I use that route just about every time I travel to/from Hannaford. *Well,
okay, where the crosswalk REALLY is*. That man and many others take into
their own hands the responsibility of being safe because of "jaywalking".
Again, I must stress that we as a Committee should be focusing on what
can/needs to be changed, rather than "pointing out/pointing fingers" to
those that just do what they want. Please correct me, all of you, if you
feel that's not the main point for WSMAC to work on.
Rather then report "wrong way of crossing street" behaviors, we should be
giving thanks to those that DO heed the rules of the road. We will
continuously use any opportunity possible to, as Ann said when WSMAC first
began: "advocate and educate."
Maybe form subcommittees to make/have made signs for Public Works to help
post at crosswalks; in many different forms of languages: English, Muslim,
Braille, etc.
This is only my opinion and outlook, but I for one try really hard to
minimize daily stress and worry by looking at everything positive. We have
a beautiful, lush somewhat-green city!
See you next Thursday! Pssst, ty to the inventor of Grammarly ;)
Leelee
On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 5:16 PM John Brooking <johnbrooking4@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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
