Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossing street

Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi... by dheera on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:36PM (#15552169)

Well yes but it's also the responsibility of the pedestrian to demonstrate intent to cross the road if they do in fact intend to cross.

A lot of the time people are looking at their phones, and look as if they aren't intending to cross, and in the midst of looking at a screen, suddenly out of nowhere, step into the street and start crossing, eyes still glued to the screen.

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Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi... by p49k on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:51PM (#15552324)

There is absolutely no excuse for a car to hit a pedestrian in or at the end of a crosswalk, regardless of “signaling”. The car should be driving slow enough to make this impossible, and for the worst-case scenario to be the pedestrian walking into the car.

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