Congratulations to Patrick McDonough for posting the 30,000th comment on OrangePolitics! He has earned a free drink at OP's spring happy hour on March 26th. I hope to see many of you there.
And what an informative comment it was:
State Law: Yield to Peds in Crosswalk
Submitted by Patrick M on Tue, 03/11/2008 - 11:41am.NC State law states that motorists and bicyclists must yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. Stepping into a crosswalk as a pedestrian signals intent to cross and helps clarify for the motorist where you are headed. This works very well on the two blocks around the Century Center in Carrboro. I'd say that 90% of the time, if I put one foot off the curb into either of these crosswalks, traffic comes to a halt. At other locations, this does not work quite as well. As always, you are the best judge of your own safety in the moment. Be particularly careful if you see an approaching driver on a cellphone.
But stepping into a crosswalk as a pedestrian is not bad etiquette, it is asserting your rights.
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