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Letting Pedestrians Cross The Street

Posted by: Deborah Myerson
Thanks to: Deborah Myerson
25 September 2004 - 9:00am

Oregonians don't treat pedestrians as traffic obstacles.

A visitor from the Twin Cities marvels at Oregon drivers' habit of stopping to let pedestrians cross the street. It's courtesy, with teeth: a new state law slaps a driver with a $237 fine for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk as well as a Class B violation -- equivalent to a ticket for driving 30 mph over the speed limit. Is this a new transportation trend that could spread?

Full Story: Oregon offers lesson on pedestrian courtesy
Source: Pioneer Press, September 23, 2004
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