<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yiv8067686928"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515537041361_3615"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515537041361_3614" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3380"><div>The old rule certainly was counter-intuitive. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515537041361_3989"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3548">When I was out for a jog and came to the intersection with the countdown <br></div><div id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3595" dir="ltr">already started, I did a little arithmetic to determine is I could be across <br></div><div id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3645" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515537041361_3991">before it timed out. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515537041361_4013"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515537041361_4014">The old law also didn't recognize that pedestrians may have allowed a turning</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515537041361_4037">car to go ahead before they started walking. Especially since turning cars don't <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515537041361_4080" dir="ltr">always look first.<br></div></div><br><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3414">>7. AB-390 has now amended CVC section 21456(b), which until now said<br id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3480">>'No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of the<br id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3481">>signal', creating the counterintuitive situation where some cities<br id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3482">>raised revenue by citing pedestrians for stepping into the crosswalk<br id="yiv8067686928yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515536451950_3483"><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>