How to use a Crosswalk

When using a crosswalk I typically take one or two steps into the street and stare down the oncoming traffic with my "Are you out of your damn mind?!" glare. Think Wesley Snipes in Blade when the police show up and start shooting him and he yells, "What the fuck, are you outta yo' damn mind?!" which by the way is the best possible thing to say to somebody who just shot you. Usually people stop when there is a pedestrian in the crosswalk looking at them like that. I figure, though, I'm also set if a car doesn't stop because I imagine I'll get to haunt them forever; if you looked up just in time to see a young man standing in the road staring you down, his gaze piercing your soul, right before running him over and killing him I imagine that experience would trouble you for the rest of your life. So yeah, I'll apparently feel better about my untimely demise if it ultimately ruins someone else's life...?