What Was She Thinking?
Sixty-some years ago two post-war, baby-boom parents began teaching their son about looking both ways before crossing a road, and then proceeding only if it was safe. Since they did not live in a city...
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It was my understanding in Chicago that the pedestrian had the right of way in a crosswalk except when the pedestrian had a red light. I looked up the laws when I moved to Florida and learned that here there are what I call implied crosswalks---when a sidewalk meets a street there's a crosswalk across the street whether it's marked or not. That was surprising.
The town just north of me, St. Augustine Beach, has a beach road with a low speed limit and bins containing red flags at many of the crosswalks. You take a flag from the bin, brandish it as you cross the road and put the flag in the bin on the other side. Clever idea.
The town just north of me, St. Augustine Beach, has a beach road with a low speed limit and bins containing red flags at many of the crosswalks. You take a flag from the bin, brandish it as you cross the road and put the flag in the bin on the other side. Clever idea.
