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I always hit all crosswalk buttons, even if I'm not crossing, because it's nonsense that pedestrians have to ask permission to cross the street while the lights
by nerdbert 3y ago
I always hit all crosswalk buttons, even if I'm not crossing, because it's nonsense that pedestrians have to ask permission to cross the street while the lights always change for drivers.
The world will be fair when drivers have to get out of their cars and push a button to get a green light, while pedestrians automatically get a walk signal every cycle.
After 50 years of that it'll be even, and we can go to a system where everyone gets their turn automatically.
- iainmerrick 3y agoI agree with you in principle, but pressing the button eagerly like that can have downsides. You press the button, the pedestrian light goes green, then somebody walking 100 meters behind you who actually wants to cross just misses the light and has to wait longer. The only unambiguous win (I think) would be for the light to change immediately when you press the button, with the throttling delay afterwards, as a few others have said in this thread. I wish I knew whether traffic signal designers intentionally don't use that design, or whether it simply doesn't occur to them. (Or is there some downside to that design?)