If only the proper observation of the Highway Code was enforced on pedestrians as well as vehicle users, a really appreciable reduction in the number of road-casualties would result.
"Pedestrians are traffic." This dictum should be the slogan of the police on point duty, of cyclists, motorists, horsed-vehicle drivers and of pedestrians themselves. There is no common sense in controlling everything on wheels and letting undisciplined traffic on foot invade the streets how and when it likes, disorganizing the patient work of thousands of policemen and bringing to nought the efforts of county councils and others who have installed safety first equipment.
Recently, while crossing a street in the busy port of Oran, in Algeria, I was pounced upon by a policeman who peremptorily ordered me to go back across the street and cross at the proper place. Incidentally, the French policeman addressed me in fluent English.
After this I watched the point-duty men at several busy crossings, and found that in every case pedestrians who failed to follow the studded path were admonished and made to go back and cross the road properly. This example could well be followed all over Britain
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