Intersections are not, in fact, a race. As a pedestrian, every time you, in your car, feel the urge to drive an extra 5 feet, past the line and blocking the sidewalk, I am now forced to walk into the middle of the street.

If you are going to run a red light, run it. Don’t move five to six feet, block my path then sit there until the light goes green. Why did you move early at all? Just to block the sidewalk?

You not only put me in danger by forcing me to either walk into the middle of the road or behind your car and in front of the half-dazed driver who will no doubt follow your five feet without thinking, you often make me miss my walk light. Sometimes that UPS truck speeding down the road doesn’t look like a good one to walk in front of. Sometimes the person behind you is, in fact, just following the person in front of them, and will hit me.

There is that white line on the road for intersections. You are not supposed to pass that. That’s my walking lane. It’s the same thing as crossing a double white line on the highway as far as I see it. You are not getting where you are going faster by nudging your car up a few extra feet. You are just making it annoying for people on the sidewalk.