They may mock us for polite riots, but we all know it's the guys from Oregon that trash stuff

Go Hawks!

Marvelous. Reminds me of back in the Occupy Westlake days, Goldy videoing marchers waiting at the light, deriding them in his inimitable Philly style.

But.... what about the hand-wringers? Those darn Seattlites depriving them of their right to denounce, cast aspersions, and create equivalencies to the WTO riots. Oh, the humanity!

Have you seen the way people drive on that street? Damn right you don't jaywalk. You'd be better off jaywalking across I-5.

@2 reminds me. I'm from the East Coast, like Goldy, and one thing that stood out to me and to my out-of-state visitors is the way pedestrians would actually *stop and wait* for the light to turn green to cross the street, even in the rain, even when there was no traffic. To us, it was the perfect example of the positive civic attitude that makes Seattle so special. To this day, I will stop and wait for the green light, in the middle of night, before walking across the street, specially if there's another pedestrian. I love this positive, trusting, idealistic belief in law and order and I don't want to start any bad habits. We're better than the East Coast. We don't have to be like them.

@5, sometimes downtown when it's deserted I struggle mightily to get myself to cross against the light. It's tough!

@5: I haven't abandoned my jaywalking habits, and I never will! I refuse to wait when cars are already so privileged and there aren't even any around at the moment!

I live a block from here, and I jaywalk this intersection every single day.

It's actually much safer (if you know the signal timing well), in addition to being much faster.

Seattle cops will ticket and run your ID for warrents if you jaywalk. Its not polite behavior, its enforced by years of police policy.