From: lfsheldon@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/22/2014 1:01 AM, Benjamin.Kubelsky wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   In California it used to be that pedestrians, equestrians and bicycle   
   riders have the right of way over motor vehicles.   
      
   Made for odd things, where you could get a ticket for jay-walking, and   
   the driver could get a ticket for running over you.   
      
   >   
   > All of the above are widely ignored, and rarely enforced.   
      
      
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