Danger@The Street Crossing & Pavlovian Conditioning

The other day I was waiting for the traffic/pedestrian lights before crossing the road. Upon hearing the sound of the pedestrian meter I was about to cross, until I realised it was still red. This has occurred on frequent occasions owing to the association between the pedestrian meter sound & safe passage to walk (because the the sound is emitted when it's green lights for pedestrians). It's analagous to the experiment with Pavlov's dog, he rang a bell whenever it was feeding time & so the dog salivated in anticipation as soon as the bell was rung. Whenever the pedestrian meter sounds I begin to step forward, which can be somewhat hazardous, as often the sound is coming from another meter in close proximity rather than on the actual crossing in front.