Planners call for safety overhaul of Winnipeg crosswalks - time to design our crosswalks for "human error"

[CBC]  It takes a lot of courage to cross the street as a pedestrian, even if you're crossing "safely" at a controlled intersection.

And crosswalks — well, they can be even more treacherous, as in, "Is that car going to stop? Yes … no … yikes, it's zooming past!"

So what's a pedestrian to do in this dance with death? It's not as if drivers actually want to mow a pedestrian down, right?
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