I usually cross at traffic lights and always when they say "walk" (unless
they're broken). This means I wait at most corners (even when there are no
cars coming) and I get waved on by drivers in their cars who think I should
cross because, regardless of what the light says, it's safe. I wait.
Although I know it's absurd to wait when it's ten below and there isn't a
car in sight, I see no reason to break the law, so I wait. In order to cross
from the Guthrie to Loring Park I have to wait for five lights.
I fear the direction this discussion may be headed is towards more lights or
other laws -- which only someone as compulsive about trying to obey the law
as I am would dream of obeying. I sincerely hope I am wrong. The last thing
I want are more lights and long, cold waits for nothing more than the letter
of the law. In fact, I think a lot of the walk lights should be removed,
perhaps to be replaced by those swinging globe things -- whatever they are.
N.S. Gill
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