Sentences with phrase «at a crosswalk if»

That means he might * not * look both ways before crossing the street at a crosswalk if he's heard that a crosswalk is «safe.»

Not exact matches

The promise of the Common Core included not just multi-state standards but also multi-state assessments, assessments in more - or-less every grade with results at every level of the K - 12 system: The child (though not by name, except to parents and teachers), the school (and, if desired, individual classrooms and, by implication, teachers), the district, the state, and the nation, with crosswalks (in pertinent grades) to international measures as well as to NAEP, the primary external «auditor» of state and national achievement.

If a pedestrian crosses a roadway at any point other than in a marked crosswalk or in an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, the pedestrian shall yield the right - of - way to any vehicle approaching on the roadway.

If your injury attorney can show that the driver who caused the fatal crash ran a red light or violated a crosswalk rule at the time that the accident occurred, they can use this as evidence to help show that the defendant failed to operate the vehicle with due care.

It is not yet clear whether the driver ran the stop sign or whether the victim was within the crosswalk at the time of impact or whether what citations, if any, will be found by the driver if police are able to locate him.

This means that if an accident occurs at a crosswalk and the driver failed to stop for the pedestrian before the accident, that driver be presumed to have violated the failure - to - yield law and to be at fault for the accident.

Pedestrians still have the right of way at intersections even if the crosswalk is not marked.

If your child walks on occasion, remind her to only cross the street at marked pedestrian crosswalks and only when she has the right to do so.

If this still does not work, the cyclist can wait until it is safe to cross against the light or cross at the crosswalk.

For example, if a court deems the driver to be 85 percent at fault for the accident, and you — the injured pedestrian — to be 15 percent at - fault since you were walking outside of the crosswalk lines, then you can recoup up to 85 percent of the available damage award.

In fact, drivers may be held liable even if pedestrians are not crossing at a crosswalk or intersection.

If you are a parent, make sure your children understand that crossing a road anywhere other than a marked crosswalk can be extremely dangerous and should be avoided at all times.

(a) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or in the event there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of the approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection and the right to proceed shall be subject to the provisions of section eleven hundred forty - two.

And even white crosswalks, and all other pavement markings, are a negligent waste of time if made of cheap materials that can not do a proper job at all times.

Another example of a «mistake of fact» is if you did not stop at the pedestrian crosswalk markers because they happened to be too faded for you to see.