Why don’t I have enough time to cross when the pedestrian signal starts flashing?
At signalized intersections pedestrian signals are used to tell people when it is appropriate to cross the street. The push button directs the signal controller to display the “Walk” indication during the next traffic cycle (it is not instantaneous). The “Walk” display should be interpreted as instruction to ‘start crossing’ the street. Once the pedestrian signal changes to display the flashing “Don’t Walk” no additional departures from the curb should take place. During the flashing “Don’t Walk” phase, enough time is provided for pedestrians to finish crossing the street. However, if walkers leave the curb and begin crossing during the flashing “Don’t Walk” indication, there will not be enough time to complete crossing before the signal changes.
Related Questions
- After calculating the required pedestrian clearance time, is that the duration of the flashing orange upraised hand interval that gets set on the signal controller?
- Where there are pedestrian indications, why is there not enough pedestrian walk time to cross the street?
- How much time does a pedestrian have to cross the street at a pedestrian traffic signal?
