[conspire] New California laws, 2018

[Paul Zander]

The old rule certainly was counter-intuitive.    

When I was out for a jog and came to the intersection with the countdown 
already started, I did a little arithmetic to determine is I could be across 
before it timed out.  

The old law also didn't recognize that pedestrians may have allowed a turningcar to go ahead before they started walking.  Especially since turning cars don't 
always look first.

>7.  AB-390 has now amended CVC section 21456(b), which until now said
>'No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of the
>signal', creating the counterintuitive situation where some cities
>raised revenue by citing pedestrians for stepping into the crosswalk

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