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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://ddot.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ddot/publication/attachments/bike_ped_traffic_reg_summary_0_0.pdf
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To summarize:

-Pedestrians may not cross on don't-walk (unless they're using a white cane)
-Pedestrians may not fling themselves in front of vehicles
-Pedestrians who cross between intersections must yield to drivers
-Pedestrians must walk on the sidewalk if there's a sidewalk, or facing oncoming cars if there isn't
-Pedestrians aren't allowed to cross diagonally except at intersections set up for pedestrians to cross diagonally

Also, drivers must exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrians or bicyclists, with extra precaution is required for children and any obviously confused, incapacitated or intoxicated person.

Now, what was your point?
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The point was that drivers aren’t always at fault. [/quote]

But nobody has said that drivers are always legally at fault. In fact, drivers who kill people are almost never legally at fault. That's how we've set the system up in the US. It's one reason why the rate of road deaths is so much higher in the US than in similarly wealthy countries.[/quote]

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