Pedestrians in Phoenix Beware

I was not surprised to read in this morning’s Republic (Mar 2) that Arizona has the worst rate of pedestrian deaths in the U.S. I live in a residential area near downtown Phoenix and only a couple of days ago I was returning from an exercise walk during rush hour, so I went to the crosswalk on 15th Avenue across from the golf course club house. I stood there at the well-marked crosswalk while five north bound cars passed by. I then proceeded to walk to the center of 15th Avenue and stood there in the middle of the crosswalk while four more southbound cars passed me. No one stopped.