Laws about an uncontrolled crosswalk in WA? Input? (Seattle: restaurant, law)

[beenhereandthere]

Or, maybe it varies from city to city and there's not a state law for it. If you're driving at an intersection with a crosswalk and it's not controlled (no walk signals or a button to push to make traffic stop)....do you have to yield to the pedestrian, even if they just have a couple of feet in the intersection and you know you will clear the crosswalk in plenty of time without making the pedestrian slow down?
If you cannot cross until the foot traffic is completely cleared at an uncontrolled crosswalk, there are some places, like West Seattle's Alki Beach during the summer, where you could be waiting for 15 minutes or more.....

[Inkpoe]

Originally Posted by beenhereandthere

Or, maybe it varies from city to city and there's not a state law for it. If you're driving at an intersection with a crosswalk and it's not controlled (no walk signals or a button to push to make traffic stop)....do you have to yield to the pedestrian, even if they just have a couple of feet in the intersection and you know you will clear the crosswalk in plenty of time without making the pedestrian slow down?
If you cannot cross until the foot traffic is completely cleared at an uncontrolled crosswalk, there are some places, like West Seattle's Alki Beach during the summer, where you could be waiting for 15 minutes or more.....

WSDOT - Washington State Pedestrian Laws

It says in the link: "Stop for pedestrians at intersections - Vehicles shall stop at intersections to allow pedestrians and bicycles to cross the road within a marked or unmarked crosswalk (RCW 46.61.235). See Washington's Crosswalk Law for more information."

One thing I remember from Driver's ED was that you give the pedestrian one full lane of space. When I used to drop my husband off @ Palisade Waterfront Restaurant, it wasn't unusual to see cops parked there (Elliot ave, at the light where you turn to get on Magnolia Bridge) to pull over anyone who didn't obey that law.

I love Alki/West Seattle, but that's the part that sucks during the summer-- too many people. Comes with the territory.

[beenhereandthere]

Originally Posted by Inkpoe

WSDOT - Washington State Pedestrian Laws

It says in the link: "Stop for pedestrians at intersections - Vehicles shall stop at intersections to allow pedestrians and bicycles to cross the road within a marked or unmarked crosswalk (RCW 46.61.235). See Washington's Crosswalk Law for more information."

One thing I remember from Driver's ED was that you give the pedestrian one full lane of space. When I used to drop my husband off @ Palisade Waterfront Restaurant, it wasn't unusual to see cops parked there (Elliot ave, at the light where you turn to get on Magnolia Bridge) to pull over anyone who didn't obey that law.

I love Alki/West Seattle, but that's the part that sucks during the summer-- too many people. Comes with the territory.

What's one full lane of space though?
One step? 6 feet (average height of a person)?

[Inkpoe]

Lane as the street lane your car is on.

[beenhereandthere]

Understood if the walker is right by the car, but what if the car can clear the intersection, before the walker gets to where the car is, walking at normal speed and not having to slow down?

[backdrifter]

Originally Posted by beenhereandthere

Understood if the walker is right by the car, but what if the car can clear the intersection, before the walker gets to where the car is, walking at normal speed and not having to slow down?

It's fine so long as when, at the moment you are driving through the crosswalk, there is one lane's worth of space between your vehicle and the pedestrian. If there isn't a traffic lane's worth of space at that time, then it is illegal to make the turn.