Even if they have an island in the middle I know you are supposed to wait if there is a pedestrian coming across but still on the other side of the road.
But after I saw a police car not bother waiting, I was wondering how many of you wait, and how many just go if they are still on the other side of the road.
Cheers
Stu
Hang on. I thought in the Highway code says that where there is a refuge it should be treated as 2 seperate crossings?
Highway Code - Rule 20 (it’s in the ‘Rules for Pedestrians’ section):
Where there is an island in the middle of a Zebra Crossing, wait on the island and follow Rule 19 (about waiting to cross and allowing time to stop, etc) before you cross the second half of the road - it is a separate crossing.
(my italics)
I do believe you are correct, as if this was not the case, you would still have to stop if the pedestrian was walking away from you on the otherside of the road.
Wow, thanks, I’d better go home and read my Highway code some more. :lol: What am I getting confused with then? Because I know staggered crossings are 2 separate crossings, so I thought if it was in a straight line, it was treated as one.
For some reason I thought it was treated as one too … I’m sure I was told to observe that during my test ! 
I think that from the point of view of a pedestrian crossing and coming on to you side, it would make good forward vision and planning better for you to stop and give them the right of way to cross. However, if they are moving away from you, even on an uninterupted crossing you are meant to stop, but on a separeted one you can continue.
If that bit of rambling makes sense?
They are considered as two separate crossings.
I will always stop if I can once they’ve reached the island.
Only time I will run through is when its wet and I’m too close to make stopping abruptly safe or when I’m running from the law 
haha running from the law, I never stop, a good wheel spin in the car or burnout on the bike normally clears it extra quickly!! ONLY JOKING by the way 
Damn Brits trying to be unique, just call it a crosswalk. 
Surely a crosswalk is stomping off in a huff or something?? 
