When I was in my early 20's, my car's horn had crapped out on me and I hadn't done anything about it. I was driving my dad somewhere and he said something like "you really need to fix it". As luck would have it, the car in front of us did not move when the light turned green so I stuck my head out the window and yelled "GREEN LIGHT MEANS GO". The car did move...but dad was not impressed, LOL.
2023.
True - my point being, no matter who "legally" has the right-of-way those on the lighter end of the equation need to be proactive. Just because you're in the "right" doesn't mean you're not still just as dead. If you're walking along fiddling with your phone and step into traffic, you're a Darwin candidate.
Do you remember those old safety advertisements on TV (I think that was the late 1950's or early 1960s) that showed a very serious accident?
No, that wasn’t your point, it was the bigger of the two has the right of way. There’s no such thing as a gross tonnage rule. Sailboats have the right of way in open water, but not where a motorized vessel is constricted by draft to a channel. No ship or Towboat in the Houston Ship Channel is required to give way to a sailboat crossing in front, ever, and trust me there are hundreds of sailboats in Galveston Bay on any summer weekend.
Not a trace of it from inside the car. At least I do not hear it.
Yes, it was my point. And no, The Gross Tonnage Rule is not something that is put in writing. It is a tongue-n-cheek adage about being vigilant on the water and not expecting others to watch out for you, no matter if you are piloting by the rules or not, because sometimes you are doing everything correctly but are still at fault. And the judge bringing it up was also only pointing out the same thing. Just as if you were to rear-end someone in your car. The common perception is that the person doing the rear-ending is in the wrong 99% of the time, but it doesn't always work that way.
Old, but still funny.
I remember those ads.. Sort of pointed out the obvious to those who were interactively challenged. LOL
From the time I was old enough to walk beside my parents, I repeatedly heard "look both ways before crossing a street". that advice has never changed AFAIK.
By the letter of the law "when children are present" does not specifically mean during school hours, or even that the children have to be visible.
Well generally, though enforcement is very very rare. There are laws to that effect.While working on the west coast, I was told by the locals in Oakland to be sure and use the crosswalks. The said that the drivers would literally harass pedestrian jay walkers who got in their way. I assumed it was sort of a backlash for having to wait for slow pokes using the cross walks.
Safe travels and all the best.
You always ride a bike with the traffic and walk against the traffic.
Common sense dictates we drive the slower speed through school zones when children are present. Now, where are schools built? Predominantly In neighborhoods where children live so there will always be children present. There is a time before and after school that one should be particularly careful when driving through a school zone. Do folks get tickets for speeding through school zones; only if you get caught.
I think what I meant about common sense is for folks like you and me. Like I said you could probably speed through a school zone most of your life and not get caught. Well, not you and me because we are most likely the exception.
