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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by jay_kyburz on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:26PM (#18834000)
I don't think its unreasonable to mark them a little clearer, they are painted red on the road here in my suburb.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.3193446,149.0814324,3a,75y,...

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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by runarberg on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:32PM (#18834040)
This one in Reykjavík does wonders. I hardly ever have a car not stopping when I try to cross there.

https://www.google.com/maps/@64.1493811,-21.9324505,3a,75y,2...

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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by walshemj on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:38PM (#18834079)
At zebra crossings pedestrians have right of way by law so I would hopes so.
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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by strstr on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:12PM (#18834303)
The law is messier than you would think. At least in WA (where I live) if a pedestrian steps out when it would be unreasonable to expect the car to be capable of stopping (e.g. you step out a foot in front of a car that is going the speed limit and you weren’t visible) the driver is not responsible.
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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by FiveSquared25 on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:41PM (#18834101)
Also adjust the sidewalk to make a bigger contrast (ie paint them blue or something like that)?
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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by aasasd on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:06PM (#18834262)
If I saw that for the first time while driving, I would probably think it best to find another way altogether.
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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by Bud on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:36PM (#18834065)
Very nice design there. Elegant.
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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by stefan_ on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:04PM (#18834252)
If you can't see a raised crosswalk, how can you claim to see someone wanting to cross the crosswalk?

It's absurd.

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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by darkerside on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:05PM (#18834256)
Did you watch the video? They're actually quite difficult to see
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Re:Drivers Complain Raised Crosswalk Slows Vehicles by oth001 on Saturday January 05, 2019 @04:09PM (#18834285)
Even so, driving over these at 35mph is damaging to a vehicle.
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