Ped hot spots...

There is plenty of chat about cyclist / pedestrian interface. My question is this, where are our on foot friends at their most unobservant / daft?

For me, I seem to have near misses almost every day at Angel.

bethnal green road always seems to be a winner. O and oxford st of course.

In the city they look and ignore

In the west end they look the wrong way, don't look, aim for you - West End is the worst

thought this was gunna be about places to find good looking people waking around :(

Or pederast hot spots...

bethnal green road always seems to be a winner.

I'm with EM. Those markets are so dodgy. The amount of peds that walk out from between them or van doors that open out of nowhere. I ride in the other lane when I'm heading west down there.
Even then you have to watch out for motorists reacting to the same thing and swerving into you!

Lovely.

riding through Camden going North on the weekends you get lots of peds stepping out into you...its actually kinda fun just to blast it, and part the waves with a few shouts

west end of course is a bit of ped nightmare

exit of piccadilly circus to shaftesbury avenue

I think it's more often a case of *when*, rather than where.

Haringey Green Lanes. 'Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness...'

anywhere, anytime, anyplace...constant vigilance my friends.

exit of piccadilly circus to shaftesbury avenue

I'll second that...but it can be fun

The Strand in rush hour. Hurling themselves in the road I tells ya.

My 'favourite' kamikaze pedestrian spots: Soho Square and other smallish lanes around soho. Museum Street. High Holborn lights and the one way bit at Central School of Art, Smithfield lights near fabric, Barbican, City road ... oh... this is my route home...

Somtimes I wish I rode a clanky old rustbucket so they could hear me coming. Oh, I do ride an old rustbucket ... time to get the NoOil™ on the chain

My favourite was this guy walking backwards straight into my path whilst talking photos of St. Pauls' Cathedral. I made sure I missed him by less than a centimeter whilst shouting very loudly into his earhole.

Or pederast hot spots...

Well I'VE learned a fascinating new phrase today...

I made sure I missed him by less than a centimeter whilst shouting very loudly into his earhole.

Any variations on this?

I usually say something in a loud but caring voice along the lines of "Watch yourself" in their ear.

"THINK BIKE!" is a favourite of mine.

I whisper "Satan"... backwards.

I put on the annoying American retail charm with a "Thanks for looking!" and a fake ass smile :D

Aren't playgrounds pedarest hotspots?

I'm hitting the next pedestrian who runs out in front of me.

I'm hitting the next pedestrian who runs out in front of me.

I would strongly advise this.

My 'favourite' kamikaze pedestrian spots: Soho Square and other smallish lanes around soho. Museum Street. High Holborn lights and the one way bit at Central School of Art, Smithfield lights near fabric, Barbican, City road ... oh... this is my route home...

Somtimes I wish I rode a clanky old rustbucket so they could hear me coming. Oh, I do ride an old rustbucket ... time to get the NoOil™ on the chain

• 1 for Soho sq and Barbican.
  Also anywhere in SW london. They always blame you too.
  
  

But if you think london's bad, come up here and go for a ride around the centre of oxford. Because 1 area is pedestrianised, they think everywhere is.
and tourists never look when crossing, I've hit several. One going at quite a speed.

My 'favourite' kamikaze pedestrian spots: Soho Square and other smallish lanes around soho. Museum Street. High Holborn lights and the one way bit at Central School of Art, Smithfield lights near fabric, Barbican, City road ... oh... this is my route home...

Somtimes I wish I rode a clanky old rustbucket so they could hear me coming. Oh, I do ride an old rustbucket ... time to get the NoOil™ on the chain

Another +1 for the West End/Soho/Trafalgar Square. Had many a near miss. Voice is always louder than a bell and can sound more "urgent".

Worst at the moment though is Ken High St. in the afternoon. That combines the peds, fair weather cyclists, buses, black cabs, mini cabs and 4x4s in a mile stretch of just sheer road stupidity.