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[quote=Anonymous]I thought DC was supposed to drop Right Turn on Red?

As a pedestrian, I definitely see a sharp turn for the worse in aggressive driving, but even more in thoughtless selfish driving.  I live near a small neighborhood street that runs between two major streets often used by commuters.  When I first moved here, I had no problems crossing the street.  I’d pick my moment, begin to cross, and cars would wait.  Traffic lights were installed, changed, and now will apparently be changed again — in ways that I hope will make the crossing less dangerous for pedestrians — who often end up stranded on the narrow median between the lanes while turning cars from both sides of the cross street fight to squeeze there way in before the light changes, cutting off their turns.  It can be terrifying, to the point where I actually miss the denser but far more predictable behavior of the traffic in Manhattan.

I think it’s thoughtlessness and over-focus.  Giving pedestrians the right-of-way just isn’t really there in the same way that it was even a few years ago. [/quote]

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