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2022-10-15 19:24They're so diverse!
Some do nothing, perhaps because they used to but have been disabled.
Some are necessary to get a walk signal, but they put you in your place as a second-class citizen: even if traffic has been streaming continuously, you get to wait another minute or two before you get a grudging 20 seconds to dash across the stroad.
But the one tonight... despite the fact that the light had changed fewer than 30 seconds before, it changed again instantly[1] for me. Pedestrians rule here, man!
Oh, I haven't posted in a while. "here" is currently Albany, California. Or maybe Berkeley, not sure where the borders are.
[1] To be precise, instantly turned yellow.
Some do nothing, perhaps because they used to but have been disabled.
Some are necessary to get a walk signal, but they put you in your place as a second-class citizen: even if traffic has been streaming continuously, you get to wait another minute or two before you get a grudging 20 seconds to dash across the stroad.
But the one tonight... despite the fact that the light had changed fewer than 30 seconds before, it changed again instantly[1] for me. Pedestrians rule here, man!
Oh, I haven't posted in a while. "here" is currently Albany, California. Or maybe Berkeley, not sure where the borders are.
[1] To be precise, instantly turned yellow.