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Originally Posted by OptiCon
#7: Around here we have single traffic lights in the middle of 3 mile stretches. Do you mean to tell me that I'm supposed to wait for the guy coming from a mile away? It's "Left turn YIELD".
#13: Tell me how I'm supposed to identify an unmarked crosswalk?
/Rant off
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7. The key is that there is no magic number. You turn when it is
safe to do so. Hint, screeching tires in front of a line of cars coming at you is not safe.
13. Pedestrians have the right of way. Period. Hit one and tell the police "he wasn't in a crosswalk" when they arrive and see how that works out. There are extenuating cirumstances, such as some idiot wearing a black outfit crossing a rural road in the middle of the night. But if you can't prove negligence on the part of the pedestrian, you're screwed. NOTE: This rule apparently does NOT apply to yellow cabs within the city limits of NYC.
