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Maybe it's different where you live, but where I live the only place where a pedestrian doesn't have right of way is a motorway.
by ollie87 8y ago
Maybe it's different where you live, but where I live the only place where a pedestrian doesn't have right of way is a motorway.
- icebraining 8y agoUnfortunately, it seems it's not the case in Arizona: "Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection." http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-crossing-50-state-summary.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-cross...
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoIt is also almost always the law that drivers must take any reasonable actions possible to avoid an accident even if someone else broke the law in a way that makes an accident more likely. So even if the pedestrian did fail to yield right-of-way, the driver is still required to stop to prevent an accident if they are able to.
- emodendroket 8y agoOne of the most jarring things about visiting Niagara Falls in Ontario was a big sign at the crosswalk warning that vehicles, rather than pedestrians, have the right of way. I don't see any good justification for making things this way except to basically give a free pass to anyone who kills a pedestrian.
- wilsonnb2 8y agoIt's always made perfect sense to me that vehicles should have right of way on roads. They're intended for vehicles. Giving pedestrians the right of way on the road makes about as much sense as giving cars the right of way on the sidewalk.
- emodendroket 8y agoThe crosswalk is made for vehicles? How is anyone ever to cross the street? Why shouldn't the person operating the dangerous machine requiring a license be subject to greater responsibility, for that matter?
- bitL 8y agohttp://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-crossing-50-state-summary.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-cross... "Arizona: Vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within a crosswalk that are in the same half of the roadway as the vehicle or when a pedestrian is approaching closely enough from the opposite side of the roadway to constitute a danger. Pedestrians may not suddenly leave the curb and enter a crosswalk into the path of a moving vehicle that is so close the vehicle is unable to yield. Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Where traffic control devices are in operation, pedestrians may only cross between two adjacent intersections in a marked crosswalk."
- emodendroket 8y agoThis particular incident concerns Ontario.
- wilsonnb2 8y agoThey should use a light system, stop sign, or yield sign, just like everywhere else that a car driving straight on a road is expected to yield the right of way.
- emodendroket 8y agoWell, they don't. They have a crosswalk and they have a sign informing you that if a car hits you you will be found at fault.
- 7952 8y agoOf course a lot of our congested places are categorically not designed to accomodate cars. And this has the effect of dominating the public realm and obstructing other users. Its like building an open sewer that overflows twice a day. A road network that destroys access for other users is not functional. And sometimes the only way to achieve that is to reduce the volume of cars in city centres, lower speed limits, and have traffic calming measures. This helps align demand with what the roads are actually designed for. Pedestrianisation and pedestrian priority are just one logical extension of this.