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- From: robinson@stout.geo.brown.edu (Darrin Robinson)
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- Subject: Re: My views on Providence/RI
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 18:19:32 GMT
- Organization: Brown University, Providence RI 02912
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- In article <1992Dec17.150322.28050@walter.cray.com> huot@cray.com (Tom Huot) writes:
- >John Bazik (jsb@cs.brown.edu) wrote:
- >:
- >: You folks who think RI drivers are not polite ought to treat yourself
- >: to a pedestrian day in New York or Boston. Yeah, maybe they're more
- >: polite back home in Beaver Tooth, Oregon, but Providence, small as it
- >: is, IS a city.
- >:
- >: John
- >
- >The only place I have ever seen drivers stop for pedestrians regularly
- >is California. LA and San Fransisco really surprised me for this. All
- >people did was step off the curb and the traffic stopped. I was amazed!
- >This was a few years ago though, so things may have changed.
- >--
-
- I don't think pedestrian laws have changed in LA recently... I was just back
- visiting in October. LA has VERY strict pedestrian/motor vehicle laws...
- if a motor vehicle were to strike you, even if you jumped out between two
- parked cars and stopped down 9!), the motoro vehicle operator will be raked
- over the coals as to why he/she didn't stop! Seriously!
-
- That's why I like LA, cars don't even CUT OFF other cars while attempting to
- turn at a major intersection... this is another "feature" or strict motor
- vehicle laws.
-
- >_____________________________________________________________________________
- >Tom Huot
- >huot@cray.com
- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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