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New measure seeks to repeal Maine pedestrian crossing law AUGUSTA - A teenager stepped from the curb and started to walk across the street at a marked pedestrian crossing in downtown Saco. A large truck in the right-hand lane stopped to let the boy cross, as required by law.But a car in the left lane, whose driver apparently could not see the young pedestrian, passed the truck and kept going. The end was a near-tragedy, said Rep. Christopher O'Neil, who watched with horror as the episode unfolded. "The kid must have flown 30 feet," said O'Neil, noting that the boy...

WALDO, Fla. -- Some residents of this northern Florida town are beginning to think their police chief might be getting too successful busting speeders. Business leaders, who are embroiled in a bitter war of words with the law-and-order chief, say he is hurting business because people are too scared to risk driving through Waldo's speed traps. For Chief A.W. Smith, there is no compromise. "Slow down and see our city or speed up and see our judge," he said. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/nation/1709826

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<p>New roads would be helpful in easing gridlock and ameliorating "road rage," but revival of the lost art of lane courtesy would be even better.</p> <p>Lane courtesy is simply this: moving to the right and allowing faster-moving traffic to pass. Americans almost uniformly ignore this cardinal rule of road civility — and it's probably the biggest single reason why driving has become so tooth-pulling unpleasant in and around major cities. Indeed, anyplace else there are a lot of vehicles on the road.</p>