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Something I have always wondered - Does pressing...
September 4 2013 , Written by Ola Fagbohun
Something I have always wondered - Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button actually do anything? http://t.co/1tuJZg2oAw
Ola Fagbohun (@DiverseTraveler)September 04, 2013
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Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button actually do anything?
Lots of people don't bother to press the button at pedestrian crossings. Do they know something the rest of us don't? It can seem like the longest two minutes of your life. You get to a road junction just as the red man appears.
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