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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Getting rid of Right Turn On Red would make the streets a lot safer — particularly for pedestrians.

RTOR introduced an additional layer of judgements by drivers vs Stop On Red.  Many drivers do rolling stops, and some don’t even stop anymore. The more predictable drivers are the safer it will be for pedestrians.

Drivers also need to give pedestrians the right of way — a practice that’s no longer universal.  I live near a crosswalk that’s very difficult for pedestrians— and continues to be, even after a traffic light was added several years ago. At certain times of the day, many cars use my local street to reach much larger nearby major avenues, turning left (lots of cars) and right (some cars) from the cross street. When all of us — cars and pedestrians— have the green light, the long line of cars turning left don’t pause for the pedestrians crossing the street. This often leaves pedestrians stranded in the middle of the street that they’re crossing when the light turns red.  It’s not safe for pedestrians. [/quote]

Pedestrians need to start following the rules and ONLY step off the curb if they have the white walk sign. [/quote]

In this situation they are doing this. The problem is that cars turning onto the street — without pausing for pedestrians— leave pedestrians dangerously stuck in the middle of the street. The pedestrians have the walk light AND the cars that are turning onto the street that the pedestrians are crossing also have a green light. Once the cars start turning, pedestrians can no longer cross the street — even when both pedestrians and cars have green/walk lights.

In the before times, cars used to pause to allow pedestrians already in the crosswalk the right of way to finish crossing the street. Now they don’t, stranding pedestrians in the middle of the street between streams of turning cars, followed by a red light before the pedestrians can finish crossing.

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