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I had to go out and buy flashing headlamps and an LED dog harness because of all the times I've almost been hit by people taking a left turn and not looking before they do.
You would think a 6' tall person in a bright orange jacket and a 130lb pure white dog would in an orange vest would be pretty easy to spot but apparently not.
Even with the lights i still had three people turn left into the interior lane while me and my dog were standing in the exterior lane trying to cross and waving my hands at them like wtf?
When the walk signal comes on there needs to be a red no-left turn light turn on somewhere because no one pays attention to pedestrians, just the lights.
"No one pays attention to pedestrian, just the lights"
I could not agree any more with your statement, it's 100% correct.
In my experience at pedestrian crosswalks for example (the ones located between intersections), people in cars will not stop unless a flashing light tells them to.
Somehow people need to be told what to do, and at the same time hate being told what to do.
Every intersection should just stay red every direction when someone hits the button to walk and then pedestrians be able to walk diagonally across as well. I don't get why that isn't standard.
Because it slows down car too much, and we can't have that. Think of the poor cars! Stuck at a light because of a filthy meatbag.