[realcity]

This is just an observation. When pedestrians are waiting to cross at a crosswalk, for the red hand to turn into a white man, why do they have to basically balance their self on the curb edge?

I mean, you can stand one or two meters back and wait for the whiteman. It won't get you across faster because you're balancing on the curb inches away from 1000 kilo bullets.

Would anyone do that on a mountain cliff? Well it's kinda the same thing.

Personally I always stay back from the road when waiting for the signal and I taught my children that as well. I guess that's natural selection in process.