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Scenario: You are waiting in your vehicle to rejoin a main road after having visited, say, a petrol station. To do so you have to cross a pavement. About to pas in front of you on the pavement is an obviously blind person with a guide dog.

What do you do?

In reply to FesteringSore:

wait, of course. why is this even a question?

In reply to FesteringSore:

The pavement is for pedestrians, not vehicles.
Whether or not the person wishing to pass across your route is blind, you should ALWAYS give way and let the pedestrian(s) continue unhindered.
Indeed if you are waiting on said pavement to enter the flow of traffic, and any pedestrian(s) wish to go past, it is good manners at the very least to reverse (if safe to do so) and allow them unhindered progress along said pavement.

In reply to FesteringSore:
If you sound your horn loudly enough you might get lucky, in that the dog may bolt and drag the blind person along much faster that they otherwise might have walked, thereby minimising their selfish disruption to your important day.

Edit: typo

In reply to pebbles and fred99: I asked because I saw that very scenario this morning and was quite astounded to see the driver in front of me, admittedly pause momentarily, but then drove across the path of the blind pedestrian. Thankfully the dog appeared to do what he or she was trained to do.

To me, and I'm sure most people it's not just good manners or driving but common sense.

In reply to john arran:

I hope that was posted tongue in cheek.

In reply to FesteringSore:


I would have hoped that much was obvious; what a world we must live in if there's even any doubt.

In reply to john arran:


Fair enough; disregard my comment.

In reply to FesteringSore:

blimey!!!!!

In reply to FesteringSore:

Don't be fooled by John's back-pedalling "nice guy, only kidding" act. The man is a monster.

In reply to FesteringSore:

Make sure that no-one is looking - then do what you like - It's not like they'll be able to get your registration number.

In reply to mp3ferret:


All guide dogs are trained to read number plates now, they then communicate the plate to police using a mix of woofs, paw taps and pants.

In reply to deepsoup:


Have a 'like'

In reply to Steve-J-E:


A mate of mine cracked a joke his dog had told him ... but it was pants

In reply to FesteringSore:

It's a pity you didn't get the b*st*rds number and report it to the police.
I'd hope that they would throw the book at him.