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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes thank you. And stop waving pedestrians across too, jerks. Just follow the rules and yield when it’s your turn instead of making everyone dance around wondering wtf you are doing. [/quote]

Wtf? Pedestrians DO have the right of way![/quote]

I think PP means like if the pedestrians have not yet reached the crosswalk or what have you, and you could easily and safely make your maneuver…and instead you sit extra long because you have anticipated they will maybe be getting to that crosswalk and using it. [/quote]

Sorry but if I see a person going to enter I am not going to rush through.   I doubt you are in that much of a rush and if so you should have left earlier.[/quote]

NP. There is “going to enter” and then there is “may possibly enter.” For example, there’s a long sidewalk on the UMD campus that leads to several potential points: a crosswalk, a nearby bus stop, several campus buildings, etc. If I see a pedestrian walking down that sidewalk, I don’t pretend I know that they are going to use the crosswalk when they may well be turning the opposite way to walk up to a nearby building. If I see them obviously approach the crosswalk, of course I stop. But I see, time and again, drivers think they maybe possibly are going to use the crosswalk, screech to a halt, frantically waving them on—only for them to continue walking straight in the direction of the student union.

Of course I always drive slowly on campus, I pay attention, and I err on the side of stopping at a crosswalk. But I don’t pretend that I can forecast the future, and even if they are going to eventually use the crosswalk, I let them walk at their own pace—I don’t preemptively stop and start frantically waving so that they then feel compelled to run, as I have seen happen many times.[/quote]

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