10-03-2019, 01:43 PM
(10-03-2019, 01:11 PM)MidTowner Wrote: This is about walking in Wellington County, but Two people hit by vehicle near University of Guelph charged for not using a crosswalk.
The article includes the usual advice from police to, among other things "always...wear bright or reflective clothing at dusk or when it's dark." But the best part was the last paragraph:
Quote:There are no marked crosswalks in the area of College Avenue and Lang Way. People would have to either walk 200 metres east to East Ring Road or 220 m west to a pedestrian-controlled crosswalk at Winegard Walk to access a marked crosswalk.
Kudos to the CBC for including that information.
How can they be charged for not using a crosswalk if there is no crosswalk? I thought crossing was legal anywhere that a crosswalk is not provided. At one point I recall a discussion which concluded it wasn’t entirely clear how close a crosswalk had to be in order to be “provided” and therefore that one would be obligated to use it.