https://xkcd.com/2932

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This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.

  • quink@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    That, to me, looks like an intersection I would never want to turn left on in the first place in anything but the most deserted area.

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    4 months ago

    This applies when you’re a pedestrian waiting to cross too. There are always those drivers who think they’re doing you a favor by stopping one of the lanes of traffic so you can walk out into the other. They smile and wave and look baffled when you don’t take the bait.

    • Player2@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      In an uncontrolled crossing the pedestrian always has the right of way (North America and Europe at least). They should almost never ‘wait’ to cross

    • MBM@lemmings.world
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      4 months ago

      Feels like at least part of the issue is multi-lane pedestrian crossings. Most of the time that should either be single-lane, a traffic light or a tunnel/bridge.