>To all you “what until traffic stops” commentators here, would you like to take a shot at a question I posted previously about this. No-one yet has had a go. Here it is:
Traffic runs in both directions. Remember that. If I wait for traffic to stop, this often only means one lane of traffic stops. The other lane is still running. If I keep waiting, the driver of the stopped car, and the cars behind it, start getting pissed as I’m still standing there, waiting for the other side to stop. After a few seconds of horn honking and a look from the first car driver’s face as if I’m some kind of idiot, he then pulls away. I’m still standing there!
I get the impression that many of you drivers don’t get out and walk much.
I do not believe people march out into crosswalks. I don’t, and I don’t see others doing it. What I do see are drivers not paying attention, and walkers start crossing because they safely assume that cars, still some distance away, will stop. These drivers, who aren’t focused, see the pedestrians at the last moment, and have to brake sharply, come away with this impression that the pedestrian “marched into the crosswalk”.
Just like exessive speed, crosswalk violations are woefully under-enforced by the Ridgewood PD.
