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Originally Posted by ken0042
I think what the OP is getting at is that I could just wander onto MacLeod Trail at somewhere like 53rd ave, and all the cars would have to slam on their brakes. Or on a less busy street a pedestrian can be walking down the sidewalk and do a quick 90 degree turn and step onto the street.
In places like Manitoba the pedestrians still have right of way; but must indicate their intentions of crossing before given right of way. Just stepping onto the street isn't enough.
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I am pretty sure you need to do that here as well, in order to gain the right of way.
edit: Apparently I remembered incorrectly, or the exact law has changed.
from
http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2002_304.pdf
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41(1) A person driving a vehicle shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk.
(2) Where a vehicle is stopped at a crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, a person driving any other vehicle that is approaching the stopped vehicle from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
(3) At any place on a roadway other than at a crosswalk, a person driving a vehicle has the right of way over pedestrians unless otherwise directed by a peace officer or a traffic control device.
(4) Nothing in subsection (3) relieves a person driving a vehicle from the duty of exercising due care for the safety of pedestrians.
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Point 3 is interesting though.