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Sounds risky. I thought California law was to let the pedestrian fully cross, but apparently not: > In California, the law does not state that a driver must w
by Tempest1981 3y ago
Sounds risky.
I thought California law was to let the pedestrian fully cross, but apparently not:
> In California, the law does not state that a driver must wait for the pedestrian to fully exit the crosswalk or the street before they proceed on their way in their lane. A pedestrian must be safely out of the driver's path of travel for them to begin driving again.
- floren 3y agoIf you had to wait for all pedestrians to be out of the crosswalk, there's plenty of places where turning would be essentially impossible -- and there's an argument to be made that anywhere with that much foot traffic ought to be turned into a pedestrian-only zone, well, right now there are both cars and pedestrians and requiring the crosswalk be clear before going would make things even worse.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoNY prohibits driving in the occupied half of a crosswalk. i.e. from center line to the curb. This is almost impossible to obey in NYC with heavy ped flows but it is a sensible way to combat drivers clipping you from behind.