Crossing guards

[LTb1ow]

Do they have any actual legal precedence to stand in the road and direct traffic? Most of em are just old guys with stop signs and the ones around me do a royal job at screwing up traffic. :-x

[Jensend]

Tell me this again after you have a couple of young kids of your own who have to cross a street with traffic. Ever notice the attention span of a grammar school kid? Ever wonder what it's like to have to see your kid after he/she's been hit by a car? I have. My 21 year old still lives with some of the results of being hit. And no, he wasn't at fault. Have a bit of patience and tolerance.

[baddest434]

you got something against old guys with stop signs :moon:

[maroman88]

nope, they sure dont, they must obay all the traffic laws as far as crossing the street as well. they do take it upon them selves to try and relieve traffic and they usually suck at it

[B4C]

No they cannot direct traffic. I dont know where your from but the guy on main street in williamstown always stops me so he can let a whole line of traffic off of church and poplar street in front of me, and no there are no kids there that need assistance hes just taking it upon him self to let them go. Im always running late for school too so I just lay on the horn.

[WildBillyT]

The fastest way to make a nice person really nasty is to be irresponsible around their kid. Just be patient.

[79T/A]

To the best of my knowledge, the ONLY people allowed to DIRECT traffic are police officers. Crossing guards are allowed to STOP traffic, but they are not supposed to DIRECT traffic. Yes, they are supposed to step out and stop traffic only when it is safe to do so.

[LTb1ow]

I don't mean that I speed through there intersections at all. I stop far away from where they are, and the ones around me are just there to let traffic out of schools and what not. Just curious about their "power" being as they suck at directing traffic. Thats all. Geez.

[79CamaroDiva]

there's one old lady by my middle school that has been there forever. She's an AMAZING crossing guard. Keeps traffic flowing nicely and everything. all of them should be like her. Even dances in the intersection, its funny to watch her work :)

[LTb1ow]

The one old guy does not realize or does not care about the amount of traffic he backs up. Ugh, and he has some stupid ass lit up stop sign. One day, one day....

[Crayface]

To the best of my knowledge, the ONLY people allowed to DIRECT traffic are police officers. Crossing guards are allowed to STOP traffic, but they are not supposed to DIRECT traffic. Yes, they are supposed to step out and stop traffic only when it is safe to do so.

Firefighters also have the right to direct traffic at accident/fire scenes

[FIcamaroRE92]

Firefighters also have the right to direct traffic at accident/fire scenes

x2


And my favorite: CROWD CONTROL lol

[NJSPEEDER]

Crossing guards are allowed to control traffic and stand in the street. Around here they even get forms to fill out so that you can get a ticket if you act like a tool around them.

[DevilDougWS6]

i like that they put the hose through your windows when your a douche and park in front of fire hydrants.

[FIcamaroRE92]

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A2500/2026_I1.PDF

[FIcamaroRE92]

i like that they put the hose through your windows when your a douche and park in front of fire hydrants.

Always wanted to do that........:twisted:

[sweetbmxrider]

if i see a crossing guard, i walk to the other side of the intersection. most here are good though and just hold traffic for a person to safely cross the road. they only do it when the pedestrian light indicates "walk" so its not like they are stopping traffic and causing havoc.

[ar0ck]

In my town they are hired by the school district and are usually supported by the police, but are otherwise good at what they do and only stop traffic for kids in school zones.

[LTb1ow]

Yea the ones that pissed me off today were just doing it to let cars and school buses exit a school lot. No little kiddies running around. Just straight up bad traffic directing. It pissed me off.

[FlyingDutchman]

normally i get the waving of the hands like they're saying slow down...so i just answer back with an exhaust note and continue on my way so long as their not in the street

[baddest434]

Yea the ones that pissed me off today were just doing it to let cars and school buses exit a school lot. No little kiddies running around. Just straight up bad traffic directing. It pissed me off.

get over it!! now change shoes for a moment, what if it's you waiting and waiting to pull out and your getting pissed then all of a sudden the crossing guard holds up traffic and you then you can go:wink: do you give him a cookie?

and whats your rush anyway?

[LTb1ow]

I had a long chem class and I wanted to eat some food! I was hungry!!!!!!


Little kids can wait!

hehe

[r0nin89]

This argument reminds me of the time a cop threatened to give me a ticket because I refused to wait for a crossing guard to cross me at an intersection in High School.

If ya wanna know what really gets on my nerves pertaining to said situation its when bus drivers bs with parents at bus stops holding up traffic like everyone has all the time in the world.

[NJSPEEDER]

If the 30 second conversations between bus drivers and parents are enough to throw off your personal time table, you should look into some better time management techniques.

With so many fears about the strangers out there, I know I would feel more comfortable if I was a parent with a kid on that bus and I knew who was driving.

[B4C]

^OMG that's such a pia when they do that or when they have to wait for the one kid who lives at the end of the street and he just takes his sweet old time getting on the bus. In my area there's a bus stop about every 50 yards or so that's a major pia especially when your late to class

[Frosty]

This thread makes my head hurt. Thank God my little cousins don't live near some people in this thread.

[Frosty]

so that's a major pia especially when your late to class

Is that the kid's fault?

[FlyingDutchman]

idk i think it should be a law that crossing guards shouldnt stop any and all f-bodies...in fact they should stop traffic not only for kids, but for performance cars as well

[KirkEvil]

road crossways? survival of the fittest. It make counteract the whole dumb people breeding problem.

[LTb1ow]

This thread makes my head hurt. Thank God my little cousins don't live near some people in this thread.

I was just venting about the ones who cannot direct traffic for the life of them and end up causing messes.

[CHRIS67]

The fact is that if us Jersey drivers were actually courteous to each other there probably wouldn't be a need for crossing guards. I'm guilty of it too, but not when it comes to kids or school busses. Re-thinking that I should change my evil ways :twisted: and let someone merge sometime :nod:.

Group hug!

[Dark_Knight7096]

No crossing guards are not allowed to direct traffic. The only thing they are there for is to ensure the safe crossing of children, as soon as all children are out of the cross walk, they have no right to continue standing in the street. I used to have to drive around a crossing guard in east windsor because he would stop traffic on the through street and allow everyone coming out of the side street (where the school is) go first. Screw that.


ETA, I have no problem when a crossing guard is in the middle of the street with a stop sign allowing the safe crossing of little kids, that's fine. What I'm talking about, and I think the other posters and the OP are talking about, are the crossing guards that after all kids are safely out of the intersection, REMAIN in the middle of the road, with their stop signs up, directing traffic so that school buses, and parents in the school parking lots, or on the school roads, don't have to listen to the stop signs they have and can pull out. All this time, traffic on the MAIN road is backed up because the crossing guard feels like playing policeman/policewoman.

[jims69camaro]

the crossing guards by me are hired by the police department. they have the power to, and do direct traffic at many intersections by my house. they also direct traffic on sundays on route 9 by the local churhes. they do a good job of integrating church traffic into existing.

[79CamaroDiva]

the crossing guards by me are hired by the police department. they have the power to, and do direct traffic at many intersections by my house. they also direct traffic on sundays on route 9 by the local churhes. they do a good job of integrating church traffic into existing.

yeah, i think same by me. im at least pretty sure most of them are fire police if nothing more

[r0nin89]

If the 30 second conversations between bus drivers and parents are enough to throw off your personal time table, you should look into some better time management techniques.

With so many fears about the strangers out there, I know I would feel more comfortable if I was a parent with a kid on that bus and I knew who was driving.

Lol I'm not talking about 30 seconds I'm talking about sitting there for like 3-5minutes. And if you think I'm exaggerating I'm not that old. I still remember riding the bus and sitting there like "Wtf stop yapping I want to go home".