Check signals without assuming drivers stop
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A pedestrian-safety route review identifying crossings, visibility, turning vehicles, transit access and a safer alternative from supplied scene cards.
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What to include
- Moving-hazard and sight map.
- Crossing-location and signal analysis.
- Turning/backing/hidden-lane review.
- Transit waiting/boarding/exit routine.
- Final route comparison and changed-condition plan.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- Scene map distinguishes moving, turning, backing and hidden-lane hazards.
- Crossing decision checks location, visibility, signal phase and traffic independently.
- Transit routine includes designated waiting, boarding and exit without chasing vehicles.
- Route comparison excludes supplied unsafe shortcuts and updates changed detour times accurately.
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The idea in everyday life
Supplied rule card: start only on WALK when it is safe; do not begin on a new flashing DON’T WALK; if already crossing when the phase changes, continue safely to finish rather than stop in the road. Actual local signals/rules must be checked. Scene: WALK is shown but a vehicle is turning across the path.
A signal communicates a phase; it does not remove turning vehicles or errors.
Check signals without assuming drivers stop — supplied practice
A signal communicates a phase; it does not remove turning vehicles or errors.
Supplied rule card: start only on WALK when it is safe; do not begin on a new flashing DON’T WALK; if already crossing when the phase changes, continue safely to finish rather than stop in the road. Actual local signals/rules must be checked. Scene: WALK is shown but a vehicle is turning across the path.
1. Step 1
Read WALK as the supplied phase, not as proof the path is clear.
You should see: The turning vehicle still matters.
2. Step 2
Wait for the conflict path to clear safely rather than step in front of the moving vehicle.
You should see: Signal and observed movement are considered together.
3. Step 3
Distinguish starting a new crossing from completing one already begun.
You should see: The supplied flashing-phase instruction concerns new starts differently from finishing.
4. Step 4
Record a local-authority check for unfamiliar signal formats or access needs.
You should see: The paper rule is not a universal full traffic code.
What to finish
A signal/vehicle-movement decision record.
Watch for this
Never stop in a roadway to perform this worksheet; actual safety and local guidance control real crossing.
How can I tell I understand it?
Support each lesson-specific criterion with your supplied-case artifact: I read the signal and movement separately.; I distinguished starting from finishing.; I recorded unfamiliar-signal verification.
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Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01
Read walking, signals, driveway/backing and hidden-lane conflict guidance; no actual street check claimed.
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