Originally Posted by
Scrabbler
Might be obvious, but if there is a crosswalk, there are sometimes buttons that can be pushed to help trigger the light change.
I've never figured out how that's supposed to help. Here I am, in the left turn lane, and the light doesn't change. I'm supposed to dismount and walk, or ride, 20 feet over across at least one lane of moving traffic (or bumper-to-bumper stopped cars, probably with the front one nosed way out into the intersection and which might start moving at any time) to push the button, then make my way back to the turn lane to wait for it to change?
Also, around here, triggering the pedestrian signal does NOT trigger the left turn signal. That only triggers if there's a vehicle in the left turn lane.