Sentences with word «jaywalking»

Even with an increased police presence, jaywalking in College Park is inevitable.

Basically, she is saying that like jaywalking rules, created to get pedestrians out of the way of cars, texting while walking is slowing drivers down and creating a burden for them that has to be legislated out.

-- Anticipate Pedestrians Crossing Outside of a Crosswalk: Pedestrians should always utilize a crosswalk if they want to switch from one side of the street to another but it is still up to drivers to avoid jaywalking pedestrians and prevent a collision whenever possible.

I remember his puffing on his cigars, and his constant jaywalking across the streets of Manhattan in utter confidence that the cars would stop, and his Lutheran - style preaching, and his bad coffee.

Pedestrians who jaywalk may pose an «immediate hazard» and put themselves (and others) at risk.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton defended his officers» handling of an 84 - year - old Chinese man left bloodied in a confrontation with cops over jaywalking.

For example, people are swayed by authority: They are more apt to jaywalk if a fellow in a well - tailored suit leads the way.

Now I could talk about who has a sense of entitlement here, or why cycling is a risky activity, or how the Traffic Act discriminates against both cyclists and pedestrians (lets talk jaywalking rules) a or what adequate equipment is, or I could discuss what the real problem is.

«Streets for people» means we should ticket speeding cars, not jaywalking residents and visitors enjoying the life of the city.»

Bikers and pedestrians should also always follow all the rules of the road, including never jaywalking, crossing at designated crosswalks, traveling with or against the flow of traffic and paying attention to others around them.

An individual crossing the road distracted by their smartphone presents just as much danger to motorists as someone jaywalking and should be held, at a minimum, to the same penalty.

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In the 10 months to February this year, as many as 13,930 jaywalking offenders were recorded and displayed on the LED screen at one busy intersection in Futian district, the Shenzhen traffic police announced last month.

He's never even jaywalked, so he registered for the draft, and lo and behold, he got drafted.

There were face - mask grabbings, delays of game, personal fouls, holding, illegal procedure and probably jaywalking and illegal left turns.

An 84 - year - old NYC man briefly hospitalized in January after he had a physical altercation with police officers arresting him for allegedly jaywalking is suing the city and the NYPD.

One thing that isn't specifically targeted in the plan is jaywalking enforcement - Bratton said that will be left up to individual precincts.

Our spies caught the next - gen Hilux prototype at a giant test facility, evaluating driver aids designed to help protect wayward jaywalk...

Unlawful jaywalking is enforced, heavy fines are imposed on people who spit or litter, and the death penalty is mandatory for anyone who traffics drugs into the country.

It really was just across the street, and the intersection was a couple of hundred yards away so I thought I would do what everyone calls jaywalking, and go straight from the hotel across to Sophia's (the yellow line on the google map above).

But distracted walking is the new jaywalking - no matter what the circumstances, it's never the drivers» fault.

No doubt this will also be used to harass kids slouching across streets like jaywalking laws are.

Angie Schmitt of Streetsblog noted that the Police had their own pedestrian safety program: «Handing out warnings to pedestrians and cyclists before ramping up with fines for people jaywalking or not using sidewalks.»

This could include sidewalks, areas where no sidewalks are available and in some cases, when pedestrians are struck in a crosswalk or outright jaywalking.

An illustration of this is a pedestrian who is hit by a motorist, but was jaywalking at the time.

In neighbourhoods with a lot of Halloweeners on the street, drive extra slow and keep a sharp lookout as children may dart out unexpectedly or jaywalk without warning; and

Suggested proposals discussed in President Loh's April 23, 2014 letter include more flashing red lights at important intersections to slow down traffic, reduction in the speed limit to 25 mph, barriers in the medians to make jaywalking less feasible and better lighting to illuminate pedestrians for drivers.

You might have heard of the secret history of jaywalking — how car companies managed to upend the laws a century ago so that vehicles, not pedestrians, had the right of way on the roads.

However, failing to adhere to those signals or jaywalking in an unmarked crossing area accounts for many pedestrian accidents.

The accident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. when the claimant, who was jaywalking across Rutland Road,... Continue reading →

Closer to home, not too long ago the RCMP kept files on just about everyone who jaywalked, and hippies were certain their phones were tapped and flushed their dope down the toilet whenever there was an unexpected knock on the door.

Turkewitz predicts it will be enforced in much the same way as jaywalking:

In cases like jaywalking, and other minor discretionary offenses, blacks accounted for 95 percent of all arrests.

In summary, use sidewalks, cross within crosswalks, and don't jaywalk.

Facial recognition technology identifies the individual from a database and displays a photo of the jaywalking offence, the family name of the offender and part of their government identification number on large LED screens above the pavement.

But a combination of technology and psychology... can greatly reduce instances of jaywalking and will prevent repeat offences,» Wang said.

The District Attorney, however, would never expend resources in the name of «prosecutorial discretion» to allow jaywalkers to apply for jaywalking permits in contravention of a local ordinance outlawing jaywalking.

The city of Asheville, North Carolina, has released videos from nine different body cameras showing the beating and abuse of a man suspected by police to have been jaywalking.

You first do not see the inherint evil in eternal suffering for a minor transgression (namely disbelief), add on top of that your willing acceptance for a life sentence in prison for jaywalking (with the analogy given), well lets just say I was blown away.

A cursory glance at social media reveals evangelicals, whose segregated churches give them little opportunity to encounter the humanity of blackness, are demonstrating high levels of speculation about whether Officer Wilson was justified in shooting the unarmed 18 - year - old boy for jaywalking and alleged shoplifting.

The NCAA has too many «major violations,» and it has no middle ground between murder and jaywalking.

«For as long as Starbucks has been there, I've been jaywalking,» said Bass, a 25 - year Arlington Heights resident and coffee shop regular.

A six - month - old baby and her 30 - year - old mother suffered minor injuries after being struck by a car turning left out of the Arlington Town Square parking lot as they jaywalked toward Starbucks, according to Arlington Heights Police Commander Nathan Hayes.

A 6 - month - old baby and her 30 - year - old mother suffered minor injuries after being struck by a car turning left out of the Arlington Town Square parking lot as they jaywalked.