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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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If there were more people like you, the engineers would be even more comfortable engineering the roads for drivers, with pedestrians as an afterthought, at best, and at worst as driver-interfering road clutter. Pedestrians and drivers have equal rights to the road. (And I'm saying this as a frequent pedestrian and a frequent driver.)

At most locations, it is legal to cross midblock (and it's often safer). Every intersection is a crosswalk, whether or not there's paint on the pavement. The engineers time the signals for drivers, not for pedestrians, so if you're trying to go across a street that has the favored direction for the signal, you will get the legal minimum time to cross. And even if you cross as fast as you possibly can, there are plenty of people who can't cross as fast as you.[/quote]

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