Quite sure.

 

Guess I wasn't paying attention and forgot to at the guy leading the pack.

 

Lainey,
Jeff can comment better but I believe it is a $100 fine for failure to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

 

Book, em!

After work I went for a walk. I was just stepping into the street in a crosswalk, and a woman approaching the intersection was heading right to the corner, not even noticing me....the front end of her car was in the crosswalk as I crossed.

 

Its the law here or at least in my town it is. They have signs and kiosks in the middle of the road at most busy intersections telling you to yield to pedestrians.

 

It's at least that. I would have to look in my book, but it is in my cruiser at the station right now.

People are in their own worlds when driving, for the most part. They only think of where they are going, and how quickly they can get there. Speed limits, pedestrians, other cars, small kids and animals are just obstacles to them getting to their destination in a timely manner. People don't leave early to avoid being late anymore, they drive faster and less cautiously.

Just a sign of the times I guess. I think it is worse here in the NE though. People live slower in most other parts of the country.

 

I always stop... and most of that is due to my college days, having to cross streets dozens of times a day. I picked up a habit of just walking right into the crosswalk, being fully aware of approaching cars and that they were unlikely to stop, and getting uncomfortably close to them as they went by. I'd give the driver a good stare as they went by from my position a mere 2 feet from their door.
I obviously don't put myself in FRONT of the car, but I like to make it known that they should have used better judgment.

 

I do the same, and I'm "this close" to using sign language too.

 

CHAPTER 89. LAW OF THE ROAD

Chapter 89: Section 11. Marked crosswalks; yielding right of way to pedestrians; penalty

Section 11. When traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be so to yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk marked in accordance with standards established by the department of highways if the pedestrian is on that half of the traveled part of the way on which the vehicle is traveling or if the pedestrian approaches from the opposite half of the traveled part of the way to within 10 feet of that half of the traveled part of the way on which said vehicle is traveling.

No driver of a vehicle shall pass any other vehicle which has stopped at a marked crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross, nor shall any such operator enter a marked crosswalk while a pedestrian is crossing or until there is a sufficient space beyond the crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating, notwithstanding that a traffic control signal may indicate that vehicles may proceed.

Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200.

Whenever a pedestrian is injured by a motor vehicle in a marked crosswalk, the department of state police or the municipal police department with jurisdiction of the street, in consultation with department of state police if deemed appropriate, shall conduct an investigation into the cause of the injury and any violation of this section or other law or ordinance and shall issue the appropriate civil or criminal citation or file an application for the appropriate criminal complaint, if any. This section shall not limit the ability of a district attorney or the attorney general to seek an indictment in connection with the operation of a motor vehicle which causes injury or death and which violates this section.

 

I always stop. I've damn near been rear-ended doing so, but I stop. I've been using crutches lately if I have to walk any distance until I rebuild my strength and people just don't give a

ARM ME!