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Re: Fighting the DOT S(BS) on Woodhaven Blvd |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Sep 26 16:51:14 2016, in response to Re: Fighting the DOT S(BS) on Woodhaven Blvd, posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Sep 26 14:50:18 2016. In ordinary circumstances when a pedestrian steps off the curb, you should either see him doing so from enough of a distance that enables you to yield at the crosswalk threshold, or see him doing it at too short a distance for it to even matter whether or not you stop since at a reasonable walking speed he should not reach your driving path before you pass.If there is any grey area there, such that the distance is too short for you to yield and yet you would end up blocking him from crossing, there are three possible explanations that I can think of: 1) Your speed is too high to account for the pedestrian 2) Your speed is too low such that you are in the crosswalk for longer than a reasonable time (a second or two) 3) The pedestrian is crossing in such a way (running irresponsibly or unpredictably) that makes yielding practically or totally impossible I am inclined to consider your conundrum at 42nd and 8th to be a combination of #2 and #3. All #3 if you resolutely decided to go when you were at the crosswalk threshold without an obstruction, but maybe more #2 if you were not so resolute. |
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