I'm surprised that such buttons even exist in the US.
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They often do nothing.
My city surprisingly set ones up at certain intersections, where the walk lights won’t change UNLESS you hit the button. Had to get back in the habit of pressing them again
There's one on my bike ride home that's wired backwards. You need to hit the one that controls the perpendicular flow to go straight.
I sent in a service request to the city, but they said it was the state's responsibility and forwarded it.
Just like the "close" buttons on elevators. They make you feel better. Often, the buttons don't actually exist, and the "walk" light is on the same system that allows cars to go the same way.
Sometimes they make clicky sounds when you press them
I have become convinced that people get addicted to speed. One of the fastest ways to make some people's blood boil is simply making them drive a little slower; even if it's so marginal that it can't actually possibly affect when they arrive at their destination they become furious.
The US loves to have wide, straight roads with great visibility and no obstacles on which cars could easily, safely do 80MPH (in the absence of other drivers of course) but with artificial limits of 30-40 miles per hour that everybody obviously ignores because - hey, just look at the road, it's begging for people to go faster. The Netherlands by comparison generally does a great job of managing drivers' expectations by adding artificial curves, places where cars have to gently swerve, setting trees along the roads that give a feeling of constraint and not "wide open place to floor it", etc. Of course you still see people here losing their minds because they have to wait for pedestrians to cross once the light turns green, but it's not as bad as my experiences in the US.
Addiction to speed is a part of it. I think being trapped in a car actually creates a lot of psychological issues. Another one that doesn't get mentioned enough IMO is claustrophobia. All these psychological issues are probably big contributors to road rage.
Fuck Jeremy Kauffman.
The sense of entitlement of people inside cars is staggering
But they stop anyway for the other traffic
Hint of misandry too, implying it's not manly to follow traffic safety laws. Dude probably has personal hygiene too and Mr. Jeremy Kauffman would point out washing one's butt is gay.
Genuinely hilarious!
How dare we let the elderly, children, and disabled cross streets! They’ll get away!!!