[JohnandDebbie]

Just moved here 6 weeks ago from up north. One of the things I really love to do is walk in the morning like so many others I see. While walking along Canal St. this morning I was crossing a side-street in the clearly marked pedestrian crossing when a local contractor's truck making a left turn off of Canal came barreling through barely missing me. I threw up my hands as he went by and he proceeded to slam on his brakes and jump out of his truck. He proceeded to tell me that I was in the wrong and that he had the right-of-way over a pedestrian. I remarked that I was in a legal crosswalk and that I had the right-of-way, not him. Now, I do understand safe behavior and that we all need to be vigilant when walking/driving/riding, etc. at all times. (I read a previous post by a jogger on a similar topic who commented that you can be "dead right and still be dead".) However, I was aware his truck was there and waiting for traffic to clear before turning and was halfway across the crosswalk when he turned. So my real question is: Do pedestrians in a legally designated crosswalk have the right-of-way or not under Florida law? Or, are pedestrians required to yield to vehicular traffic?