BD has posted many a time about pedestrians crossing the road in front of his bike without looking, seems to be getting far worse. He reckons that about one in five are crossing the road whilst more interested in chatting on their phones.

But as a pedestrian he is also getting fed up with it. 'Oh I will just stop as I check my phone for messages or my Blackberry for e-mails' as I run into the back of them. So what he suggests is compulsory brake lights and indicators for pedestrians so you would know what they are up to and avoid crashing into the back of them. And of course you would need the Highway code to have stopping distances so that you would not walk to closely behind. And coming to think of it a pedestrianising test before you could go out on the pavement, learner plates for those who have not passed the test, a green learner badge for those who have recently passed and a new Pedestrian Traffic Act, with offences such as undue care and attention for pedestrianising, pedestrianising under the influence, dangerous pedestrianising. They could also introduce a MOT equivalent, and the need for for a rear view mirror.

Good to have some support for this before I lobby government. Sure they would love some diversion from the present financial turmoil.