Distraction Quotes : Being a Pedestrian

Listen to these young people giving their opinions.

Are you like them?

Tick the boxes beside the quotes that you agree with.


	"Crossing roads at the right times comes from the green cross code, special little hedgehogs you get on the TV these days are great."

	"Obviously there are distractions around. You can't always be aware of the traffic but you do as best as you can."

	"Quite careful. My Mum's always brought me up to be careful. Stop, look and listen."

	"I know that sometimes I do step out without looking because I just think that cars should stop because I would stop. Then sometimes I just step out and I go: 'I shouldn't have done that', I don't think I'm a very good pedestrian."

	"I am not very good. I don't use traffic lights and just run across the road I don't care if motors are coming or not."

	"I'm a good pedestrian. Yeah, a very good pedestrian. I always look. I don't want to get run over and I don't just run across roads and I only use traffic lights."

	"When you're walking around you see a car and you think, I'll run in front of that one. Then sometimes you do put the driver at risk."

	"I think I'm a bad pedestrian because I don't wait for traffic lights or anything. I wait until I see a gap and just sprint and make sure I get across the road and then wait in the middle and go again."

How would you describe yourself as a pedestrian?