THE BEHAVIOUR OF PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

VERHALTEN VON FUSSGAENGERN UND FAHRZEUGEN AN FUSSGAENGERUEBERWEGEN

THE NEW TRAFFIC REGULATIONS GIVE PEDESTRIANS ADDITIONAL RIGHTS ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN THE ABSOLUTE PRIORITY RULE. BY DAY AND NIGHT OBSERVATIONS AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, A STUDY WILL BE CARRIED OUT OF THE FUTURE USE OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS UNDER LOCAL AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WILL BE DEALT WITH: UNDER WHAT LOCAL AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS DO PEDESTRIANS CLAIM THEIR PRIORITY RIGHTS, IN WHAT CONDITIONS DO DRIVERS NOT RESPECT THE PEDESTRIAN'S PRIORITY, TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE PROHIBITION OF OVERTAKING BEFORE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OBSERVED, ESPECIALLY ON MULTILANE ROADS, DO PEDESTRIANS IN LOCAL AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WHICH ARE OTHERWISE THE SAME, BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY AT NIGHT ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, COMPARED WITH THEIR BEHAVIOUR AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS SITUATED ON A ROAD WITH NORMAL STREET LIGHTING, WHAT KINDS OF BEHAVIOUR ENDANGER PEDESTRIANS?