by Ryan McKeen
Going to court this morning a woman jumped out in front of my car as I was making a right turn.
I was at an intersection. There was a no turn on red sign. I waited for my green arrow and begun to make my turn. A woman proceeded to walk in front of me. This intersection had a walk signal. The “no walk sign” was lit. She yelled that she was in a cross walk!
Wrong.
I responded “you must be the only person who doesn’t read aconnecticutlawblog.com!”.
Later in the morning I was leaving court on Washington Street. I was using the crosswalk. I always use that crosswalk because I don’t think a lawyer that breaks the law by jaywalking on his way to court reflects well on the profession. Seriously.
So I’m in the crosswalk. A crosswalk that didn’t have a signal. A crosswalk that has a giant sign that reads “STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS IT’S THE LAW”.
I make my self known to traffic by taking a few steps into the road. A couple of clowns drive by. That’s okay, I don’t expect clowns to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk.
Then came a city of Hartford vehicle. He didn’t stop. But he did wave. Acknowledging that he knew he was doing something wrong.
Then came two lawyers who shall remain nameless. They didn’t stop.
Wrong.
If you’re going to practice law. You should at least understand the fundamentals of Connecticut Cross Walk law. Here’s a primer.