PEDESTRIANS cannot assume the right of way, let alone safety, when they venture off the sidewalk and into
the world of cars and trucks by crossing the road.

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A recent letter from
Robert Harper has
prompted me to revisit
the subject discussed
back on Sept 12:

.. Pedestrians and traffic.

Mr, Harper has a keen

»cdusight into the nuances of
-. traffic law and went.so far 2s
to say I was wrong onone .

particular point. Yikes! Mz?
Wrong? :
Vell, no, ‘As it tums out,

Me Horper got his crosswalks

érossed when | implied that
drivers did not have to wait
for pedestrians to be entirely.

“off the road way before pro-

ceeding.

While I did not mean to
suggest that you drivers can
aip past a pedestrian the
moment his or her feet are
out of your fang, Mr. Harper
tried to iflustrate his point
with 2 hypothetical scenario
taken from the photo accom-
panying the article.

The photo, in tact, de pict-
ed a person crossing at waftic
light-controiled, mulsi-laned
intersection yet for his argu-
ment he quoted section $79
of the mighty Motor Vehicle
Act, which defines che rules
and the relationship berween
motorist and pedestrians at
sncontrolled intersections,
But now I’m picking nits...

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Shaun
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signal.

entire article to semantics, |
will have my discussion with
Mr. Harper via e-mail and,
suffice it to say here, E was not
wrong, Well... 1 was mostly
Not Wrong,

Rut the letter did ger me
thinking once again about
brain-dead pedestrians.

First of all, Pve noticed
that those of us whe drive abe
tend to make the most’
thoughtiul pedestrians.

‘That is to say, we drivers
svem to be more aware of
how our foorfalls can affect |
trafic around us..We are the
crossover group thac waits
patiently for clearings in .vehic-
ular traffic whenever possible
rather than halting along
stream of cars simply because
We are aware of the frustra-
tions drivers endure when
confronted by a blissfully”
igncrant ambler.

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See Brain-dead page 4a ,

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