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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Come on guys, you act like if you are walking and get to an intersection, the hand is counting down under 5, you're just going to stand there and wait two minutes or are you going to book it across the street? Particularly in bad weather.
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I absolutely do. It's not that hard. I will cross at an intersection if the light says walk or has the white man. If not, I wait two minutes. How hard is it to wait two minutes, instead of inconveniencing a row of cars trying to turn. You're not more important than all of those cars, especially when you are in the wrong. If it's raining I bring an umbrella, and if it's snowing I wear mitts and a warm jacket. It's not fair to cars that they can't turn because pedestrians want to cross if it's raining/snowing. If the car can't turn right on his green because there are pedestrians crossing, then he gets stuck again when those pedestrians cross in front of him when he has the red. At some of the busier intersections you'll see the crowd to start to cross after they are allowed, and before getting to the curb they start cutting diagonally to cross the other crosswalk. This cuts off all lanes of traffic. I'd prefer most intersections had the all walk/no walk scenario.