crosswalks

Cyclists need to be required to be tested on knowledge of safety and laws and have licensed prior to riding on a public street or trail (and surely should never ride in crosswalks and sidewalks).

Tragic Death on Cedar River Trail « PubliCola 2010

I wound up walking across the Granville Bridge (Your Canuckistan, where drivers will stop for pedestrians in crosswalks on freeway onramps!!!!) and oogling the inlet.

tourism deathmarch, North American Pacific Rim version. cmpriest 2009

BTW - bikers also freely use sidewalks, switching from streets to sidewalks, riding in crosswalks, running lights and stop signs and then complaining about pedestrians and cars. northlakeunion

Tragic Death on Cedar River Trail « PubliCola 2010

SDOT elected to remove crosswalks because they have a theory that people in crosswalks get a false sense of security.

Dueling Groups Fight, Support Nickerson Road Diet « PubliCola 2010

More people are killed while crossing in crosswalks than while jaywalking.

Traffic « Isegoria 2008

There were 200 maniacs running around in crosswalks in the middle of traffic and yelling at one another.

Citizens For Batman - Live Chicago and New York Meet-Ups! Updated! « FirstShowing.net 2008

They speed through yellow lights only to sit in crosswalks, blocking pedestrian traffic; switch lanes furiously in an effort to somehow get around the traffic all around them; and accelerate wildly in stop-and-go traffic when it’s clear going fast isn’t an option.

Why I Choose to Live Carfree « PubliCola 2010

If we’re required to yield to pedestrians who aren’t in crosswalks, that’s news to me.

Waldo Jaquith - HB2945: No need to yield to pedestrians. 2007

They put the local policia at these "crosswalks" to help pedestrians and motorists get the hang of the new order, and it's been interesting to watch the pedestrians running across the street ten feet from the crosswalks with the cops watching.

Progress or "Gringo-ization" 2005

I was amazed to see "crosswalks" (a few white painted lines on the street), but no one actually slows down or stops to let you cross, they weave around you instead.

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