Most of the lights in my area do try and alleviate this some by having the pedestrian signal active for a little bit before the car signals go green. It only works though if you're at the light when the pattern starts, if you get to the intersection in the middle of it than it is still a problem. Also some drivers see the pedestrian signal and use it as their own green light anyway so I still need to be really cautious.
Yeah lane passing is super common in Seattle when someone is trying to turn. They recently redid the entire setup of the intersection by my apartment because people kept zooming around and getting into collisions. I'd say I used to hear or watch a collision about twice a month.
Most of the lights in my area do try and alleviate this some by having the pedestrian signal active for a little bit before the car signals go green. It only works though if you're at the light when the pattern starts, if you get to the intersection in the middle of it than it is still a problem. Also some drivers see the pedestrian signal and use it as their own green light anyway so I still need to be really cautious.
Yeah lane passing is super common in Seattle when someone is trying to turn. They recently redid the entire setup of the intersection by my apartment because people kept zooming around and getting into collisions. I'd say I used to hear or watch a collision about twice a month.