some dude just leaned out of his car to yell at me because he nearly hit me when I had the right of way like jfc get a handle on yourself
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@shauna "permissive left" is a great example of how the traffic engineering profession is a sham
@shauna Somebody posted on our local FB about an intersection that gives left green arrow exactly same time as walk light across in conflict. SOmebody answered "yea, that's how it's done!"
Well, other places the walk light doesn't go on 'til the left turners are done. So it *isn't* how it's done and something to learn.
Also the green light doesn't give you permission to run over people. They give you little fines if you do. "Failure to reduce speed to avoid ..."
Update: the barista at my local coffee shop gave me a brownie when I told him what happened. People are good actually 😭
I do also blame our general traffic designers though bc what I believe he was yelling was "i have the green light!" which very likely was true. Unfortunately lots of intersections give traffic a green light to go through an active pedestrian crosswalk and it is simply on you as the driver of the giant death machine to double check before going thru