Our Two Sense
Pedestrian Code
Posted by Two Sense (Atlantic Shores, United States) on 19 June 2009 in Cityscape & Urban.
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Lilly : So, tell me, do people over there even WALK on the left ?
Ronnie : Oh, yes . . and that woman should not have cut across like that.
Lilly : You should report her, Ronnie.
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Denise from Duncannon, United States
Took me a while to catch the drift of your conversation. :)
19 Jun 2009 12:35pm
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
You highlight an interesting fact about pedestrian rules - over here it's very much a free-for-all - not structured like elsewhere (even though the rules differ widely). However, be that as it may, what I'd like to know is how these ideas come about. Do you (Ok - or Lilly!) see a scene, take the shot, get the idea, and then go out to find the complementary photo? Or do you perhaps get the idea and then go out to find the locations for the photos? Or what?
19 Jun 2009 1:08pm
@dobbino: : (from Ronnie) Thanks, Ron. We did discuss ‘steps images’ and each snapped a few similar shots at agreed settings knowing something would fit. The merged image was to be all about ‘lines’ : the geometry of the steps themselves, the perspective and some crossing arrangement to link the two sides together visually against a background. The contrast was that my part was full of people - London being non-stop what it is !
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
It's an old photo for sure. At present, people's preferences are rather on the right side.
19 Jun 2009 2:48pm
Barbara from Florida, United States
Now I'm wondering if it would be easier to be left handed to live there. You have raised an interesting thought while I have only considered that in the UK they drive on the wrong, oops! I mean left side of the road.
It takes virtual architectural skills and both of your "Two Sense" to put this one together.
I really enjoy this one.
19 Jun 2009 3:04pm
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
hoho,we have a lot to learn from you.We have the keep left rule but NOBODY keeps to it.Sigh.its really frustrating cos you get more bumps,stares and stuff.
19 Jun 2009 4:48pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Your coordination on these images, as you describe in your answer above, is extraordinary. I find this shot funny because I would walk right, and I wonder if that is a function of being used to driving right.
19 Jun 2009 5:47pm
Craig from Vacaville, California, United States
My experience is that people tend to walk on the side where their driving rules dictate. A fine blend for sure! :0)
19 Jun 2009 6:22pm
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
As a creature of habit, this would get me into big trouble....
19 Jun 2009 7:24pm
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
I thought this was a hemisphericity thing. Like water going down the drain clockwise and counterclockwise! ;)
19 Jun 2009 7:49pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
wonderfully blended images - and something to think about - I don't really remember seeing everyone all on one side (and it drives me nuts!!)....
19 Jun 2009 8:13pm
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Great harmony in motion here, I wonder why nobody wants to use this lovely concrete staircase, though.
19 Jun 2009 9:25pm
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
I was thinking what Earnest said. Particularly with everyone goig up on the left. :-)
19 Jun 2009 9:34pm
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
hehehe Firstly I love the photo and the narrative they are great as always. and secondly in Nz its a free for all you walk where ever you like this includes going up and down stairs.
19 Jun 2009 9:43pm
@k@: : hee hee . . I trust there won't be nightmares of endless stairways . .
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
Being left handed, I would have gone up the down stairway. best...jerry
20 Jun 2009 12:06am
Lorna from Regina, Canada
I hate when people are on the wrong side. Great blending again. I had forgotten that this was two images.
20 Jun 2009 12:49am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
At least there is a code, here people and bicycles go in an entropic movement :)
20 Jun 2009 5:04am
djedfre from schaumburg, United States
somehow Lilly's side seems so much less complicated!
20 Jun 2009 7:12am
Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom
Good work with the bridge across the top!
20 Jun 2009 7:49am
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
This makes me smile. I often one about people and these sense of direction when it comes to the rules of the pedestrian...I have concluded there aren't any :)
Cool shot and excellent work.
20 Jun 2009 1:09pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
I'm sure people walk all over the sidewalk. Those radicals!
20 Jun 2009 6:35pm
Ilan from Israel
What comes up, must come down. :)
Love the 'unwritten' code that one side is for going up and the other for down.
Nicely spotted!
20 Jun 2009 6:43pm
John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States
Excellent shot, the lines and patterns in this image are mesmerizing. Fascinating image, like the angle and the way you filled the frame.
20 Jun 2009 7:40pm
Laurent from Lyon, France
amazing how those two pictures just feet together.
Bravo
Good illustration also on how english people are well educated. The woman must be french ;o)
20 Jun 2009 8:17pm
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
I sometimes still have travel here in the US about what side I am 'meant' to walk on...
20 Jun 2009 11:24pm
Laura from Birmingham, United Kingdom
wonderful shot, great tones in the picture. The brightly coloured people against the background works really well.
21 Jun 2009 8:16am
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Another remarkable double image. You just want to step into the photo and break the rules by going up the right hand steps
21 Jun 2009 9:28am
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
excelent work and very carrefully choise of lighting
21 Jun 2009 9:55am
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Great job aligning all the lines, buildings, rails, etc in these two images. I can't imagine how you do it. Of course people would walk on the left, just as we in the USA walk on the right.
22 Jun 2009 11:11am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Brillant composition with the alignment of the horizontal walking paths. Not many people using the left stairs :)
25 Jun 2009 12:02am
