This is a crosswalk. I don’t know what the traffic rules and regulations are where you live, but around here these broad white stripes mean it’s a crosswalk. And that means vehicles stop for pedestrians.
But according to the sign this isn’t a crosswalk. It’s like any other stretch of road, where pedestrians yield to vehicles.
Except it’s painted as a crosswalk.
Of course, this particular bit of signage is on campus, which is a place with its own rules and regulations. So I guess anything goes.
Alex Good 
Yeah, that is messed up. The whole point of a crosswalk is to legally give pedestrians the right of way.
Maybe they have too many students and need to get rid of some them in “unfortunate accidents”? 😀
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I think they’re trying to get more students actually. They got stricter about letting in fewer international students (the college system in particular was becoming mainly an immigration process), so they’ve been trying to make up for it by boosting enrollment. So they want warm bodies in those classrooms!
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Well, then my only other guess is that someone was smoking something pretty strong…..
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I have to wonder if someone actually got hit thinking it was a crosswalk then what the lawsuits might look like.
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Thankfully, the Law Offices of Book, Book, Stooge, Book and Stoogebot are fully credited in Canada AND America. We’ll sue their pants off!
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And if you don’t win, they don’t pay right?
Right?
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Oh, “somebody” always pays. Just not necessarily in monetary terms. BBSBS takes their commitments to their clients very seriously…
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Well as long as it isn’t me. I’m all tapped out anyway.
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Just make sure you don’t hit any pedestrians with your fleet of cars on campus and you should be safe 😀
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We call those zebra crossings, and I’ve yet to see one do it.
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Down here I think your understanding of the rule only applies to crosswalks in parking lots. Otherwise, it simply defines where you’re supposed to cross without conferring any right-of-way.
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Huh. I thought in Texas I would be able to walk out onto one of those, pull my six-shooter, and stand my ground.
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Nah. The mantra of “Duck and punch it” is too ingrained in our drivers.
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