• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    there’s a crosswalk near me that has a 50% historical chance of the approaching driver ignoring the no right on red. of that 50%, roughly 25% are close enough to me that I would say I am in danger and I can reach the vehicle.

    I could absolutely have avoided some of those if I just waited for the car to blow the stop line, but I don’t, because I don’t want to live my life in fear, it’s their fucking obligation to stop and not maim me, and then if I hesitate to walk out that just means it’ll confuse other drivers who stopped for me but then see me not going and take the opportunity to blow the stop anyways as soon as I start walking. I’m fucked either way.

    • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
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      3 days ago

      close enough to me that I would say I am in danger

      but I don’t, because I don’t want to live my life in fear, it’s their fucking obligation to stop and not maim me

      you don’t want to live your life in fear, so you will rather subject yourself to danger of being maimed? that is interesting strategy. who cares whose obligation it is when it is you who is going to be injured or worse?