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#38

I hate being a pedestrian at an intersection with a crosswalk where right turns are allowed at red lights. You push the button. When the "walk" light shows up, only some of the cars have to wait. Cars making right turns are still allowed to roll you flat. I say when I'm crossing the street, everybody -- and I mean everybody -- had better keep the brakes on until I'm well out of the way. There's nothing more disconcerting than putting my life into somebody else's hands. I think all crosswalks should have these walls on either side that shoot out of the road when the "walk" light lights and don't come back down until optical sensors detect that everyone's finished crossing. This would also fix the problem where the lights only let you get half way across the street before letting cars go again.