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When I said "screaming" I meant cars coming at them going 35+ miles an hour. I don't live downtown but it's no surprise that they yell at the cars.

I've had adults mosey in front of my car when I had the green light on this side of town. I lay on my horn and flip them off. It doesn't help in the grand scheme of things but it embarrasses them in front of their girlfriends and makes me laugh.

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How about the kids I see trying to walk against a light screaming at the cars that won't stop for them.

Left on red is becoming the new vogue as well.

It is crazy around here. Whenever I am driving around town I see so many pedestrians wandering around cluelessly in the streets. And whenever I am walking around town there seem to be an amazing number of lunatic drivers.

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I thought I'd seen it all but it wasn't until I moved to the East Coast that I saw kids in Jersey City and Newark crossing the street with cars screaming at them. If you're really cool you don't look around to see if you're about to be run over. I've wondered how many of them get mowed down doing this.

I thought I'd seen it all but it wasn't until I moved to the East Coast that I saw kids in Jersey City and Newark crossing the street with cars screaming at them. If you're really cool you don't look around to see if you're about to be run over. I've wondered how many of them get mowed down doing this.

I make that left all the time at ~3:20 pm after picking up my children, and it's a nightmare of jaywalking kids from both Ferris and the middle school. The crossing guard there has no control, she'll let kids cross Monmouth in front of the cars desperate to take their brief turn light. I've seen entire herds simply drift across Grand by the McD's, sometimes just stopping in the middle to chat. In short, I'm far more inclined to believe the 14 year old was jaywalking aggressively as I've seen them do 1000 times and lost his bet that the driver would see him and yield her right of way.

Really its only till 9AM? I thought it was 7-7 or something

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The "No Turn on Red" that only applies for 2 hours a day?

The People that drive onto Grand from Pacific can't comprehend No Turn on Red.

Drivers on Grand have no regard for pedestrians or the speed limit. I'll never understand why cars are permitted to drive so fast and with such disregard for the traffic regulations at intersections close to several schools, a hospital, and a light rail station. Crossing Grand is extremely dangerous, as I see drivers run red lights nearly every time I cross (at least 2x per day to get to the light rail). It's a huge problem, and I'm honestly surprised this doesn't happen more often.

These "children" that go to school in this area are thugs. They have no regard for traffic lights, cars, the law. I NEVER drive around there during school hours because they just don't care....

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it wasn't a school bus, it was NJ transit. (a lot of those buses have signs by the door that say "do not cross in front of bus.")

No summons? Weren't the school bus' lights flashing?

Jersey City schoolboy, 14, suffers broken leg after crossing in front of bus and being hit by car on Grand Street at Monmouth Street

Wednesday, March 30, 2011
By SUMMER DAWN HORTILLOSA
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A Jersey City boy's leg was broken when he was struck by a car yesterday morning, police said.

A 35-year-old Jersey City woman was heading east on Grand Street in a black Saturn SC1 at 8:02 a.m. when she turned left onto Monmouth Street and struck the School 4 student, reports said.

The driver told police that she did not see the 14-year-old when the left turn signal turned green, reports said.

According to School 4 officials, the crossing guard stationed at the intersection saw the boy get off an NJ Transit bus and walk in front of the bus to cross Grand Street, but didn't have enough time to prevent the boy from being struck.

The teen, whose left leg was broken in the incident, told police that he did not see the car as he was crossing, reports said.

Two police cars and two ambulances responded to the scene, according to Jersey City Medical Center spokesman Mark Rabson, who saw the aftermath of the accident on his way to work at the hospital, one block away at Grand Street and Jersey Avenue.

The boy was taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition, Rabson said.

The driver was not issued any summonses or tickets, according to police reports.