EmergencyYoung OP t1_jea5teh wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:12 PM

Reply to comment by adhforiwnabfit in PSA: Crosswalk Law, stopping pre-emptively by EmergencyYoung

The politeness thing, if the pedestrian isn't ready, or comfortable crossing yet, then they end up crossing before they want to, also out of politeness to the driver who stopped, and maybe disregarding better judgment about traffic flow that day.

rainbowbeluga t1_jeajr95 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:44 PM

Regardless of how legally correct I think this is, I share this opinion—not due to concern over traffic flow but for the safety of the pedestrians. I don’t trust drivers behind me to notice that another car has stopped to let pedestrians to cross. The pedestrians would be semi blind to an adjacent lane because of the stopped car, and a careless, speeding person driving up that lane could easily hit them.