Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer
They are sweet. Though on a sociological level I find it somewhat disturbing that the onus is on the ped to get across the street on time.
I think it's more for folks who may be visually impaired rather than an herding mechanism in addition to the flashing walk light. My experiences is that peds mosey along no matter what. Some woman wandered into traffic this morning on my ride in and was swearing a blue streak because no one let her cross. This half a block from a controlled cross-walk.