What is a crossing?

Sandtree

Manxman_in_exile said:

Just about everybody over there knows they aren't part of the UK (and they get very touchy at any suggestion that they are part of the UK) but they do tend to think of themselves as part of GB.  I think that's because of having "British" nationality and passports, and for a few sports people competing under a team GB flag.

The UK govt can sometimes make it unnecessarily confusing too.  I had some difficulty at work some years ago producing right to work documents because the then UK govt guidance was less than clear in its references to "UK passports" and "British citizen".  (i had a passport showing I was a British citizen, but my passport was not a UK passport and caused some consternation for a while).

The Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories passports always cause confusion and especially given that despite all being "British Passports" entry rules vary based on the sub text (eg Bermuda needs no visa or visa waiver for entry to the US)

Cross_Man

Thank you everyone for your comments.

A couple of comments mentioned that Highway Code and NRSWA says what markings there must be but does not say that the road surface otherwise should just be plain.  I suspect that is because the rules never envisaged that the road would be painted with some graphic art of any kind, but that the road surface would be just that - whether tarmac, concrete, cobbles or whatever.

Still, I guess the Council having money spare to spend on pretty pictures is a very first world problem.

knightstyle

How about this by a school near me, is it a crossing?

Car_54

knightstyle said:

How about this by a school near me, is it a crossing?

Have you ever read the Highway Code?

It is not a crossing that has any legal status. Peds do not have priority, and drivers are not obliged to give way (and indeed shouldn't).

Cross_Man

I missed St George's Day because of being on holiday, but once I was back I duly visited the "St George's Crossing", stood to attention, saluted and belted out a couple of renditions of the National Anthem.  I've no doubt there was quite a crowd doing the same on Saturday.

Anyway, the graphic is already looking less-fabulous after only a couple of months of being driven over:


I think I'll start a campaign for the road to be closed to traffic so that the £160k artwork can be kept fully polished and cared for as befitting such an investment.

No doubt, then, the Council would take out the crossing altogether as it serves no purpose whatsoever in a pedestrianised street.  Will they be able to lift the art work to display in a gallery or something?