"STATE LAW - ALL VEHICLES MUST YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS"
Is that a good idea?
State law here, as most elsewhere I believe, is that automobiles must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. At first thought, that sounds logical in that it makes the driver exercise caution. However, shouldn't the honus of caution be on the pedestrian? You know, the one that stands to suffer the most damage if there is a collision? Is it a good idea that pedestrians assume cars will stop because it's a state law and there are lines and a dopey cone in the middle of the road? Idiots may then indiscriminately walk out into the road because they're at a crosswalk thereby setting themselves up for a bodily yard sale because the driver is on the cell phone, eating fried chicken, stirring a Starbucks and reprogramming his IPod.
Maritime law requres that smaller ships yield to larger ones, right? While no doubt based mostly on maneuverability it is also sound logic since the smaller ship stands to suffer more damage in a collision. Same goes for man vs. Jeep.
