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Pedestrian safety tips
Controlled
crossing points
Signal crossing at a traffic light
- Walk when green man is lit. Double check for left and right turning
traffic before crossing.
- Flashing red man - continue to cross, but do not step onto crossing.
- Do not step onto the road when the red man
is lit.
Pedestrian
zebra crossing
- Allow enough time for vehicles to stop.
- If vehicles are approaching wait for them to pass or stop before
stepping out and then take a life saving second look before crossing.
- Vehicles must give way to pedestrians on any part of the crossings.
Staggered pedestrian zebra crossing
- Check for traffic from your right, until you reach the island in the middle of the
road and then check for traffic from your left before you proceed to cross
the rest of the road.
- Vehicles must stop and give way to pedestrians on their half of the road
Designated crossing points
Pedestrian refuge Island
- These are not zebra crossings.
- These are designed to give pedestrians a chance
to get across in two stages, giving the pedestrian
a safer place to wait before making the second
stage of the crossing.
- Check for traffic from your right, until you reach the middle of the
road and then check for traffic from your left before you proceed to cross
the rest of the road.
Raised Platforms
- These are NOT zebra crossings.
- In many shopping areas where the road surface changes, for example, to
paved areas, it is an indication for drivers to reduce their speed and to be
aware of pedestrians.
- Pedestrians must give way to vehicles.
Uncontrolled Crossing Points
Roundabouts
- Crossing at a roundabout is not advisable. However if a crossing
facility is provided - use it
with care as motorists are watching for vehicles.
- Never assume a driver has seen you.
- Cross away from a roundabout where the visibility is better.
Intersections
- When crossing at intersections, remember to check behind and in front
for turning vehicles.
Median Strips
- This is not a zebra crossing. If you are crossing where there is a
median strip, use it with extreme care, as turning traffic will also use it.
- Do not walk along a median strip. This is illegal.
Straight Crossing
If there is no crossing facility within 20 metres from where you want to
cross:
- Then select a place to cross that is free from obstructions so that you
can see and be seen.
- Keep away from parked vehicles.
- Keep on looking for traffic when crossing the road.
- Ensure you allow yourself enough time to complete the crossing safely.
Advice for pedestrians
Car Parks/Shopping Areas
- Be alert in car parks.
- Watch for reversing vehicles.
- Use identified walking areas.
Parked Vehicles
- Avoid crossing between parked cars.
- If unavoidable - check for a gap between unoccupied vehicles, stop at the outside
corners of vehicles and look in both directions,
before crossing.
- Do not cross in front of buses.
Footpaths
- Always use a footpath where provided, rather
than risk walking on the road.
- Watch and listen for vehicles entering or exiting driveways, especially sneaky driveways
concealed by high fences and hedges.
- Where there is no footpath, walk on the road facing oncoming traffic
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If you have problems with maintenance of Auckland
City footpaths, for example cracks, breaks or bumps in the pavement,
potholes or water pooling on the footpath, please
contact us.
Crossings near schools
School Patrols -
Pedestrian Crossings
- School patrols operate twice daily to ensure
that school children get to and from school safely.
- As motorists you must stop if one or both signs
are extended onto the road.
- As pedestrians you should obey the commands
of the Patrols.
School Patrols – Kea Crossings
They operate just like School Patrols, except
that when the Patrols are not operating the road
reverts back to a normal roadway.
