Peds!

I was having a chat last night in le pub with my mate, she's a PE teacher and did a cycle course with the kids and also a green cross code thing to.

And errr.. It was explained to me that peds have absolutely no obligation to stay on the pavement when the red man light is on at a pedestrian crossing. She just teaches kids that you can't so they don't get run over..

Plus if a ped jumps out in front of you last second then basically tough shit and the only reason it scares the living shit out me so much is that in comparison to a 4 wheeled motorist a cyclist can and usually does come off a lot worse in a ped collision.

It also doesn't matter if it wasn't your fault, meaning it was proved that the motorist/cyclist was using the road with "due care" when the incident happened.

The only time when the ped would be considered as wrong is if they show "due negligence" aka they are pissed out of their face and that's about it.

Even then they wouldn't be liable for damages as peds aren't insured.

TL;DR: I took the highway code thing too literally, so sorry @Brun for going all super green cross code.

With regard to the initial conversation I should have just replied to your speculation with "the cyclist in the tragic case above was proved to be cycling with due care or he would be in a jail cell right now".