wiboif trains honk at every crossing (in the US), shouldn't cars be honking at every crosswalk?
thisNotMyNameWhere I live, pedestrians have the right of way at crosswalks (fun fact: when this was introduced somewhere in the 70s, car drivers have been angry about it)
sobriquetSerious question: are there places in the world that have marked pedestrian crossings (crosswalks), but vehicles DON’T have to give way to pedestrians?
In most states in the US, if the automobile traffic has the green light and the pedestrian traffic has a “don’t walk” sign, then the pedestrians are supposed to yield to the cars.
Sorry, I guess I should have more specific - if it’s a signalled pedestrian crossing, of course the signals need to be followed. I was wondering in the context of a crossing that only has markings, but no signals.
ExcrubulentI remember in NJ USA as a kid being told that cars didn’t have to stop at zebra crossings. I don’t know if it was true, I wasn’t skeptically investigating things when I was 7.
The best I could find was this blog talking about how the rules say they should stop, but they frequently don’t: expataussieinnj.com/understanding-road-rules-for-…
So maybe the rules are one way, but the locals don’t follow it so you can’t treat the rule as being in place.