THE RISK TO PEDESTRIANS AT UNCONTROLLED MARKED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IS DISCUSSED, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE SITUATION WHERE A PEDESTRIAN MAY BE MASKED FROM AN APPROACHING DRIVER'S VIEW BY THE PRESENCE OF A PARKED VEHICLE. A THEORETICAL EXAMINATION OF VEHICLE/PEDESTRIAN MANOEUVRES AND CONFLICTS IS MADE, WITH A VIEW TO DETERMINING AN APPROPRIATE KERB LENGTH OVER WHICH PARKING SHOULD BE PROHIBITED ON THE APPROACH TO A CROSSING, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS. THE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT A POLICY WHICH PERMITS THE PARKING OF VEHICLES WITHIN 10M OF A CROSSING SHOULD BE REVIEWED, AS A MORE APPROPRIATE FIGURE WOULD BE IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 15M. IT IS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT FOR SOME PARTICULAR LOCATIONS, SUCH AS SCHOOL CROSSINGS, A PROHIBITED PARKING DISTANCE GREATER THAN AT OTHER LOCATIONS MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. IMPLICATIONS ALSO EXIST FOR THE POSITIONING OF BUS STOPS ON THE DEPARTURE SIDE OF A CROSSING RATHER THAN ON THE APPROACH SIDE. (A). FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS SEE IRRD ABSTRACT NO. 226354.
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