Originally Posted by
Iride01
Maybe if they got out of their car and could somehow block the three other lanes they'd be doing me a favor. Otherwise, they are just creating a dangerous situation.
In crash typing, this situation is called "multiple threat", where the traffic in one or more lanes stops, the crossing road user proceeds, and is struck by traffic still moving in the lane or lanes that didn't stop. And what's worse is that the view of the crosser is usually blocked by the traffic in the stopped lanes, so the crosser "suddenly appears" in front of the traffic in the still-moving lanes. It's often a high-severity or fatal crash, and almost killed an acquaintance of mine a number of years ago.
If you've seen signs and markings in advance of crosswalks that say "Yield (Stop) Here for Pedestrians" placed 50 or more feet upstream of that crosswalk, that's to address the sightline problem with the crossing movement. Where traffic stops that far in advance, the crosser is visible to all lanes much farther in advance.