of the school stairs shouting "keep to the left ya b*stards"

From [url= https://www.gov.uk/rules-pedestrians-1-to-35/general-guidance-1-to-6 ]https://www.gov.uk/rules-pedestrians-1-to-35/general-guidance-1-to-6[/url]

If there is no pavement, keep to the right-hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic

Lollipop people who stop traffic the moment somebody approaches a crossing, this gets a mention as I nearly collided with a lollipop put across the road when riding past at >20mph with a car on my back. 60cm from the kerb my bottom !

Grown adults who haven't shaken the habit of pressing the button as they walk past, or pressing the button as they leave the crossing.

Got to admit, I do that on my run-route. My excuse is that there's always someone behind me so I'm doing them a courtesy. Gotta stick up for the little man.

Edit: Actually, I just like watching the driver's heads swell up like beef tomatoes.

If there is no pavement, keep to the right-hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic

Well blimey, I stand (to my right, of course) corrected 🙂

Blimey, how can someone grow to adulthood not knowing that?
Can't imagine what other logical lessons of life you haven't learned!

Schnor - did you never stop to wonder why the entire rest of the world prefers to walk facing the traffic that could hit them rather than with their backs to it?

That takes quite a 'special' level of intellect 🙂

I wonder if it's an age / generation thing? I knew about the 'walking facing traffic' thing because my gran taught me. Is it lost knowledge these days?

Yeah, maybe people don't learn to swim these days either.
Swimming? What's that for? I don't live in da water!

Pedestrians completely ignoring cyclists.

Busy city center crossing, peds wait for small group of cars to pass then cross the road on mass while the light is still green for me and red for them. Cue much braking and evasive action

One of these days I'm going to dress up as the "Red Man" and knock them all over like bowling pins. (or just go a different way)

Pedestrians completely ignoring their "red light" in general - by all means don't wait for the green man if the road is clear but then the onus is on you to cross safely don't just run into to traffic.

Finally and this may just be a Glasgow thing - the Ned Zombie. The Ned Zombie can often be spotted by their attire but its their shambling motion as they cross the road that really marks them out. Although almost devoid of a functioning cerebrum their instincts tell them that traffic will avoid coming into contact with them at all costs. They are therefore free to make the crossing from the Bookies to the Chemist in anyway they please, walking at any speed and angle they like.

jambourgie - Member
Grown adults who haven't shaken the habit of pressing the button as they walk past, or pressing the button as they leave the crossing.
Got to admit, I do that on my run-route. My excuse is that there's always someone behind me so I'm doing them a courtesy. Gotta stick up for the little man.

Edit: Actually, I just like watching the driver's heads swell up like beef tomatoes.

Yeah! Stick it to the man!

Any cyclists will just go straight through the red light, yeah? 🙄

Well they should do if they've got a mind of their own. As long as it's safe to so. Cars on the other hand should not. Because they weigh a tonne at least.

spooky_b329 - Member

But far more annoying are the ignorant * drivers that try to nose their way through the crossing on flashing amber as they feel the pedestrians are too slow. Sounded my horn at one recently who started to started to drive straight through a crossing full of kids, the kids scattered and the mum went batcrazy at the guy now trapped halfway across and being screamed at :d

Years ago I watched a driver do this in Cardiff on international day. Quite amusing to watch a crowd of pretty drunk rugby fans batter the car as he got stuck in the middle of them. "Lock the doors and stare straight ahead..."

Cougar - Moderator

I wonder if it's an age / generation thing? I knew about the 'walking facing traffic' thing because my gran taught me. Is it lost knowledge these days?

Or is it because most people think it's unsafe to walk on roads these days so don't learn things like that? As you've been debating on that other thread. 😉

jambourgie - Member
Well they should do if they've got a mind of their own. As long as it's safe to so. Cars on the other hand should not. Because they weigh a tonne at least.

What, even if there's nothing in the way? Don't you think you're acting like the teensiest, weensiest bit of a pillock?

Or is it because most people think it's unsafe to walk on roads these days so don't learn things like that? As you've been debating on that other thread.

Bastard.

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Cougar - Moderator

Or is it because most people think it's unsafe to walk on roads these days so don't learn things like that? As you've been debating on that other thread.

Bastard.

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My work here is done! 😆 (It is actually - I've got stuff to do. :-))

My biggest bugbear is them walking 3/4/5 (depending on pavement width) abreast the pavement dragging those wheelie suitcases/laptop cases, dawdling at a snails pace completely oblivious to anyone heading towards them either behind or in front.

I come across this on a daily basis and it does my nut in.

Mr Woppit - Member
What, even if there's nothing in the way? Don't you think you're acting like the teensiest, weensiest bit of a pillock?

How so, for pressing the button 'unnecessarily', or having the opinion that cyclists should jump red lights if safe to do so? If the former, fair enough. I just think pedestrians should have more right of way than cars. If the latter, well it's just an opinion... arrived at through common sense.

Edit: I should add that I only do it at one location, on a very busy road next to the park where I run. There's always people at or approaching the crossing. I wouldn't do it on some random quiet crossing. That [i]would[/i] be childish 🙂

Schnor - did you never stop to wonder why the entire rest of the world prefers to walk facing the traffic that could hit them rather than with their backs to it?

That takes quite a 'special' level of intellect 🙂

Yes, and yes 😛 Being a Rights of Way Officer, that's one of those things I really needed to know. Unknown unknowns and all that.

[i]*runs away from the thread, but trips up on shoe laces which have been tied up wrong all these years*[/i]

Saying that though, a friend (yes really) last week confessed that up until he was 15 he thought the second toilet lid was only for the ladies. All those years of sitting *on* the porcelain 😯