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At every hour of the day people have to wait for a walk signal. Nobody is just randomly walking into the road and trusting "the system" to stop cars for them.

• kuhewa 4y ago
  I guess it's possible you could take that first step if you are watching the orthogonal street light and attempting to preempt the pedestrian green, which never comes and instead you could be jaywalking into the path of a car that is turning.
• recursive 4y ago
  After waiting, if the walk signal never happens, they might walk out onto the road at that point. Not sure where "trusting the system" is coming from.
  • alar44 4y ago
    So what?
    • recursive 4y ago
      So the fact that people are waiting for a signal at all times of the day isn't the issue. The issue is that, at certain times of day, after waiting, the signal is not forthcoming.
• Gigachad 4y ago
  > Nobody is just randomly walking into the road and trusting "the system" to stop cars for them. From observation, quite a few people do. Once modern cars with automatic braking become common, probably most people will
  • vkou 4y ago
    > From observation, quite a few people do. They do it because they don't give a shit about traffic signaling, period. They are the same kinds of people who run red lights. They don't do it because they think that somehow stepping into the road is going to magically activate the 'WALK' light.