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Drivers and Crosswalks
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I?ve lived in Jersey City for several years, but I need some help understanding native misbehavior: failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. In other parts of the country, motorists stop, but here you take your life into your own hands when you cross a street. In fact, on any number of occasions I?ve been screamed at for daring to cross?sometimes carrying boxes or laundry---when the driver could see me in the street from two blocks away. I?ve witnessed others treated similarly, including a mother with a stroller and handicapped persons. The behavior is so frequent that it seems part of the Jersey mentality. I know the state prides itself on tough-guy-in-a-hurry BS, but how is this anything other than a hostile disregard for human life? I don?t need to remind readers of this list that others have died in crosswalks across this city and that state law very clearly commands a driver to yield to a pedestrian. I realized the other day when I was nearly hit in a crosswalk by a patrol car without its emergency lights active that I might have to accept I?m living in New Jerky.
Posted on: 2013/6/25 15:19
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