You do feel exposed when walking through an intersection. Usually you only look left or right for cars that are trying to hit you. In an intersection, you've go

You do feel exposed when walking through an intersection. Usually you only look left or right for cars that are trying to hit you. In an intersection, you've got to look behind you. You need to do this when crossing and there is the potential for a right-turn car to come and get you too. So I can understand people being unfamiliar with it, or in a light pedestrian area, being uncomfortable with it.