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The area of the crossing is out of bounds while a ped is crossing, makes sense to block out a large area on safety grounds.
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Again, the HWC does not say this, it only says you must give way.
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For cars yes, for cyclists no.
I've always felt there is a huge contradiction employed around pedestrians are cyclists. If you are cycling sensibly the two can mix safely. The irony of the taboo about cycling on the pavement (which I don't do) is exposed by the fact that many cycle 'lanes' are simply a white line on a pavement. And one that pedestrians simply don't acknowledge anyway. Anything away from the road are always shared paths. There remains very few dedicated bike only spaces, and those are readily ignored by cars parking on them or pedestrians walking on them. I can ride through Bristol on my commute and pretty much avoid the road entirely, however every part of that I share with pedestrians. It seems according to the law cycling around pedestrians is perfectly safe in certain situations i.e. a white line on a pavement, and unsafe in others.
I think as a cyclist you have to exercise your own judgement sometimes, and rolling over a zebra crossing safely after the space in front of you has cleared is one of those times, whatever the law is.
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Jimmy_Fingers
I've had the police stop me as I cycled through a zebra crossing when the pedestrian passed me but was still on the crossing. He was definite that you had to wait until you were all the way across; I couldn't be bothered querying, just smiled and nodded until he went away.