Originally Posted by
Marcus_Ti
More like...drivers don't expect anything to be moving in the sidewalk ever. Peds or cyclists. It is basically a given at every crosswalk I come to that a car is going to stop at a red light right in the middle of it fully blocking it. I also expect right/left turns on red without checking for peds. It happens so frequently that is what normal is.
Only when the light turns red and their vehicle is fully impeding the crosswalk do the look and act surprised someone wants to use the legal facilities.
On rare occasion I end up stopped in the crosswalk and I hate being "that guy."