I’m always amazed to think that my life sometimes only holds to a red light and the car people’s willingness to obey the law. If either were missing, only their will to keep their car clean could save me.
I got mocked a few times as a kid for waiting until I see the cars stop at the red light before crossing. “Mate you can go, the lights red, they HAVE TO stop!”
No pal. They’re supposed to stop. Doesn’t mean shit until i see it happen
Yeah I wait until the man goes green because there are some crossings at intersections where people will go “Oh but but I have to turn here, so I’m GONNA TURN HERE” and come right thought when it’s clearly red. Maybe they’re allowed to or used to be allowed to. Maybe they only look at the light for the perpendicular intersecting road and don’t realise intersections literally alternate. I hate the drivers where I live.
At non intersections, still do the same thing. There are some really shitty designed crossings that send the lights red but won’t tell you to cross then they just release the cars again. This is maybe traffic dampening? But it’s shitty to play that game at a place with a dedicated pedestrian crossing, just give a window where humans can get over.
I’ve lived in plenty of places where when the lights worked, they were optional.
What you’re forgetting is that the other people don’t want to fuck up their car by hitting your car. Usually. Like 98% of the time. It’s the people looking for some mutually assured destruction that are the hazard, and they’re few and far between.
And the social contract accepts that cars kill pedestrians and cyclists every once in a while for the sake of efficiency. It’s dangerous, it’s legalized murder, and we choose to accept it.
That’s why it’s dangerous to cross the street.
I’m always amazed to think that my life sometimes only holds to a red light and the car people’s willingness to obey the law. If either were missing, only their will to keep their car clean could save me.
I got mocked a few times as a kid for waiting until I see the cars stop at the red light before crossing. “Mate you can go, the lights red, they HAVE TO stop!”
No pal. They’re supposed to stop. Doesn’t mean shit until i see it happen
My friend asked why I’m looking both ways before crossing when it’s a one-way street.
Same deal. It’s legally one-way, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some impatient dickhead blasting down it the wrong way regardless.
First rule of road safety (as either a pedestrian or a driver) is to assume everyone else on the road is an absolute moron with no ability to drive.
This is how I go generally in life. /jk
Also, pedestrians go both ways
Law of physics versus law of man, physics win every time.
Yeah I wait until the man goes green because there are some crossings at intersections where people will go “Oh but but I have to turn here, so I’m GONNA TURN HERE” and come right thought when it’s clearly red. Maybe they’re allowed to or used to be allowed to. Maybe they only look at the light for the perpendicular intersecting road and don’t realise intersections literally alternate. I hate the drivers where I live.
At non intersections, still do the same thing. There are some really shitty designed crossings that send the lights red but won’t tell you to cross then they just release the cars again. This is maybe traffic dampening? But it’s shitty to play that game at a place with a dedicated pedestrian crossing, just give a window where humans can get over.
Yep, I still check regardless.
It’s not just a cleanliness thing. Skeletons can cause expensive damage.
Other people is only half of the equation. You have a responsibility to ensure that the cars did in fact stopped.
I’ve lived in plenty of places where when the lights worked, they were optional.
What you’re forgetting is that the other people don’t want to fuck up their car by hitting your car. Usually. Like 98% of the time. It’s the people looking for some mutually assured destruction that are the hazard, and they’re few and far between.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract
It’s why you can go to the store and not worry about being murdered even though there’s nothing preventing that from happening.
And the social contract accepts that cars kill pedestrians and cyclists every once in a while for the sake of efficiency. It’s dangerous, it’s legalized murder, and we choose to accept it.
That’s why it’s dangerous to cross the street.
It’s more like empathy making people not want to murder others
My first motorcycle accident was swerving around someone who decided to go on red.