Poll: At a crossing do you wait for the green man?

Are you green.. man?

  • I have all the time in the world - I cross when it's green.

    Votes: 33 11.6%

  • Carpe diem! Well, I cross when I deem it safe at least.

    Votes: 251 88.4%
  • Total voters
    284
Where I live (Pontefract) The drivers try and hit you. Even so, if its safe then I cross. Almost got hit by a bus by not looking both ways - always useful on a double crossing.
 
sjcf1 said:
Almost got hit by a bus by not looking both ways - always useful on a double crossing.
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I do believe looking both ways is one of the core principles of the how-not-to-get-yourself-smushed-into-tarmac-so-hard-an-underpaid-civil-servant-will-have-to-jet-wash-you-off-the-road-code you get taught as a kid.
 
I used to always cross when clear but bizarrely 5 years living in Germany conditioned me to wait and I'm only just getting out of that habit now. You get tutted over there by other pedestrians or even stopped by Police if they are around.
 
Spektor said:
I do believe looking both ways is one of the core principles of the how-not-to-get-yourself-smushed-into-tarmac-so-hard-an-underpaid-civil-servant-will-have-to-jet-wash-you-off-the-road-code you get taught as a kid.
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It still is. Was in a rush to get to college - thankfully someone stopped me first.
In my defence, it was a blind corner so I had no idea it was coming.
 
Superewza said:
Often it's

Press button
Wait for ages
Traffic stops
Wait for ages
Traffic starts again
You get confused and press the button again
Wait for ages
Traffic stops
Green man for 10 seconds or so
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There is one like that in our town I used to have to regularly cross at a busy junction. The green man would only ever show up once every other cycle, for no reason whatsoever.:rolleyes:

You also have the others at actual pedestrian crossings that make you wait for no reason at all before it decided to go red. Blatently no one has used the crossing for at least 5 minutes so why not just change instantly?

So yeah, I press the button and then cross whenever I see fit...
 
Personally I like beating the little green man and hearing the all clear just as I have finished crossing... It's a little game we play :p
 
Normally I cross when the green man says I can but if there are no cars approaching from either direction and its safe to cross then I'll leg it across. :D
 
Nothing more annoying than a load of people (usually oldies) in front of you standing there like mellons waiting for the lights when it is obviously safe to cross.

Cross FFS. LET NATURAL SELECTION DECIDE!
 
Depends, if I'm walking on my own I don't normaly bother waiting unless traffic is busy, but if I'm with friends and chatting to them and only keeping one eye on the roads then I'll wait.
 
What i hate is, a few people will press the button and then walk, leaving me waiting there at red lights with no-one waiting to cross ... bloody *****
 
I watch the traffic lights to go red then walk out into the oncoming traffic knowing that if I get squashed they are in the wrong (or something like that)

If you feel under where you press there is usually a little nob thing that turns when it is safe to cross - useful for visually impaired people when there is no beeping. Next time you're at one try and find it.
 
Traffic first then lights second, only when I'm happy with both (or the road's empty) will I cross. I've had 2 mates in hospital from people not stopping for a red light/green man.
 
Once upon a time, there lived a green man in a green house which was in a green district. One day while he was bathing, a female friend of his came round to visit and rang the doorbell. Upon hearing his doorbell, the green man hastily wrapped a towel round himself and went to open the door. At that moment, he accidentally dropped his towel and his friend screamed in shock. Still screaming, she ran off and got knocked down when she dashed across a road. She died, the end.

What is the moral of the story?

NEVER cross the road when the green man is flashing.
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Seriously, depending on traffic, or if it's a quiet road I'll cross when it's clear.
 
One More Solo said:
In London, pressing the button is a total waste of time as the lights are on a predetermined cycle so I refuse to press them out of principle. :p
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It gives the tourists something to do though! :D You can spot all the Londoners by the insane road crossing antics that go on! Myself included! :o
 
I typically don't bother pressing the button as 9 times out of 10 I could cross before the man turns green, and primarily being a driver not a pedestrian I know how annoying it is to have to stop at an empty crossing.

So in favor of keeping the roads moving I just cross when it's safe.
 
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