Show of Hands

is red?

Stop your vehicle IN a crosswalk

I try not to. But, sometimes, at busy intersections, when making right hand turns, you often get held up in the crosswalk.

I can understand drivers needing to do that. But as as pedestrian it's absolutely frightening to cross at a busy intersection with a car sitting there. Often I can't tell if the driver is looking the other way for oncoming traffic before they turn

like just as the crosswalk signal comes on for me), or texting or calling on their phone & not paying attention. If I can't make eye contact, I probably won't cross (& sometimes the side windows are tinted so I can't). I've had people start to turn

just as I stepped into the street more times than I can remember. Also if crossing a wide busy street, I may be nearing the opposite side when some asshole comes zooming into the crosswalk in the outside lane, & I'm in the middle of the traffic just

as the light is about to change, with nowhere safe to go.

It's as if they don't see & don't care about pedestrians.

If this sounds like a rant, it is. I am put in danger every time I cross a busy street, unnecessarily, mostly by assholes.