• raptir
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        It looks like it changed last year, but the UK. The law was previously that pedestrians in a crosswalk should wait until it was clear to start crossing, as opposed to cars should stop if someone is waiting to cross.

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        1 year ago

        I 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: https://www.expataussieinnj.com/understanding-road-rules-for-pedestrians-in-nj/

        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.