Is It Rude Not to Thank Drivers for Stopping to Let You Cross the Road?

There shouldn't be an obligation to say thank u or wave. First world problems harden the f up

Some of us have very bad social anxiety which gets mistaken as rudeness

He keeps going on about cherries seems like he is struggling to lose his 😂

I always put my hand up.

It is a nice thought ,but stopping at a place not designated as a crossing can be dangerous .

I’m a very calm person. But I do get road rage-contained to my car that makes my kids laugh- when I let people go in car or pedestrian and they just totally blank me, which seems to be about 90% of people in my area

1st World problems!

If my 8 year old granddaughter can give a wave of thanks I don't think it's hard for everyone else to

This is one of the little British things that are disappearing in our world.

Cha upset me

I was in a rush and had to drop my brother at school in the morning. He was misbehaving, and out of frustration, i didn't raise my hand to thank the driver (i usually do), but when we got to the other side of the zebra crossing, he rolled down his window and said "your kind of people dont say thank you"

You either have that respect or you don't. If you have to force it, don't bother.

no it isn't rude, why would I thank someone for following the law. that's like thanking strangers for not assaulting me

Drivers should be thanking the rest of us for being allowed to use the road at all.

Says it all

I saw Keir Starmer walking across a pedestrian crossing without acknowledging the driver .This is an OUTRAGE and he should resign !!!!!!!!!!

Yes it's rude I even wave when they stop at a zebra crossing

People are misunderstanding the law, it's a requirement to stop if they're on the crossing but it isn't a requirement to stop if they're waiting at the crossing which I presume most people do the latter instead of the former however it's advised to slow down when approaching a crossing to make sure you don't break the law but that's just advice not the law as well.

So technically they can continue on their merry way without any legal ramifications but typically in most cases they stop in those cases they're going out of there way doing a good deed that isn't required of them by the law that's something that deserves thanks in my book.

Its not rude but if you take driving test you dont do it by law you do it and you will get minuse on your test so before they ask question get the true facts first i took my dri test 28 years ago told this by mt dri instructor i do give a thumbs up and thank bus drivers

No of course it's not rude. As a pedestrian if you make a step on the zebra crossing it's law that drivers stop to let you cross. At a pelican crossing do you thank the driver for stopping at a red light. Do you thank everyone for obeying the law. Does the government thank tax payers for coughing up the correct amount of income tax. No. But they can prosecute if you don't. Obeying the rules is an expectation.