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Originally Posted by doctajones428
Can't wait 5 seconds, tells someone to wait 120
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That's the problem. The pedestrian thinks one person waits 5 seconds to save him 120. However the car has already been waiting those 2 minutes, and has to wait another 2 minutes because he missed his window to turn. Of if there are cars behind, the first car might get through, but now he's the only car getting though instead of 3.
That's assuming the same thing doesn't happen on the next light cycle. The sign says don't walk for a reason. And the city has found it to be a big enough issue to give some one way streets turn arrows; because pedestrians were ignoring the "don't walk" and looking at the car's green light.