Reginald Barrington wrote:That would have been the dog walkers own stupidity had they been hit, entry or exit would have made no difference to the situation!
Sorry, Reginald, but I beg to disagree, there are very specific reasons why Kent Highways insisted on this particular circulation layout in the interests of public safety. There is a large ENTRY sign across the ingress, so depending on which direction you are walking from, you are instinctively drawn to look to your right (or your left) towards the Maison Dieu traffic, and concentrate on any vehicles entering the site from the road, not exiting the site.
What’s even more concerning is that the carwash employees appear to be deliberately directing customers’ cars on to or from the site from incorrect entry/exit points, including across the pavement, because it just suits them better like that (and let’s be reminded that any vehicle crossing a public footpath is breaking the Highways Code, which is still a criminal offence!)
Oh, and by the way, as I’m sure you know, changes to The Highway Code came into force today – pedestrians remain King, and are given an even higher priority. More responsibility put on drivers of larger vehicles (HGVs and pickup trucks zoom on to and off the Ramyar site incorrectly, breaking The Highway Code pretty much daily, sadly!)
It’s the car wash operator’s RESPONSIBILITY and a MAJOR CONDITION of his business operating from this site to make customers' vehicles enter through the ingress and leave via the egress. Vehicles entering and leaving the site in any other way is an unarguable breach of planning & a danger to highway safety.