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Originally Posted by Bunk

I get there's some personal responsibility in there to ensure your own safety when crossing the street, but the last thing we should do is give vehicles the right-of-way at crosswalks. Vehicles are already dominant, giving cars the right-of-way just make it that much more crappy to be a pedestrian in North America. Just as pedestrians should be cautious and look - part of our responsibility as drivers is to be aware and watch for pedestrians - be aware of where crosswalks are as we drive down the road. It's a two way street - so to speak.

I think safety should outweigh "sidewalk vibrancy".

I'm not saying outlaw pedestrians. I'm just saying switch the party that is responsible for the awareness because currently, the person who is going a lot faster, needs more time to stop and has a much harder time spotting the other party is the one that needs to yield. That doesn't make sense to me.

Again it's not like this change would really make it "harder to be a pedestrian". Almost every busy intersection in this city is controlled in some way anyways and for those that aren't I'm all for having crosswalks with signs that light up when the pedestrian presses the button to cross. I'm against drivers having to be the ones responsible for spotting the idiot walking across some dinky residential road at night with his dark jeans and jacket and earphones in not paying attention to the fact that I might not have noticed him because I'm also yielding to cars... etc.