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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drivers didn't stop before.  You say "of course" but they didn't.

I head into the crosswalk because[b] people don't stop when they see you waiting, even if they are required to,[/b] and because where I am going is as important as where you're going, and me waiting for several minutes so that you don't have to wait for a several seconds while I cross is ridiculous. [/quote]

but here is where you are wrong. Drivers are only required to stop for pedestrians who are physically in the crosswalk. They are not required to stop just because someone is waiting to cross. Stopping to let someone cross can be dangerous if it is on a busy road. It is up to the pedestrian to wait until there is a break in traffic to cross.[/quote]

It's fascinating how this has turned into drivers having the right of way and pedestrians having to wait, no matter what the law says. [/quote]

No one has a right of way, one party needs to yield the right of way. [/quote]

I seems you don’t understand the concept of “right of way.” The law requires that a driver yield to another who has the right of way. It’s the very essence of the concept of yielding, It also varies by state. In NJ drivers are required to stop for pedestrians in a marked crosswalk but yield to those in an unmarked crosswalk. In Connecticut a driver must yield to pedestrians standing at the curb. [/quote]

Pedestrians must also yield the right of way to vehicles. A crosswalk doesn't give you a right to step out into the crsswalk without due consideration for the rights of way for the drivers.[/quote]

Wrong. You are demonstrably wrong and I sincerely hope you take a serious reevaluation of your knowledge of trafic laws and your fitness to operate a motor vehicle:

Crosswalk definition: Any intersection of two or more roadways is a legal crosswalk, whether marked or not.

Pedestrians have the same rights in marked crosswalks as in unmarked crosswalks.

Crosswalk without signals: [b]The driver of a vehicle shall stop and give right of way to a pedestrian crossing the
roadway[/b] within any marked crosswalk or unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.

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

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