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@Jasper, 'Ok, I am at a loss here. What is does the law suggest I do when I want to cross a multi-lane road and there is no pedestrian crossing near/in sight?

You cross at an intersection. Or you just look very carefully before crossing. From what I've observed we have a cross-cultural problem occuring here. You have folks emigrating from countries where it's okay to just cross anywhere you want and the traffic expects that and stops for you. We're definitely a country of rules here. If the law says 'pedestrian doesn't have the right of way in this stretch' we cna pretty much count on people observing this rule. ... Just like the pedestrian knows that if they really don't have the right to cross, that they'd better look twice and thrice before actually crossing. It works because everyone is in synch with what the rules are. Now we could change the way we do this and be like a Latin American country where no one obeys the rules ... and everyone knows that and drives/walks with appropriate caution .... but would we really want that? There's a reason things generally work better here where we do follow the rules ...

by Lance on Feb 28, 2011 11:40 pm • link • report

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