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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your time to cross, typically coincides with the car's time to turn.  I work in the Farragut West area, if drivers waited for the cross walk to be completely free to turn, MAYBE one car could go with every light change.  Traffic would be even worse than it is now.

And for those who intentionally slow down, what is wrong with you? As long as the car isn't doing something illegal (like running a red light) quickly cross so everyone can get where they are going.

These are types of pedestrians who seem to want "But I had the right of way" printed on their tombstones.

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+1.  I learned how to drive in NC which didn’t have much bike/pedestrians traffic.  So actually my inclination is to wait patiently like it’s a Sunday drive with no place to be. However a few years in NJ changed that.  If you aren’t equally as crazy a driver you could actually cause an accident because the person behind you would say WTF, give you the finger and come up your left side to turn right in front of you if it seems like you aren’t going to go!  DC isn’t quite as bad but I’ve learned to get out there at a 4 way stop and wait for the pedestrian move enough across for me to go otherwise I lose my turn to go.[/quote]

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