From: ahk@chinet.com
Benjamin.Kubelsky wrote:
>On 6/22/2014 11:01 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>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.
>>Is "block" defined as a specific distance, or any length of highway with
>>no intersections? No pedestrian can be expected to walk any significant
>>distance out of his way like that.
>As it was explained to me, it is any length of highway with no
>intersections. The distinction, is that if the next intersection in
>either direction has a signal light, you can't cross in the middle. If
>there's an UNSIGNALED intersection between the two signals, you are okay
>unless otherwise prohibited.
Oy, vey. There's a law that accomplishes something useful.
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