I am worried sick

pampam

pampam wrote: »

It was a 4 lane road with a bus lane at each side.
In Simons statement to the police he says that the green man was on when he stepped into the road. When he was in the bus lane the lights started flashing so he quickened his pace.
The witness says the lights were flashing when Simon stepped on the crossing.

I have just read the witnesses statement.
He is a young man in his early 30's.
He states that he was waiting to cross the road on the opposite side to my partner
.
He says he pressed the button on the Pelican Crossing and waited for the green man to appear before proceeding to cross the road.
He states that when he was 90% of the way across the road the green man started to flash.

He says that he passed by my partner in the bus lane which was the 1st lane on my partners side of the road.

I would think the crossing would need to give a longer crossing time if it did not give a young man time to cross before the lights began to change?

My partner is adamant that the green man was not flashing as he stepped on to the crossing.
Could we use this as as case for appeal?

dacouch

pampam wrote: »

I have just read the witnesses statement.
He is a young man in his early 30's.
He states that he was waiting to cross the road on the opposite side to my partner
.
He says he pressed the button on the Pelican Crossing and waited for the green man to appear before proceeding to cross the road.
He states that when he was 90% of the way across the road the green man started to flash.

He says that he passed by my partner in the bus lane which was the 1st lane on my partners side of the road.

I would think the crossing would need to give a longer crossing time if it did not give a young man time to cross before the lights began to change?

My partner is adamant that the green man was not flashing as he stepped on to the crossing.
Could we use this as as case for appeal?

If possible could you go and measure the time it takes to cross the entire crossing and then to the 90%.

Do the timings in a fair way so you don't walk too slowly or to quickly. Perhaps you could measure the time it takes three people to cross and use the average of these.

Also measure how many seconds the green light is on.

This may help an appeal

pampam

Yes I will do that tomorrow and post on here what the outcome is.
Thanks for your help it is very much appreciated x

wildwestfan

If I was waiting to cross and stepped into road just before the green light started flashing then I would have gone back to safety rather than try to cross 4 lanes before the lights changed.

pampam

wildwestfan wrote: »

If I was waiting to cross and stepped into road just before the green light started flashing then I would have gone back to safety rather than try to cross 4 lanes before the lights changed.

I appreciate any comments or views on my questions. Howevr, I draw your attention to the copy of some government rules for pelican Crossing for both drivers and pedestrians that I have posted below



They state that if the green man starts to flash when you are already on the crossing you should have time to cross safely.

When driving if the amber light is flashing, you MUST give way to any pedestrians on the crossing.

My partner was knocked down in the second lane of a 4 lane road.

wildwestfan

pampam wrote: »

I appreciate any comments or views on my questions. Howevr, I draw your attention to the copy of some government rules for pelican Crossing for both drivers and pedestrians that I have posted below



They state that if the green man starts to flash when you are already on the crossing you should have time to cross safely.

When driving if the amber light is flashing, you MUST give way to any pedestrians on the crossing.

My partner was knocked down in the second lane of a 4 lane road.

I appreciate what you are saying but I would still always take the shortest route to safety on a busy road.

I hope your appeal is successful and that your partner has now recovered from his injuries.

pampam

wildwestfan wrote: »

I appreciate what you are saying but I would still always take the shortest route to safety on a busy road.

I hope your appeal is successful and that your partner has now recovered from his injuries.

thank you for your good wishes.

My partner has not recovered from his injuries and that is the main problem with this.
He is scheduled for surgery on 29th january. We are hoping and praying that this will help and that he will be able to get back to work.