Who has priority at a raised pedestrian crossing (not a zebra crossing)?
Pedestrians always have right of way and are identified in the Highway Code as being the most vulnerable road users (along with cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders). Road crossings of whatever type are intended to provide safer crossing points than elsewhere. Drivers who fail to comply with crossing regulations commit a specific crossing offence in addition to any other offence e.g. reckless driving, that may be committed. If pedestrians cross a road elsewhere than at a proper crossing, that does not entitle a driver to run over them with impunity – the driver will always have to justify himself or herself, even if the pedestrian was suicidal. The Highway Code, referring to junctions but will probably also apply elsewhere, states that if pedestrians have already started to cross the road (before you get to them, that is), they will have priority, so give way. Lastly, even on motorways, where pedestrians are prohibited except in an emergency, they have a right not to be run down. A
A very good question and one your local council should answer because I believe they have created something that should not exist. This was probably initialy installed as a large speed bump purely to slow traffic down, the fact is it is marked with triangular signs only serve as a warning but confer no priorities to pedestrians. A pedestrian has no right to cross a road, except at correctly marked places, with priority over vehicles. Of course common sense says you cannot just run them over. A confusion sometimes occurs at junctions when pedestrians have priority over traffic turning into the road they are crossing, that is because the traffic is joining that road, not already on it.
