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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. Every day.

And I'm good at it, because I'm the kind of pedestrian that I want to see as a driver.

I pay attention to my surroundings. I keep my head up, not buried in my phone. I don't act entitled. I know I have to share the street when crossing. I only cross at crosswalks or at lights, even if that means going out of my way. I wait for my turn and cross with traffic. I enter the crosswalk as soon as the walk light comes on, and I cross as quickly as I possibly can. If the flashing don't walk light is on, I won't go, since I know I'll likely be interfering with drivers who've been waiting patiently to make a turn. In short, I'm courteous.

That's what I do as a pedestrian to make things go smoothly for everyone. And if there were more people like me, there'd be far fewer problems.

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I do all that.  I'm a careful pedestrian and still I've had close calls with careless drivers.  Once I was crossing at Connecticut and Q and had the walk sign and no drivers turning left would even let me into the crosswalk.  When I finally did step in (still on the walk), I got cursed out by the next car who stopped about a foot from me.  I just pointed to walk signal.  I'm tired of they tyranny of cars.  Drivers are so entitled that it's utterly bizarre.[/quote]

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