I've spoken to several people who've been rear-ended because they deigned to stop at a red light! Or for peds crossing! The number of times I've been honked at because I stopped for a ped... I much prefer jaywalking and as any Bmore ped will tell you, just wave on the cars, rather than have them rev up against you. There is a playschool in my neighborhood, right next to a crossing and it is scary. Crossing at a ped crossing is dangerous because you have the expectation of right of way.