[Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
Kai Eiselein, Editor
editor at lataheagle.com
Tue Sep 23 13:09:50 PDT 2008
Sunil,
I think you needed to look here:
TITLE 49
MOTOR VEHICLES
CHAPTER 7
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES
49-702. PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CROSSWALKS. (1) When traffic-control
signals are not in place or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall
yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping, if need be, to yield to a
pedestrian crossing the highway within a crosswalk.
(2) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety
and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute
an immediate hazard.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply under the conditions
stated in section 49-704(2), Idaho Code.
(4) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at an
unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the
highway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not
overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
(5) Except where otherwise indicated by a crosswalk or other
traffic-control devices a pedestrian shall cross the highway at right angles
to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb.
Remember that safety song from primary school? "STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN"
From: Sunil Ramalingam
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:51 AM
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
Joe,
I started of compiling a list of statutes making my point, and then I came across this:
49-721. BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS. (1) A person operating a bicycle upon andalong a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yieldthe right-of-way to any pedestrian, and shall give an audible signal beforeovertaking and passing a pedestrian or another bicyclist. (2) A person shall not operate a bicycle along and upon a sidewalk oracross a highway upon and along a crosswalk, where the use of bicycles isprohibited by official traffic control devices. (3) A person operating a vehicle by human power, or operating a motorizedwheelchair or an electric personal assistive mobility device upon and along asidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall have all therights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.So I'm wrong on this. Bike riders do have all the same rights and duties that pedestrians do in that circumstance.
I still think they shouldn't sail out; having the right of way doesn't change the Newtonian principles in play.
Sunil
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:34:53 -0400
> From: joekc at roadrunner.com
> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>
> Don't bikers have the same right of way? In many of the cross walks that I cross (usually on my bike) it says on the sign facing drivers "Stop if intersection is occupied." I don't recall seeing any
> restrictions about whether it is a bike or a pedestrian.
>
> Mind you, I don't just cross and I always assume that I don't have the right of way, just to be safe.
> I'm just wondering what the law is. And I'm not really talking about this specific crosswalk, since
> I never use it. I'm speaking in generalities.
>
> --
> Joe Campbell
>
> ---- Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I see bike riders sailing out into the crosswalk as if they have the same right of way as pedestrians.
> >
> > Sunil
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:32:55 -0400
> > > From: joekc at roadrunner.com
> > > To: bevbafus at verizon.net
> > > CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
> > >
> > > This pedestrian crossing is a total mess. The problem is that half the people stop and half of them don't.
> > >
> > > And the kids, thinking they will live forever, cross no matter what!
> > >
> > > You are right, at the very least a traffic light is needed.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joe Campbell
> > >
> > > ---- Bev Bafus <bevbafus at verizon.net> wrote:
> > > > Sorry for the flip name, but that is what my family calls this very
> > > > dangerous pedestrian crossing. I would like to see the City of Moscow, the
> > > > University of Idaho and the Idaho State Transporation Department work
> > > > together to solve this issue. Ideally, this would involve construction of a
> > > > pedestrian bridge over Highway 8 - or at a bare minimum, a stoplight.
> > > >
> > > > The City created this mess by allowing all the apartments on the north side
> > > > of Highway 8.
> > > >
> > > > Bev Bafus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > from the Lewiston Tribune---
> > > >
> > > > UI student seriously injured
> > > > Victim airlifted to Spokane following car-pedestrian accident Tribune
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tuesday, September 23, 2008
> > > >
> > > > MOSCOW - A Coeur d'Alene man attending the University of Idaho was severely
> > > > injured when a car hit him in a Moscow crosswalk Monday around noon, the
> > > > Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported.
> > > >
> > > > James R. Hazelton, 20, is listed in satisfactory condition at Sacred Heart
> > > > Medical Center in Spokane, where he was airlifted after the accident, Moscow
> > > > Assistant Police Chief David Duke told the newspaper.
> > > >
> > > > Duke didn't return phone calls from the Lewiston Tribune seeking details on
> > > > the accident. Duke told the Daily News that Pullman resident John P. Hunt,
> > > > 85, struck Hazelton with a 1999 Dodge Intrepid. Hunt was cited for failure
> > > > to yield to a pedestrian.
> > > >
> > > > Off-duty Lewiston Tribune reporter David Johnson was stopped at the
> > > > crosswalk on West Pullman Road at the Stinker gas station and witnessed the
> > > > accident. Johnson said he saw Hazelton enter the crosswalk walking south.
> > > >
> > > > The crosswalk's warning lights had been activated and other motorists had
> > > > stopped, but one car traveling about 30 mph kept going, Johnson said.
> > > >
> > > > "It didn't brake and hit him," he said. "He flew up in the air and
> > > > cartwheeled at least once."
> > > >
> > > > Hazelton landed about 50 feet from where he was hit, said Johnson, who
> > > > immediately called 911 on his cell phone. He said Hunt slowed and turned
> > > > into the Tri-State store parking lot while bystanders and motorists rushed
> > > > to Hazelton's aid.
> > > >
> > > > Johnson said a police motorcycle unit was on the scene in about a minute,
> > > > and was quickly followed by other emergency personnel.
> > > >
> > > > Hazelton suffered massive leg trauma, Duke told the Moscow newspaper. The UI
> > > > directory lists Hazelton as a junior in the School of Journalism and Mass
> > > > Media.
> > > >
> > > > New warning lights and signs were recently installed at the crosswalk to
> > > > help protect pedestrians.
> > > >
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