Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Crosswalks
Thread: Crosswalks
View Single Post
 
Old 05-24-2016, 02:03 PM
goodtimesintv goodtimesintv is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 535
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by outlaw View Post
I interpret the law as saying the car must yield to the pedestrian once they are IN the crosswalk, not when they are standing on the curb or edge of the road. The pedestrian is expected to use good judgement and wait until the road is clear of oncoming vehicles that are quickly approaching the crosswalk. For some reason, many pedestrians think they always have the right to step out into traffic if there is a crosswalk no matter how close and fast the traffic is.
This is what I think, too. That is why I don't think only the driver should always be the one who's "at fault".