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I'm going by the legislation which states you have to wait for the peds to finish crossing.
Though it's fucking ages since I bothered looking it up.
Here we are:
"25.—(1) Every pedestrian, if he is on the carriageway within the limits of a Zebra crossing, which is not for the time being controlled by a constable in uniform or traffic warden, before any part of a vehicle has entered those limits, shall have precedence within those limits over that vehicle and the driver of the vehicle shall accord such precedence to any such pedestrian."
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shall accord such precedence to any such pedestrian
Which pretty much backs up what stevo_com wrote.
Whenever a pedestrian is on the crossing*, they have priority.
Not the right to sole occupation.
There's nothing about finishing crossing, nor stopping even.
I love a pedantic quibble, me.
* providing no part of a vehicle was already on the crossing.
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I'm going by the legislation which states you have to wait for the peds to finish crossing.
Does it? Isn't it just saying that you should give way to them? Says nowt about then waiting for them to get off the carriageway, provided you have accorded such precedence to them in the first place.
NotThamesWater
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Again, the HWC does not say this, it only says you must give way.