Comment on xkcd #2932: Driving PSA

floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• ramirezmike@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  yesterday a guy tried to wave me to cross then started angrily raising his hands like “FUCKING GO!” completely oblivious to the car that flew past his left side in the opposite direction

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Had guy asking me to turn like that and when I refused he gave me the finger as he finally drove on. How come they hold up traffic and then get mad at you for not driving into on coming traffic?

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    • Bertuccio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It reveals how they weren’t actually being polite. They were doing it for themselves, not you, and you denied them their “good deed” dopamine.

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      • Subverb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You’re right of course, but in a broader sense there is literally no action that anyone takes that is altruistic. We only do things that benefit us or, rarely, our group as a whole.

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• Player2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In an uncontrolled crossing the pedestrian always has the right of way. They should almost never ‘wait’ to cross

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  • ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Doesn’t matter if I have the right of way, I’m not walking into the other lane (going 35 mph) and hoping they don’t kill me

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    • Player2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m not saying you should be reckless, but too often I see people be either uninformed or unwilling to exercise their rights. To be fair, I do write with something of an urban bias, where thankfully those kinds of speeds are much less common.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    lmao. That may be true in some places but in others it requires a crosswalk. Also, the rules aren’t going to pay your hospital or funeral home bills.

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    • Player2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      By crossing I mean a crosswalk, some sort of markings on the ground

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Always where? There’s a bazillion different rules about this depending on where you live

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yes, if you can trust every driver to follow the rules exactly and have their eyes open, you can risk your life by walking out. Otherwise you might wait anyway. And the rules about right of way depend on your country and state.

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• MBM@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Oh god, this reminds me of a cringe mistake just after I was getting my license. I was driving up to a crosswalk and there was a kid standing next to, maybe 8 or 9, holding their hand out. You know, just like they learn at school that they should do that to make it clear they want to cross even tho the car is supposed to stop anyway. I saw this and what did I do? I thought the kid waved at me and my new license, so I just drove past and waved back. What the fuck, brain?

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• Takumidesh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Generally pedestrians have the right of way at crossings (unless it’s controlled with a light) in my state and neighboring states, most crosswalks even have signs that inform you to yield to pedestrians.

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