# Cars waiting overlong for pedestrians/bikers at intersections

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-waiting-overlong-for-pedestrians-bikers-at-intersections/1000791>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 26, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-waiting-overlong-for-pedestrians-bikers-at-intersections/1000791 "2024-04-26T13:03:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-waiting-overlong-for-pedestrians-bikers-at-intersections/1000791/61 "2024-04-29T00:13:52Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
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> I thought that was common sensical.

It is very common sensical. The faster a cyclist can get safely through intersections, the less pissed motorists are at us! 🙂

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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-waiting-overlong-for-pedestrians-bikers-at-intersections/1000791/62 "2024-04-29T01:53:00Z")

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Tiny hijack - I am now going to try using the word “overlong” in an email this week at work. Okay, back to the thread…

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-waiting-overlong-for-pedestrians-bikers-at-intersections/1000791/63 "2024-04-29T15:55:02Z")

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I’ve done most of my adult driving as in Boston, New York City, and New Jersey. So I would say consider yourself fortunate that the cars stop for you at all while you are in the crosswalk (not that it seems to stop people from just walking into the crosswalk without looking anyway).

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