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Jahooodie t1_j853bzr wrote

Reply to comment by spypol in So pedestrian crossings are sort of a suggestion here? by shrillbill

While crossing grand, I had someone nudging into the crosswalk yell at me to 'hurry the fuck up so I can turn, or I'll run you over' so they could make a left on red. This was during the middle of the day when school kids were going home. Fuck someone needs to enforce some sort of traffic laws here, it just emboldens the worst possible people

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j85cez3 wrote

If they were making a L on red doesn't that means you were crossing against the light too, right? I'm just guessing they entered the intersection legally, had to wait till the light changed to stop oncoming traffic (with a car or 3 running the red), and when they finally made the turn, there you were jaywalking.

Now, this may not have actually happened to you the way I guessed, but it happens plenty, with scofflaw pedestrians and cyclists playing their parts in making the streets a shitshow.

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Jahooodie t1_j8a7p0p wrote

Car facing east/west, in a left hand turn lane, with a red, wanting to make an illegal left on red.

Me crossing the perpendicular road, going north/south, with a pedestrian cross sign on. There is no left arrow light at this intersection.

Nah man, this ain't on me jaywalkin

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j8a8qlo wrote

So they were behind the crosswalk you were in, in a turn lane? That's fucking insane then.

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