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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Jun 5 07:46:52 2021, in response to Re: Signal priority in NYC, posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Jun 4 22:59:51 2021. Yes, technically you have to stop in the intersection. The pedestrian at a crosswalk is never required to accommodate cars except for when facing a don't-walk sign. The pedestrian may recognize the situation and be nice and let you get through, but there's no obligation. I sympathize though. When I'm a motorist in that situation, it's frustrating because you're usually looking both ways over multiple lanes for traffic to clear and then also have to worry about possible pedestrians all the way on the other side. They should just have traffic lights at these places since there are usually lights at adjacent intersections and they can just be lined up.I'm thinking of an intersection such as 258th St and Hillside Ave (check it on Google Maps) when there is high volume on Hillside and you just want to stay straight on 258 St. Experience gets me to avoid scenarios like that one by rerouting once I've dealt with it once. But even so, the difficult design of the intersection doesn't mean I can feel free to cast some new obligation onto the pedestrians. |
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