Attention DC Drivers!

[bjarvis]

When all traffic lights are out because of a mechanical or electrical failure, the intersection by law is a four-way stop. That means every vehicle stops so everyone gets a turn to get through. Unless you're an emergency response vehicle, you don't get to breeze through on a whim.

Idiots.

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[weekilter.livejournal.com]

Faith in drivers I do not have. It's the law that you are supposed to stop for pedestrians and bicyles crossing the street regardless of whether there's a marked cross walk. I can't count the number of times drivers yell at me for *daring* to cross the street. Part of the problem is that driver education is lax. When you go into the DMV to take your "written" test on the touch screen all that matters is that you get some percentage right... something like 22 out of 30 questions answered correctly. Even if you guess you're likely to get the right answer even if you are totally clueless.