Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[tomh009]

Do people really not understand that they won’t get a green if they don’t press the button? I regularly observe this on King at the Waterloo Spur. Now, to be clear, I don’t object to people crossing against a red hand when there is no conflicting traffic and I sometimes do it myself, but I don’t understand how people don’t understand that the button is required in order to get a walking person.

There are quite a few buttons in KW that say "for audible signal only" so it's just a bit confusing to be inconsistent that way.

Right. These are the ones that will not do anything, other than play the Song of the Traffic Lights. But most people don't read that sign and press it anyway, thinking they will change faster.

The far-smaller number that have functional buttons have no signage, I think. And maybe that should be added to make it clear that you do need to press the button.