Yabbut what *I* meant was how peds in the East do the "crossing dance" with cars- go out into a clear traffic lane (the cars keep moving around you), stand there, wait for cars to empty the lane(s) you want to be in, stand in that one, lather rinse, repeat until you're across the street. Did that for some 30 years and never got hit (and this is with an imaginary pedestrian "point system" in place that car drivers buttign to various groups of pedestrians).
Now, I'm in California, and not only am I supposed to come to a screeching halt just 'cause some damn ped points his toe off the sidewalk, but when I'm a ped and cross the street (and I tend to do it "East-Coast Style"; the damn crosswalks in many cases are too far away) and I'm standing on a curb or median or something I end up turning my back on traffic 'till it's cleared a bit so some dude won't bung up the traffic flow to let one damn ped cross the street.
-Kenny
-- Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Los Angeles H: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 (310) 391-1898
