Crossing the road

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Lol, friends have had to put their arm out in front of me when I had friends. My mother also seems to automatically grab my arm still when I am about to cross too, lol as I sometimes just step out. Must be some subconscious desire to play hedgegog.

I sometimes just step out to and hope for the best lol.
It reminds me of when you see cats running across the road really low without looking for cars. I just walk out and hope nothing hits me.
Sometimes I try and time my walk as well so that by the time I get to the crossing, someone else will be crossing too, so I can walk with them. I hope it doens't look like I'm following them in a creepy way though...

J-walking yes...
even if it's dead I still feel a car will come and hit me

it used to take me 3 rounds of stoplights befor I'd even attempt if I even heard a car in the distance because I know some people drive exceptionally fast and careless. A friend of mine gave me a really hard time about it, and grabbed my hand to drag me across the street, and as I followed, I kept saying "watch, just watch, a car is going to come and splatter us", and as soon as we got to the middle, this woman came driving extremely fast. They stopped teasing after that.

Now that I'm driving, I've noticed, I have this problem making lefts when there is no arrow. I'm horrible at the whole "if it's green then go when you have an opportunity" thing.

Absolutely. One time I was so involved in my own thoughts I crossed a freeway without realizing. I did this a lot in one of the towns I lived in before that was very busy, I'd have really no regard for cars and I'd just cross. Now I'm a bit better but I do still have trouble telling when I should cross, I still tend to 'cut it close' and drivers get angry at me. I still have the "whatever, they'll stop and if they hit me well than they're screwed anyways."

I get angry when they hoot their horn at me and stick my finger up at them

I want to but I'm afraid they'll get out and hit me

Nope, I'm fine with that. What I hate is trying to parallel park, especially if you have to back up. I HATE driving in reverse. Had to do that yesterday, and it looked like I was about to hit another car, until I got out and saw I had like 8 feet between us.

lol, I'll actually find parking lots a street away to park in and walk instead of parallel parking-since I can't judge distance well one bit, I have absolutely NO idea how close the car behind me is-at least in front, I can judge myself by tail lights.

YES! It's bad enough crossing roads here in suburbia (the rare times I venture out, that is), but NYC is a nightmare for me...Love the whole big city, bright lights deal, and the "lost in a crowd" feeling, but crossing intersections? Absolute hell. People there don't care if a pedestrian has the right of way.

And hailing a taxi is a lesson in pure torture -- I always feel as if my feet will get run over, so after I catch a cabbie's attention, I immediately scurry onto the sidewalk, far away from the street, and wait till the taxi comes to a complete stop by the curb. The drivers look at me like, "hey stupid, wanna ride or not?"

lol, I've done the same with taxis before, and won't step off of the curb until no vehicles are moving in my sight... always afraid they'll drive forward or go into reverse (depending on the side they are on) and run me over.

I went to New York a couple of years ago and nearly died on several occasions crossing the roads.

Yeah, I'll gladly walk further to avoid parallel parking. I also tend to park further away in parking lots just so there aren't a bunch of other cars and people around me for when I back up, and so people don't bash my car's doors.