I moved to San Francisco in the summer of ‘73 and one of the most startling things was all the cars stopping for you when you started to walk into a crosswalk. Having come from New York State, it was astounding. Sad to see things have changed.
Down on the Peninsula, most cars will stop for you in a crosswalk even without big, colorful chickens.
Here in Idaho, I always stop for a deer crossing the road in front of me because, more likely than not, there will be a bunch of them following the first one. I had to stop for one taking a leisurely stroll across the road just an hour ago. Plus the deer aren’t bright enough to find the nearest crosswalk and they cross wherever they feel like it.
We spent ‘69 in LA and I, too, was shocked by cars stopping if you moved a toe off the curb. Definitely not the style in Chicago.
“...deer aren’t bright enough to find the nearest crosswalk...”
Ha. Reminds me of the lady griping because of where the officials put the deer cross walks. She thought they should have let the deer walk across roads in lesser traveled areas.