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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's hard to know where all the crosswalks are.  If you are speeding along, by the time you realize it's a crosswalk, it might be too late to stop. Sometimes you drive through an area with a cross walk and there may even be a sign saying blind pedestrian but never in your life have you ever seen a pedestrian there. I'm not excusing people not stopping in crosswalks. It's a problem in this area. Drivers are often in a hurry and think they are more important than pedestrians. Pedestrians should never assume a car is going to stop or it could be a fatal mistake.[/quote]

If you're going too fast to realize you're approaching a crosswalk, you're just straight-up going too fast. [/quote]

Agreed. Most of the time the crosswalk is associated with an INTERSECTION, and the driver should be aware of the intersection because there could also be cars. If it's another kind of crosswalk (like a church near me has one midway down the block between the church and their parking lot, they put out signs on Sundays).

Besides which, there does not have to be an actual crosswalk or signs for an intersection where pedestrians can pass and we DO have the right away. One day I was crossing at the end of my block, I do wait for traffic to clear (I don't have a death wish) and a woman who had plenty of time to slow down (wouldn't even have to stop, she was far enough away to begin with) yelled at me for crossing the street.

You want to make eye contact with drivers, though. I do have fantasies about wearing a giant stop sign with flashing lights though.

What's weird is when you have the occasional driver who, seeing you at the corner, actually stops, but the other lane keeps on driving. 
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