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Originally Posted by Kryzsky
That's not my biggest gripe when I'm a pedestrian, at least those cars are stopped. It's the guys who don't even wait for you to get on the sidewalk and zip by you with inches to spare. By far the most dangerous thing a driver can do, just wait until the person is on the sidewalk if you're making a right turn. This isn't New York City and you can spare a couple more seconds.
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Disagree.
There are a couple intersections downtown where people would never get to move during rush hour if people waited for the crosswalk to be clear. 4th street and 6th Ave is one of them. There is a double left turn from 4th to 6th and before that sidewalk was closed for the demolition of the court building you had a constant stream of pedestrians through each green cycle for traffic trying to turn from 4th and constant vehicle traffic on the red cycle, so you'd never get to go if you waited for the crosswalk to be clear (because of a billion people walking on the don't walk).
I think that as long as there is enough room for a person to trip and fall without ending up in the path of your vehicle (so about 8 feet to be safe) you should be going. If you sit there and wait until they hit the sidewalk you are going to have a lot of people hating you every day after work.