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In an ideal world peds should get an automatic priority i.e. the moment ped arrives at lights the the light goes red, no delay, no buttons.
I agree to a point, but a delay should exist between button presses so that one couldn't be disruptive by pressing the button again and again. (There are some lights where this works and people have done it in the past.)
But, yes, pressing the button should make the lights go red straight away unless they've been red within a certain time period before, in which case there is the usual delay.
Button, delay, red = bad
Button, red, delay = good
Greenbank
The two crossings I go through daily, the light wont go red unless the buttons is pressed. Its so hostile towards peds that it sometimes resets even if you have pressed the button.
In an ideal world peds should get an automatic priority i.e. the moment ped arrives at lights the the light goes red, no delay, no buttons.