Couple of points; If you ride a bike you should be aware of laws relating to them (ignorance of the law is no defence in the eyes of the law). People will certainly complain if, because of the minority of "people who don't care," everyone has to pay for bike training. How about common sense; would these same people allow their children out at night without lights on their bike? Taxes are not paid for the police to "create a safe environment." The function of the police is to enforce the law, not to arbitrarily interpret it. I'm not sure how you managed to "hire the police to issue citations," that is a direct infringement on due process. Issuing tickets to motorists, in the example you gave, is their job, and not subject to unilateral monetary influences. If they are allowing deaths on crosswalks, then it should be rectified using due process, not monetary gain on the polices part. Your example paints the police as a form of private agency available for hire; "Excuse me officer, I will give you $20 if you issue a ticket to that guy who just dropped litter."

Actually, most people don't know much about bike laws. You don't have to go through a course to get a license, and hence, most people honestly don't care or simply never think of it.

Taxes are paid for the police to create a safe environment for everyone. If this is a the quickest, easiest, and most cost effective way, then your taxes are doing their job. Furthermore, in most cases like this, when outside programs are involved, the outside program is the one raising the funds to do these programs. Here in Orlando we had to raise $30,000 to hire the police to issue citations/warnings to motorists who don't yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. We have the highest pedestrian fatality rate in the country. We paid for it, privately, not through taxpayer money, to enforce the law because it's not considered a money maker. Otherwise, someone will bitch and complain their tax money isn't being used the way *they* think it should be.

The ironic part though, is they're giving out front lights, not rear lights. The rear is most important, in most cases. Additionally, he actually let a girl go with her light flashing. In some states that's actually illegal, although much safer. (For instance, here in Florida having a flashing light on a bicycle is illegal because it resembles an emergency response vehicle, which is the same law for motor vehicles.)

spontaneous... yeah... but

like this sort of thing doesn't happen at sporting events ALL THE TIME?
i mean, if this happened in a church I'd be awed... at a crosswalk, maybe
at a sporting event, which is primarily where you'll see things like mass waves, etc... not so much

The van is using the crosswalk.

I only read about half way down the comments and then got frustrated.

It may not be noticeable when one child is getting "on the bus" as to why this LAW exists but the law is there for a certifiable reason.

When the Bus stops, it's main priority is to child safely. The but puts up the sign to signal, in essence, that school zones and crosswalks are in effect until all kids either get on the bus safely or make it to their destination curb.

The bus may be just picking up one child, but as you rush by, you will not see that second child, late, and running for the bus. They are kids, their only concern is making it to the bus before it leaves without them. The same goes for drop offs, as the kids go out the door and cross in front of the bus to cross the street, (this is the legal and correct way for kids to leave a bus and are instructed to do so) the sign is raised as a portable crosswalk so all kids can make it to their curb without cars mowing them down.

Just stop. Not killing children is not only good for the children, It stops you from having to live the rest of your life knowing you killed one or a bunch of school kids because you were in too much of a hurry to pick up your coffee on your way to work.

That is all.

Well he *was* outside the crosswalk .... :-P

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>> ^Xax:

I've been tempted to just jump up on the hood and walked over it, but I haven't had sufficient testicular fortitude to do try it just yet.
Well then try this one: Stop as you reach the car. Make eye contact. Look confused, as if you can't comprehend what you're supposed to do with the crosswalk blocked. Make the universal gesture for "WTF is this?"



Then, pull out your spraypaint and paint crosswalk lines across the hood.

Some friends and I did this once. Only it wasn't in an intersection, it was a parkade. And he wasn't in a crosswalk, he was blocking my car. And we didn't just move him a reasonable distance, we moved him deep into a parking space sideways between two solid concrete walls with about 2" clearance on either end.