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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s like a school bus stopping on Connecticut avenue where it’s 6 lanes and if every other shop had a front driveway with traffic going in and out plus a red light and turn lanes every 400 meters.

Not gonna happen. [/quote]

As someone who had to cross Connecticut Avenue to get to school every day in the 90s I would have been THRILLED if there was a way to get commuters to actually stop for kids crossing.  Would have loved it if the guy who called me a whore for trying to cross the street when I was 14 and it as raining out would have gotten a ticket for not yielding.  [/quote]

Go to the traffic light cross walk. Not the middle of the stretch. [/quote]

According to Maryland state law, every intersection is legally a legal crosswalk, where pedestrians have the right-of-way. Not just intersections with traffic signals, not just intersections with white painted crosswalks. Every intersection.[/quote]

Pedestrians have the right of way in parking lots. So that means idiots use this to walk directly behind cars that are actively backing up, not understanding the laws of physics. Your right of way means nothing if you step in front of a car in motion because ‘you have the right of way’. It’s a game of chicken - can the laws of physics ensure the car stops on time before it kills or maims you? Makes much more sense (as in common sense) to say “the law is on my side, but that car is in motion and even if the driver hits the brakes, it might not stop in time, so I’ll wait until there are no cars coming to cross”[/quote]

It's impossible for drivers to obey traffic laws, apparently. Assuming the drivers even know what the laws are.[/quote]

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