New Sign at Trolley Trail/Paint Branch Crossing

New Sign at Trolley Trail/Paint Branch Crossing
Originally uploaded by jongrantham

This morning I noticed some new signs at the long-problematic crosswalk where the Paint Branch Parkway meets the College Park Trolley Trail. Despite the button-activated flashing lights, there have been a number of accidents at the crosswalk. Various solutions -- a stoplight, speed cameras -- have been proposed, but instead we get this sign (and another one on the other side attached to the flashing lights).

Three things occur to me about these signs.

1. The advice is probably sound.
   
2. That's not how a crosswalk is supposed to work.
   
3. They provide a way of blaming the next pedestrian or cyclist who is hit by a car. "Clearly, he didn't wait for the vehicle to stop, or he wouldn't have been hit."