Comments on Block the crosswalk? Brazilians will lift your car - Greater Greater Washington

Comment by kk

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:48:03 EDT

A better option would be to seize all vehicles that block sidewalks, crosswalks, disabled spaces and sell the cars for less than 90% of what they are worth. This would get the message across very quickly

Comment by Jack

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:20:18 EDT

What's needed in DC is an educational campaign, because many drivers think that the right place to stop is up as close to the crossing traffic lane as possible. Fact is, the "stop bar" is the start of the intersection, and anyone crossing that with a red light is violating the red light. As for the right-turn-on-red visibility issue, whatever the visibility, the driver must stop before the stop bar, then move forward for the right turn.

On the Beach Drive exit ramp at the Zoo, there's a crosswalk, and it's a "no turn on red" intersection, so there's utterly no excuse for stopping on the crosswalk. But you'll see that happen, dozens of times a day. IMHO drivers just don't know any better, and don't know that stopping astride the crosswalk is wrong.

Comment by Steve W

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:44:18 EDT

What really needs to happen is a citywide survey of visual obstructions too close to intersections.

Sometimes people pull out like that because they can't see when making a right turn and yielding. Not moving until you've got a light isn't always an option if people behind you are impatient and honking their horn.

I have to do this every day when I drive. There's an intersection near where I live that has some overgrown mess on the corner, making it impossible to see when pulling out.

Comment by grumpy

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:53:44 EDT

I love this video, however I wouldn't use the word "solution" to describe it - more like a PR campaign tactic!

Comment by MJ

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:50:38 EDT

Meh, it's cleaner than the Colombian option...

Comment by Jim T

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:51:41 EDT

This reminds one the Vilnius campaign to discourage parking in bike lanes.

Comment by 20011

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:40:05 EDT

That video sucks. They didn't even flip it over.

Comment by movement

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:12:29 EDT

bah, way to blow my own joke. *how*

Comment by movement

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:03:59 EDT

#1 It takes 8 Brazilian people to move a car out of the crosswalk.
#2 That's a lot of people. Wait, home many is a Brazilian?

Comment by Lucre

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:44:01 EDT

Often in the back of my mind I think "surely if you're stopped in the crosswalk you couldn't complain if I were to walk on your car."

This would be nice too.

Comment by movement

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:41:36 EDT

I'd like to see that in India.

Comment by Jasper

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:37:10 EDT

I would love to be able to do that.

I fantasize about paying back in kind, but standing in front of a car as a pedestrian......

Comment by Gavin

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:28:17 EDT

That was satisfying to watch.

Comment by drumz

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:01:48 EDT

If you didn't tell me where it was I wouldn't have felt bad guessing that this was florida (because of the palm trees).