I was about to say the exactly the above.
People who evaluate the situation for themselves and cross on their own terms
Re:Crossing The Street
by alwaysdoit on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @02:39PM
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Now that we've read his post, if we follow his guidelines, we're back to being a follower.
He also forgot "people who have been fined or otherwise hassled for jaywalking, and therefore think twice about crossing when the light is against them."
I came in here to say this. People are multi-faceted. They can be risk-averse in one area, but risk-taking in another. I suspect there are better indicators on someone's nature than how they cross the street. IMO, just how they carry themselves is probably a better indicator than whether or not they wait for the light to cross.
Think of the kind of person for whom deciding whether or not to cross the street is so mentally taxing that it's a net gain to not.
Those are not the kind of people for whom that extra brain power will do any good.
These people realize you can only do so many tasks so why not delegate the least value-added (what are you going to gain by earning 15 seconds) of the tasks to someone - or something - else? It's a no-stress, win-win to give yourself one less thing to worry about.