Comment 52280

By Brandon (registered) | Posted November 26, 2010 at 17:24:27

I almost killed a pedestrian in one of those cross walks years ago. I'd never experienced them before and was driving blithely along a clear lane when a pedestrian stepped out in front of a car that I had assumed was stopped to turn into a mall (there were about 10 cars behind it, so it wasn't as if I had seen the driver slow to a stop). I swerved and avoided, but it was too close for my comfort, never mind the pedestrian's!

Scared the hell out of me, but I quickly learned what they meant and never had a problem again.

That being said, as a pedestrian I never assumed that cars would stop until I made eye contact with the driver and the driver was obviously slowing down. I've seen enough cars run red lights to assume that a flashing yellow will stop them.

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