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WaitForItTheMongols t1_ivagb45 wrote

Doesn't always. Some intersections, rather than having pedestrians get the Walk when drivers get the Green (thus having the crosswalks alternate), instead have the green light one way, green light the other way, and then have a segment of All-Walk, where the walk signals everywhere go on (and thus, there's a red light everywhere, which perfectly opens the door to the scenario described above).

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Commercial_Oven9386 t1_iva792h wrote

I’d argue that people should just pay attention to road as a pedestrian as well by picking their heads up from their phones and or devices. The timeline of this study alone is indicative of the change in times. The solution is not more cameras and screens on the streets but more eyes and ears. The increase of ‘mishaps’ are no coincidence to decline of people’s attention spans when moving about outside their comforts.

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