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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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Creeping your car up on someone is threatening.  If it’s too crowded with people then don’t drive your car there.[/quote]

DP.  I normally give pedestrians really wide birth, I always stop at mid-block crosswalks when people are waiting to cross, etc.  My only exception is when I’m trying to make a right turn on green during rush hour downtown.  I still keep a safe distance, but will creep forward into the crosswalk as I can in order to make the turn as soon as possible.  It’s really not about trying to hurry pedestrians, it’s about traffic being so wretched that drivers doing that to help more cars through the light can mean the difference between a five minute wait to make a turn and a 20 minute wait.  That’s meaningful when the person three cars behind you is trying to make a daycare pick-up deadline.

We can all stand to be a little kinder and more understanding toward each other.[/quote]

It's only a problem when that inching into the crosswalk is not giving people a wide berth.  Then you need to plan to leave earlier to make daycare pickup while driving in a crowded city.  Take traffic as a fact of life and plan accordingly.[/quote]

When pedestrians follow the law about only entering the crosswalk when the walk signal is on and stop entering the intersection once the don't walk signal is flashing, then I’ll worry about your “wide berth.”  Traffic wouldn’t be nearly as bad if pedestrians followed the law too.[/quote]

You don't get to make a decision at one crosswalk because of what other people have done. Pedestrians are not a hive mind monolith. Each one is a PERSON.

That's like saying I'll stop tailgating when all drivers on the road are not slow.

What?![/quote]

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