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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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
@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 😭
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You deserve all of the brownies you want!
Your story reminds me of an amusing memory: I was crossing a major shopping street (on a green light), and had to walk in front of a car that was blocking the crosswalk. No big deal, except that the driver honked his horn and yelled "move you dumb bitch." I continued across the street, but yelled back over my shoulder: "Don't park across crosswalks. Learn to drive!"
An elegant looking white-haired woman ahead of me must have overheard, because she looked back with an absolutely delicious grin. But a local street person must have also overheard and run ahead, because by the time that car reached the next intersection, a whole group of them shouted in unison: "Learn To Drive!!!"
I don't normally yell at people, but that one time when I did, it was pretty funny.
@shauna in all fairness, just being in or around cars already uses up a big chunk people's patience to start with…