The infamous crosswalk button

When crossing a busy street – it is very important to follow the walk signals. But how can you expedite the signal change from the “Talk to the Hand” to “Man Dancing the Robot” signals? Some people come to the corner of the street and just stare at the signal. Unless they have superpowers or are mentalists, the signal isn’t going to change any time soon. Maybe they are germophobes and don’t want to press the walk signal button for risk of being infected. Then there are other people who press the button constantly until the signal changes. Their rational is that if you press the button 100 times - the traffic signal will think that there are 100 people waiting at the corner. Clearly you can’t keep 100 people waiting on the corner – that’s just rude. I notice where I live that when the school crossing guard presses the walk signal button it changes immediately – almost like the traffic signal fears the wrath of the crossing guard. I tried wearing a fluorescent orange vest and pressing that button – the signal didn’t change any faster than usual.

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