© Jerimiah B. Brown

Crosswalk Law

New rule gives pedestrians priority.

by James Leonard

posted 8/6/2010

The video "was just horrifying," says Erica Briggs, membership chair of the Washtenaw Biking and Walking Coalition. Shot by coalition members, it shows schoolkids darting across South Seventh as cars zip by, ignoring the crosswalk they're trying to use. A lone kid waits at a crosswalk on Stadium near Pauline--and again, no cars stop. A legally blind woman

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