From: Benjamin.Kubelsky@verizon.net   
      
   On 6/21/2014 9:25 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >> On 21-Jun-14 23:15, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> By the way, transit companies lead the way in the 1920s for better   
   >>>> pedestrian safety, such as crossing in crosswalks and not jay   
   >>>> walking.   
   >   
   >>> Sigh. Crossing other than at a crosswalk is not jaywalking. It's   
   >>> perfectly legal and safe to cross between intersections upon   
   >>> yielding to traffic; that's not jaywalking.   
   >   
   >> Perhaps it's legal in your state. . . .   
   >   
   > It's legal everywhere but Texas. Yes, I should have qualified as Texas   
   > is always special.   
   >   
      
   As I learned decades ago in traffic school, in California it is legal to   
   cross the street mid-block except:   
      
   On divided highways (where there's a median island)   
   or between two traffic lights where there is no cross street between the   
   lights. Not the best description, I know. Simply, if there is a traffic   
   light at each end of the block, you can't cross mid-block.   
      
   Oh, and of course, you must yield to traffic.   
      
   All of the above are widely ignored, and rarely enforced.   
      
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