Re: Drive to School Hall of Shame Web Site is Up (http://drivetoschoolhallofshame.com)
- From: "Mr Sparkle" <dficker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Aug 2005 10:04:02 -0700
SMS wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> > SMS wrote:
> >
> >>I did this site out of the frustration of drivers (nearly all of them
> >>driving their kids to school) not stopping for kids in the crosswalks on
> >>the way to school.
> >>
> >>"http://drivetoschoolhallofshame.com";
> >
> >
> > You made a few good points, but some of the pictures are a little
> > questionable. In some of them it looks like the car could have been
> > proceeding through the intersection legally since the pedestrians had
> > just entered it on the far side of the road.
>
> In all of those pictures, the car entered the crosswalk after the
> pedestrians were already in the crosswalk.
>
> I have often wondered if I was required to wait for pedestrians that
> were already in the crosswalk, if I can proceed before they reach my
> vehicle. This is an issue on multi-lane streets, i.e. there is an eight
> lane road near my house, where there are a lot of pedestrians crossing,
> but am I required to stop for them when they are still 30 seconds away
> from me? 10 seconds? 5 seconds? 1 second? The law is not clear.
>
I ten to wait until they are proceeding away from my car, and enter the
X-walk after that, giving some room of course (more if they are kids)
> > Although I don't hold children responsible for the bad drivers, it
> > might not hurt to also give the younger kids a quick refresher more
> > often on how to safely cross the street. Yesterday (first day of
> > school for a few I have to drive near) I saw two different kids walk
> > out mid-block in front of cars. The cars had no reason to expect it,
> > but both fortunately stopped in time. It still could improve the
> > safety for the kids, even though driver behavior has to be corrected as
> > well.
>
> The schools should be teaching the kids this, if the parents won't. In
> my area, most of the parents are not all that familiar with the rules of
> the road for cars OR pedestrians.
True...in fact I thought that the "piano" style x-walk marking meant
peds had exclusive right to cross, similar to the zebra x-ings in the
UK, but its simply a different way to mark x-walks...the 2 lines just
don't cut it.
.
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