Originally Posted by
jon c.
Enforcement of the law might help. I've only seen those signs in the east for about a decade or so and haven't heard of much enforcement. Stopping for crosswalks just isn't part of the driving culture.
I lived in Arizona 35 years ago and stopping for pedestrians was ingrained behavior. The law was enforced and no signs were needed. Step into a the crosswalk and all traffic would stop.
I find the problem to be intractable. I lived in NJ for 26 years. For the last ten years, I was active on a community forum, and we put our minds together and were not able to make any headway into the problem. The driving attitude is entitled. Enforcement can only go so far, and if the public doesn't agree that there's a problem, the police can't solve it. It seems like a lost cause. I moved out in 2013.