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Pedestrian crossings
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2016–2024), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Pedestrian crossings, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Wide, busy junction feels terrifying to cross; sidewalk stops, forcing side switches2024-08-02
- Sidewalks stop or jump sides, forcing frequent dangerous road crossings2020-11-24
- Pedestrian light turns green after cars have already accelerated through, causing near-misses2020-01-02
- No visible cue that diagonal crossing is allowed2017-07-04
- No feedback after pressing, so pedestrians keep mashing; decoy surface confuses people2016-09-10