Lucky Number Ten

So I believe I saw the funniest thing on Monday.  At my university, a four-lane road separates the main part of campus from the rec center, a few other academic buildings, and the soccer and baseball fields.  There is a single light to stop traffic and let students, and/or staff, cross the road.  This stop is equipped with the pedestrian walkway, walking man and high-five hand, and the buttons that will stop cars.  Further down the road, there are intersections that stop traffic normally.  I bring this up because the pedestrian intersection receives little to no vehicular traffic because of the efficiency of the other lights.

To put this into perspective, if I was to cross this street at noon in the middle of the week, I would have to press the cross button to stop traffic.  This process takes five minutes, no matter how many vehicles pass by.  Zero cars, five minutes.  Two cars, five minutes.  It is a malfunctioning unit.  In the interest of getting to class, working out, or to a ball game, students treat the intersection as no cars, no worries.  This is technically classified as jaywalking.  But when there are no vehicles coming in either direction and your five minutes away from class, who is going to wait for the light?

So back to Monday.  After leaving the student center with a friend, we preceded to wards this infamous intersection to get to class across the street.  On our walk, I noticed a police officer at the entrance to the rec center’s parking lot.  The officer himself had dismounted his vehicle and was waiting at the entrance, watching the intersection.

DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!!!!!

No doubt this guy was waiting for some kids to jaywalk across the street.  The group already waiting at the crosswalk, roughly ten to fifteen students, decided to cross, not waiting for the pedestrian light to guide them.  I stopped at the crossing myself, watching as the officer pulled the crossing group off the sidewalk.  I crossed after waiting for the cross signal (Good boy!), and passed by the “misdemeanor” group.  Now, I didn’t stop to listen, but the officer and one of the students were about to enter a heated debate over the faulty crossing.  I have seen worse jaywalking than what is experienced on campus, and I can say that some of the worst was by the locals around campus.  Why doesn't this supercop, who seemed to have little to do this day, go and get the rest of the unfair people of the town?  I mean, the students did not bolt across traffic, they waited for the entire road to be clear.  They also didn't walk haphazardly into the road, they used the designated crosswalk.  Can’t we get a bit of a break here?
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Until next time.