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UPDATE: Crosswalk Signal At Teller/Fishkill Avenue Does Show WALK Sign, But Not STOP; Button Push Required

UPDATE: The white WALK signal does show up, if the button is pressed to activate it. However, the red STOP hand does not display, nor do the countdown numbers.

After publishing the article that the crosswalk signal was out at Teller/Fishkill Avenue and Main Street, which is across the street from where a woman was killed by a Jeep Wrangler turning left while correctly crossing that intersection, a mini-ALBB reporter pounded the pavement with her mama to run different tests on the crosswalk signal, to see how it was behaving on a Sunday shopping day.

Different test scenarios revealed that the white WALK signal did display if the button was pushed on the crosswalk signal box located on a post several feet behind the sidewalk curb. The red STOP hand did not display at all, nor did the red countdown numbers. The verbal indicator voice did work at the signal cross box, signalling the person to WAIT! or to walk.

The video below shows the behavior of the crosswalk signal, as the mini-ALBB reporter explains how it is supposed to work. The editor has made a note not to cut off her daughter while speaking.