In Alberta, pedestrians have the right of way at any crosswalk.
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“Crosswalk” means:
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connection of the lateral line of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway, or any part of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs or by lines or by other markings on the road surface.
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http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2002_304.pdf
So any where that a sidewalk continues on the other side of the road and/or places specifically marked as so.
Call me crazy but this makes absolutely ZERO sense.
Cars are much easier to see at all times of the day, but especially at night, they are louder, they are usually travelling at much faster speeds, they are much harder to stop and require exponentially more distance do so and the operator of a car has a much bigger area to scan for potential dangers then a pedestrian would.
So why on earth do cars need to yield the right of way to pedestrians at uncontrolled crosswalks? I do not understand the logic behind this rule. I see zero benefit to it and it needlessly puts people at risk.