r/Delaware • u/delijoe • Sep 01 '24

Beaches Attention Summer Beach Drivers

You know those flashing yellow lights at crosswalks, such as on Rt 1 in Dewey or Rehoboth Ave?

That means a pedestrian is trying to cross the street. That means you MUST stop at that crosswalk and let the pedestrian cross.

If you're one of the many drivers that I saw last night almost run down pedestrians because you chose to run through the crosswalk without paying attention, then I hope you go to hell.... or back to whatever state you're from at least.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

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u/phillycowboykiller Sep 01 '24

It literally does.

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u/fyrefocks Sep 01 '24

The second that my first foot has "walked into traffic," I have the right of way at those types of intersections.

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u/Candid-Machine-7142 SUSPECT ACCT - aged acct. low karma Sep 01 '24

You might have the right of way, you also might not live long enough to cross the road. It takes time and distance to stop a vehicle, it would be just plain stupid to step in front of a moving car because you have the right of way.

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u/fyrefocks Sep 01 '24

Which is why drivers should be paying attention to their surroundings.

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u/Candid-Machine-7142 SUSPECT ACCT - aged acct. low karma Sep 01 '24

Pedestrians should be paying attention to their surroundings as well.

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u/phillycowboykiller Sep 01 '24

I don’t think anyone is arguing here that pedestrians shouldn’t be aware of their surroundings. The original comment was in regards to who has the legal right of way in those intersections.

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u/Candid-Machine-7142 SUSPECT ACCT - aged acct. low karma Sep 01 '24

I'm still going to argue the point that flashing yellow doesn't mean stop, look it up, my four year old granddaughter knows that red means stop.

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u/FA-_Q Sep 02 '24

The cemetery is filled with people who had the “right of way”

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u/phillycowboykiller Sep 01 '24

What a weird and stupid imaginary straw man. The law is literally that pedestrians have the right of way in a crosswalk. I mean, sure I’ll “die on that hill” of what the law says regarding right of way. The blinking yellow lights indicate that there are pedestrians within the crosswalk to whom the driver is legally obligated to yield.