The article is correct, and it is a real phenomenon in LA where I live. To address your question, which I (humorously) don't really get -- the pedestrians who

The article is correct, and it is a real phenomenon in LA where I live. To address your question, which I (humorously) don't really get -- the pedestrians who have the countdown and the cars are moving parallel to each other. The drivers and the peds are both looking in the same direction at the countdown timer.