"J.K. Trotter" (trotter)
12/26/2013 at 11:48 • Filed to: transportation
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"J.K. Trotter" (trotter)
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Gawker’s Max Read !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! about L.A.’s car culture. I’ve never been there, so: Is the situation really this bad/weird?
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Gamecat235
> J.K. Trotter
12/26/2013 at 11:54 |
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Whoa whoa whoa...
A flashing red don't walk sign means that you cannot legally enter the crosswalk anymore in LA and NYC? I need to go check my local ordinances .
How does this apply to split roadways with islands? I have questions. I have lots and lots of questions.
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> J.K. Trotter
12/26/2013 at 12:15 |
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LA will never espouse the ways of NY, and vice versa. And thankfully so.
So LA laws are slightly auto prioritized and NY pedestrian law has the level of respect of an anarchy. I bet most residents of each exactly prefer their respective environments. Leave it so.
The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> J.K. Trotter
12/26/2013 at 15:31 |
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Long live Chicago! We cross whenever, wherever, as we please.
NaturallyAspirated
> J.K. Trotter
12/26/2013 at 17:34 |
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Yeah, I live about an hour from LA, and pedestrians around here have the poorest sense of self-preservation of anyone I've ever seen. This is not helped by some of the bizarrely programmed crosswalk signals, that on some intersections, do things like allow a second "walk" signal in the middle of a cycle. This is problematic because I've had the second "walk" signal go off just as I'm starting a left turn on round green, so the pedestrian steps right out in front of me, putting me in a situation with no good options - if I stop and wait, I have to pray that I don't get t-boned by someone going straight, and if I steer around the pedestrian that's dangerous and illegal to boot.
There's an intersection near my house wherein the light will change to red and cross traffic will get a green before a "normal" walking speed pedestrian can finish crossing the street.
There's one near my dad's house (about 20 minutes away from me) that has a "walk" signal so long that an old lady with a walker could make it across the street, discover she dropped her purse in the middle of the street, go back and retrieve it, and make it to the other side again well before the light changed.