Fewer points for pedestrians in crosswalks
According to an article in the Daily Barometer, Corvallis police are set to begin more strictly enforcing a law requiring motorists to stop at crosswalks if pedestrians are waiting to cross. The law previously stated that drivers were supposed to stop and remain stopped until the pedestrian had finished crossing the street; however, now the rules are not quite as strict.
If you see someone waiting at the crosswalk, the law requires you to stop and allow them to cross. You must remain stopped until they are through your lane of traffic and the adjacent lane. After that, you are permitted to continue driving. Basically, this modification only applies to the larger streets in town. If there are only two lanes of traffic, stay put.
Since we all know the Corvallis police don't have much to do, other than stop cars for DUI checks and somehow not catch the plethora of bicycle thieves in town, they will actually start hanging around crosswalks waiting for people to violate this ordinance. The fine is steep -- $242 per violation. That negates any inherent fun in mowing down the pedestrian for points.
If you see someone waiting at the crosswalk, the law requires you to stop and allow them to cross. You must remain stopped until they are through your lane of traffic and the adjacent lane. After that, you are permitted to continue driving. Basically, this modification only applies to the larger streets in town. If there are only two lanes of traffic, stay put.
Since we all know the Corvallis police don't have much to do, other than stop cars for DUI checks and somehow not catch the plethora of bicycle thieves in town, they will actually start hanging around crosswalks waiting for people to violate this ordinance. The fine is steep -- $242 per violation. That negates any inherent fun in mowing down the pedestrian for points.
posted by Corvallist at
10:39 PM
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There's a streaker in the park? Man, and I somehow missed that. I remember when the lesbians roller bladed bare breasted through down town Corvallis. Jake the Snake, a local transient, was beside himself over witnessing such an event and for free, too. When I worked one summer sliming salmon in a Seward cannery, my roommate and some of her buds streaked through on lunch break. Kind of slippery though and some of them ended up on the floor. At that time, streaking was still considered a sport and not grounds for mandatory sexual predator registration.
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