AskMeCha: Crossing the street →[More:]Ok, lemme set the scene. I was walking back to lab after lunch and must cross an intersection in which most of the cars turn left crossing my path (or hitting me). I wait for the light to turn green but the little man doesn't appear and I start to walk. Now, the little man only appears when you press the button but nobody uses the button because you have to wait at least one set of lights for him to appear (some timed delay thing). This can be quite a long wait as one set of traffic lights is sensor-activated. So I cross with the green light. The cars turning left usually wait for me to cross, which doesn't take that long as I have full mobility. Today, however, I got honked at and a rude little man gestured that I was crossing at the wrong time. My response was to flip him off (reflex to being honked at - I'm not that nice a person) and yell "Pedestrians have the right of way!"

Now Bunnies, I ask you: who was in the wrong? I'm fully willing to accept that it was me (but will cross the street with the traffic light as opposed to the little man) but I'm thinking it was the fat, hick in the ugly truck.

Extra info for bunnies: there is no left-turn lane, arrow or flashing green. Just one green light.