Taxes and Crossing the Street In California

So the democrats in California want to double my car registration, raise the taxes on each gallon of gas by 12 cents and raise the state sales tax by 1 cent. I suggest rather than doing any of these things they start making better decisions when spending my money. For example:

These new fancy shmansy talking instructions were installed a couple of months ago on the corner of Lake Avenue and Cordova. My first question is what to do if you get the steady "Don't Cross" when you are half way through the intersection since if you get the flashing "Don't Cross" you should finish crossing.

My second question is how valuable are these expensive crossing instructions if 7 of the 8 coinciding signs look like this: