10-27-2015, 04:02 PM
Yeah, the right hook is a constant source of irritation and threat to me, too. I've read that, oftentimes, when a person is struck in this situation, he or she will actually be passing in front of the driver's side of the vehicle, such little attention the driver has been paying to what might be approaching from his or her right.
I'd say that your habit of crossing when it's safe, irrespective of signals and who has the right-of-way, is unfortunately the way many people on foot probably need to behave. That's in a way very analogous to what we are talking about making legal for bicycles: the ability to proceed when it is safe to do so, recognizing that other traffic may have the right-of-way.
I'd say that your habit of crossing when it's safe, irrespective of signals and who has the right-of-way, is unfortunately the way many people on foot probably need to behave. That's in a way very analogous to what we are talking about making legal for bicycles: the ability to proceed when it is safe to do so, recognizing that other traffic may have the right-of-way.