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Originally Posted by ThehappypeopleLOL
Florida law 316.130(7) prohibits interfering with a pedestrian lawfully in the crosswalk. If there are no traffic control signals or signs, the driver MUST YIELD to a pedestrian in the crosswalk. To help motorists comply with Florida law The Villages should install crosswalk signs at all crossings for pedestrian safety.
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It's also important to know that this does NOT give the right for pedestrians to just start crossing at the crosswalk while cars are already approaching it.
If you're already in the crosswalk, cars MUST stop to let you get to the other side. If you're not in the crosswalk yet, you MUST wait until it's safe to do so. It sounds like a no-brainer but apparently it needs to be said. There are people who will just start walking without even trying to look for oncoming traffic, because they just assume people will stop for them. Most of the time people WILL stop for them. But sometimes they don't. And if you are one of the people who is sent to the hospital because you stepped off the curb WHILE someone was already on his way through, you don't get to say "I had the right of way" in the lawsuit.