I sometimes cross WCD in that manner, half at a time with a median stop for
as long as necessary in the middle, at least where the median is wide
enough to wait in. Not exactly recommended, but in a way, that's partly the
reason for the having the median. My reading of the state pedestrian statute
<http://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec2056.html> is that
it's not completely illegal to cross in other than a marked crosswalk, just
that if you do, you are expected to yield to traffic, not the other way
around (see subsection 5 -- Eric or Chief Roberts should correct me if I'm
wrong).
On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 3:14 PM Dennis Marrotte <
dennis.marrotte1111@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
I was unable to get any pictures but while I was in the R /H Exit Lane
from Hannaford's With a Red Light for the Two Exiting and One Entrance
Lanes and East and Westbound Traffic moving on WCD, a man pushing a 4
wheeled carriage, it appeared to be for an infant carriage, but he had the
carriage full of groceries. He walked across the two East bound Lanes of
WCD, from the Hannaford access road to the raised Median on the
R / H side , facing towards Main Street. That side does NOT have a
Crosswalk or Pedestrian Activated Pushbutton Controls to stop WCD traffic.
He watched Eastbound Traffic for gaps and then stopped at the Raised Median
for several seconds, watching for a gap in the Westbound Traffic of WCD,
before slowly walking across to the sidewalk, stopping briefly in the Right
Hand West bound lane to rearrange some sliding plastic grocery bags.
Dennis