What really grinds your gears?

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Diogenes Oct 2018 6:03pm, 24 Oct 2018 31,115 posts	0 Diogenes I press them loads just in case they think "woah, there's a shedload of people waiting to cross!"
Night-owl Oct 2018 8:23pm, 24 Oct 2018 31,557 posts	0 Night-owl Phil I can't understand it either.
jennyh Oct 2018 10:08pm, 24 Oct 2018 3,379 posts	0 jennyh [FDNB - whilst I do sometimes press the button, I tend to agree with your husband - I remember reading an article on the BBC last year saying that most of the buttons on pedestrian crossings are “placebo” buttons - certainly on busy crossings/junctions. Mr J is a compulsive button pusher, and is one of those people who will push the button when it’s already lit.]
fetcheveryone Oct 2018 10:13pm, 24 Oct 2018 20,033 posts	0 fetcheveryone [They are nice buttons, I admit]
Markymarkmark Oct 2018 9:30am, 25 Oct 2018 7,597 posts	0 Markymarkmark [Well, that certainly pushed a lot of peoples' buttons as a topic!]
Fellrunning Oct 2018 10:49am, 25 Oct 2018 1,983 posts	0 Fellrunning You mean like the traffic lights on crossings are placebo lights ""it's alright you don't really have to stop for the plebs on foot"
postieboy Oct 2018 11:09am, 25 Oct 2018 5,484 posts	0 postieboy A major roundabout where I live has a zebra crossing five yards off one of the junctions. Makes it interesting speeding up to leave the roundabout then having to slam on your brakes because the pedestrians have priority!
Metro_Nome Oct 2018 11:11am, 25 Oct 2018 4,634 posts	0 Metro_Nome I hate pedestrian crossings just off roundabouts!
Lesley C Oct 2018 11:14am, 25 Oct 2018 1,555 posts	0 Lesley C Same here M_N!
Surrey Phil Oct 2018 12:00pm, 25 Oct 2018 2,644 posts	0 Surrey Phil We have one not too far away, postieboy. It's a job if you have to turn right into that road as it's just off an A-road. You can get one car's length between the zebra crossing and the junction itself and you can easily end up blocking the main road as a result. I seriously have to question the Highways Team at our local council for doing things like this. They are also a local authority that recently introduced a 20 mph speed limit in all residential side roads.