that's the whole reason stuff like this gets organized. It helps! But a lot of people despize it... probably because that means they cant break the law anymore to make their trip last 21 seconds shorter.

I MISS Stanley ...... Too many people ARE BEHAVING BADLY, these days ...........

There was a time when traffic deaths per motor vehicle / per kilometer was way and way worse than it is now.

Reason being is because people just blindly walk out into traffic. Expecting vehicles to stop for them and thinking they have the right of way no matter what. Doesn't matter where you cross, but if you get hit, the motorist walks away if you cross illegally. Even in a crosswalk, if you don't have the signal saying to walk and you get hit, bye bye lawsuit, you ain't gettin a dime and the motorist walks way with you getting the ticket for jaywalking or improper use of signal.

I've been hit twice walking my bike across in calif

still like that in australia

@@Pantimoto well, give our best to your citizens.. Take care

Agreed

You got my friend..

Ok, bootlicker 😂

Agreed

@@chrisrodriguez388 Yeah haha, stupid bootlickers. Everybody loves a pedestrian struck right?

yes

fine, just fine.

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Yup they did

Pedickstrians can suck it! They need to respect things that can kill them. Being a bum or a tree hugger does not make you special.

Shitty take. It's not the drivers not respecting pedestrians, it's the city. If they gave the slightest iota of a fuck about the safety of pedestrians, they wouldn't be relying on paint to protect them. They would add pinch points, a resting place and some sand barrel defenses. Except those cost money instead of making money off of risking the lives of people just trying to cross the road.

I suggest not using the crosswalk then. Cross at least 50 meters away from it. Painted crosswalks are actually one of the most dangerous places for pedestrians and the most dangerous way to cross a road by a landslide. It's like a nerf gun vs. M60 comparison. The problem is the use of only paint to keep pedestrians safe. What you're supposed to do is indicated, but nothing is done to ensure people actually stop. This is why you'll never see paint alone used in a civilized nation like the Netherlands. They will have choke points and speed tables on the crossing

Followed by a home run.

Very low return. There are very few deaths per mile driven on freeway, most happen on smaller streets in low speed limits. Much better to catch the people doing 50 in a 30 than 85 in a 65.

Same. There's even a couple of lit crosswalks near me that motorists blow through as well.

Fucking same. They don't give a shit once they are in their car. I ride a bike and I have to walk my shit across the crosswalk. Even if I jog I guess they can't wait. Or they never look towards the walk and go in front of you, nearly killing you in the process. If my bike hadn't saved me, I'd be long gone due to a prick in a vehicle who turned right on red as i was crossing

@@LadyStarFox i live in austria(not australia)and here the pedestrians in crosswalks without signal have the right of way like in the u.s, but here its the similar, not too much but there are cars who don't wait at the crosswalk when the pedestrians want to cross, even if they by law have to. i hope these idiots will get 1 time as a pedestrians hit by a car in a crosswalk.

It's the state CHP stands for California (Which is a state) Highway Patrol

The Polar Bear Chargers are rare to see!

Not strict enough

Crosswalk has to be fully clear

@@zackslay2938 What CVC states that?

@@Mr.President.2028 it's a law. They teach the law in all drivers ed and it's a common law that you should know when driving. Feel free to look it up yourself as I am not going to waste my time finding the exact code for you.

@@zackslay2938 The law only states that driver yields to the pedestrian at crosswalk. So basically, you are unable to back up your claim: "Crosswalk has to be fully clear." Nice!

@@Mr.President.2028 California Vehicle Code 21950 (A) : The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

I'm not sure about the exact laws in California but I'm fairly sure that if the pedestrian is crossing and is in the opposite side of the road heading towards you, you must stop for them. But if the pedestrian has already walked past your lane and is over the median (1:50) then you are allowed to go

The law is that you must stop and wait if there is a pedestrian in the crosswalk, period. I think there needs to be much more enforcement of the law, but I do think the law is too strict. There should be exceptions for deviders and distances depending on which way the pedestrian is going.

@@tx91791 there are exceptions for roads that have medians. A turn lane does not count as a median.

Kids dart across and back, people walk dogs that may be in front or behind them in the next lane or close you may not see, people could slip/trip and fall into another lane in front or behind them. While you may see one ped in the crosswalk, another may just be stepping off the curb entering the sidewalk you may not see. also its just too unsafe to have a car zip by at 50mph 5ft from you. STATE LAW is once a pedestrian is in a cross walk, vehicles may not go through the cross walk until the pedestrian is out of the crosswalk (up the curb) on the other side. this is same in almost every state in the USA. One exception is if there is a pedestrian island in the middle, vehicles on the other side of the pedestrian Island may go through.

@@SKULLHOCKEY3 You should probably tell that to those police officers, as they break that law several times in this video. Getting run over by a cop is still getting run over.

@@lsamoa the persons crossing are officers. All the siren sounds and radio chatter are just sound effects added to the video for "dramatic effect". Notice how the siren sound is the same each time. It doesn't even match the video because the sound should be changing as they drive away from the cammera. If you watch again with out the sound on you will se they really arnt racing through the crosswalks.

@@SKULLHOCKEY3 If I turn the sound off I can see things better? Are you seriously saying this? lol Doesn't change the fact that making a U-turn in the middle of the road, speeding close to other vehicles and cutting pedestrians crossing a street are all traffic infractions when regular people do it. Why? Because they're dangerous behavior. Just because it's cops doing it doesn't make it any less so.

@@lsamoa hey its my favorite keyboard warrior attempting battle in another thread arguing nonsense. Maybe someone here is also a keyboard warrior and you can finally have your epic battle that will be remembered for centuries to come?

Crosswalk must be 100% clear before you're allowed to continue.

Depends where your at.. if there is a sold double yellow once they leave your side your set.

I failed my first behind-the-wheel drivers license test at DMV because I stopped for a jaywalker that was already in the middle of traffic to allow him to finish crossing my lane. The DMV lady told me I failed due to being "too courteous of a driver" and that I shouldn't have stopped. (Santa Clara 1991)

@@bpjbp ooooo ok so a situation like a cop doing a burnout next to you then whe you do it he pulled you over?

It does not. They aren't encouraging you to blow through the crosswalk. Also, if emergency vehicles are driving while code, they can go through without waiting for the person to completely cross, just the same as they are not required to stop at a red light. They must do so safely, but are not required to stop.

@@firedrgn656 Doesn't make it safer for pedestrians

@@lsamoa what isn't safer for pedestrians? Cars going through? Emergency vehicles? Ducks? Complete thoughts are a lot better than incomplete ones.

@@firedrgn656 I was replying to your comment, but since you only seem to understand complete sentences: the fact that "they aren't encouraging you to blow through the crosswalk", that "if emergency vehicles are driving while code, they can go through without waiting for the person to completely cross, just the same as they are not required to stop at a red light" or that "they are not required to stop" doesn't make police officers driving this way any less dangerous for pedestrians and other drivers than if it's a regular citizen doing it. Reckless driving is dangerous regardless of who's doing it. Got it?

Great work CHP! Real spectacular job there!

You learn it before you can get your driver's license. If you didn't learn it then I'm not surprised why americans don't yield to ambulance. Americans, this is how to yield to ambulance: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZphxnpSWrt_OY4E.html

It's a CROSSWALK it's clearly marked. If you need a stop sign to tell you to not hit people crossing the road, you don't deserve a license...

@@firedrgn656 And if you think having some bullshit crosswalk on a road with no signage or signaling on a 5 lane road is a good idea, you are an idiot. But then your parents are probably first cousins.

By using common sense?