More crazy drivers?

I decided to take a walk before I breakfasted at the Flower Hill Starbucks. As I came near the end of my walk, I heard a man yell because he and his wife almost got run over because the driver did not stop at the sign but just ran right through it. What is wrong with drivers around here? I've never seen this any place else. Don't you all know that you must stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk? If not, why not?

Maryland Driving Tips

I like a lot of things about Maryland but the way people drive around here is NOT one of them. Most of these are illegal in this state and the others are just common sense and courtesy.

• Motorists must not use a cell phone while driving.
• Do not tailgate. Allow one foot between your car and the one in front of you for every mile you are going. That is, it’s a one-to-one ratio.
• Drivers should yield the right-of-way to other drivers and pedestrians.
• Do not drive aggressively.
• Drivers should not run down pedestrians in crosswalks.
• Drivers do not have the right of way when making a right on red if the driver making the left has the green light.
• Pedestrians should not walk behind moving cars (e.g., when the driver is backing out of a parking spot).
• Drivers should not switch lanes in the middle of a turn.
• People should not throw trash, cigarettes etc. out of their car window while driving.
• People should not park in front of the ATM no parking zone when the parking lot has enough parking spots.
• Drivers should turn on the turn-signal indicator before they get into the turn lane.

Alert: Parking lot safety - the managed "right of way”

Fact 1:
Pedestrians do not always have the right of way.

Fact 2:
A car backing up (e.g. parking lot) has a managed ‘right of way’ because the driver does not have ‘full visibility’.

Action:
When a car is backing up, pedestrians should not continue to walk behind the moving car.
When a car is backing up, approaching cars should yield the right-of-way to the car backing out. This is especially true if the car backing up is more than half-way out.