Re: Fighting the DOT S(BS) on Woodhaven Blvd

Under § 1112 a pedestrian has the right of way whenever he steps onto the crosswalk, while the walk sign shows its walk aspect.

Under § 139 a pedestrian's right of way movement has precedence over all other traffic.

If the vehicle is in the process of traversing the crosswalk and a pedestrian enters that crosswalk, the vehicle must stop and cede the right of way to the pedestrian. The driver should approach a crosswalk with that thought in mind. The fact that the driver entered the crosswalk first does not give the driver the right of way.

N.B. traffic laws are more uniform than they were 50+ years ago. One gem from the Massachusetts code was "whenever two vehicles arrive at an unmarked intersection at the same time, the vehicle entering first has the right of way." After decades of leading the nation in T-Bone collisions, Massachusetts joined the rest of the country by giving the vehicle on the right side the right of way.