GRRRRR in LA

[davemarc]

At 01:19 PM 3/8/96 -0500, Paul wrote:

>By the way let me ask a related question. Has anyone else been puzzled,
>as I have always been, by a seeming paradox--the reputation
>Southern California has as a "laid back" (and possibly lawless) place 
>combined with the fussiness of its police departments in enforcing 
>pedestrian right-away laws. One foot in the street at an intersection 
>stops all motor traffic. Even drive by-shooting perpetrators making their
>getaway.

"Right-away" laws????  Anyway, regardless of what LA's reputation may be, I
am similarly perplexed by the phenomenon Paul describes.  A driver can have
a green light and a clearly clear shot at making a right turn...but if a
pedestrian has even a toenail clipping in the opposite end of the walkway
all kinds of hell can break loose.

And I thought LA was car country....

davemarc