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Ricochet said:
^That is not jaywalking. You must be color blind to not able to distinguish the white stripes on the road.
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Color blind?

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That gif with the pedestrian illustrates why you should never stop in the middle of the road. The cop's view was obstructed by the other car, which I assume had the right of way and should've kept going.

I hate it when people stop on a multi-lane road to let a pedestrian cross. Or a car out of a parking lot. Yes, even when I'm the pedestrian or car...I have to try and wave them off with a 'thanks-but-no-thanks'...if they would just keep going, traffic wouldn't be congested and my opportunity to cross/pull out would come much sooner. And I wouldn't have to risk someone in the other lane plowing into me.
 
phucheneh said:
That gif with the pedestrian illustrates why you should never stop in the middle of the road. The cop's view was obstructed by the other car, which I assume had the right of way and should've kept going.

I hate it when people stop on a multi-lane road to let a pedestrian cross. Or a car out of a parking lot. Yes, even when I'm the pedestrian or car...I have to try and wave them off with a 'thanks-but-no-thanks'...if they would just keep going, traffic wouldn't be congested and my opportunity to cross/pull out would come much sooner. And I wouldn't have to risk someone in the other lane plowing into me.
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You are legally required to stop for a pedestrian in the cross walk. This is something much different from simply stoping to let someone cross the street or into the road from the parking lot, which you are right, is dangerous.
 
DixyCrat said:
You are legally required to stop for a pedestrian in the cross walk...
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And you are sure this is required in Russia as well? Because according to this article, it is not:

http://russianrepor******************2010/02/24/its-okay-to-kill-pedestrians-in-russia/

Even in the places I have been in the US, right of way at a crosswalk seems to be about 50/50 if there is not a traffic light involved.

Edit, can't get this url to post correctly, so here is a quote:
Yelena Pyatakova, 34, and her 27-year-old sister, Yulia were out for an evening walk from the market. Their crime it seems was for walking on the sidewalk. Now, Yelena is dead and her sister Yulia hospitalized with very serious injuries.

Welcome to Russia, where the reality is that drivers have the right-of-way and there is no penalty for killing a pedestrian, well if you’re well-connected, that is. The driver in the car you’re about to see has the right connections. Anna Shavenkova, 28, is the daughter of the Irkutsk region’s election committee chairwoman and apparently it is no big deal that she drove onto a sidewalk in the city of Irkutsk hitting two female pedestrians, one of whom later died in the hospital.
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ch33zw1z said:
Here in the states, if you hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk, things generally won't go well for you.
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I'm glad I have not (hit anyone). I remember when each semester started all college people always stopped for us to walk across the street. That didn't last long, as cars had the right-of-way on campus.
 
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