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I think a big part of the problem is that there is too many vague, unspoken rules of the road. Making them explicit would also be impossible because there would

I think a big part of the problem is that there is too many vague, unspoken rules of the road. Making them explicit would also be impossible because there would be far to much to calculate accurately while driving (for the average person). For example: corner to corner crossing is a normal law for pedestrians. Technically, you should always yield the right of way for pedestrians to cross in this manner. Say you are on a two-lane main road through town, and there is tons of traffic. Do you stop at every single corner to let one person cross? The law says yes. Everyone waiting on you is going to say HELL NO! The people that stop at every corner think they are god's angel doing the right thing, but really they are being a massive sh*t head. That's just one example of the fuzzy line between breaking the law for the common good or following the law to a tee to the detriment of everyone on the road. Obviously, the best solution is just better city planning so that pedestrians rarely have to interact with traffic. When they do have to interact with traffic, it should be limited and explicit ( red lights, big marked crosswalks, etc).

saosebastiao 9y ago
> That's just one example of the fuzzy line between breaking the law for the common good or following the law to a tee to the detriment of everyone on the road. Except your “common good” isn’t common. It benefits drivers by mere seconds in exchange for a mortal risk to pedestrians. Like it or not, but the law is written as is for a reason: pedestrians are the lowest common denominator of society. Everybody is a pedestrian some of the time. When your expectations are for pedestrians to go several minutes out of their way to find a light and crosswalk so they can cross the street, just so you don’t have to slow down for a split second, it is you that is being the complete shithead. Luckily autonomous cars will soon make all of the enpathy-deficient sociopathic shitheads wait their turn, like they should have been doing all along.
- iamcasen 9y ago
  It doesn't impact drivers by mere seconds. It creates traffic backups all the way across the city. When a driver waits 3 blocks in a row for pedestrians to cross, it creates a backup of probably 30 cars. This is my daily experience in my city. I don't think pedestrians should go way out of their way to cross, I think they should just wait for gaps in traffic. Likewise drivers should use good judgment and stop for an old lady, but keep going if it's an in-shape jogger.

saosebastiao 9y ago

> That's just one example of the fuzzy line between breaking the law for the common good or following the law to a tee to the detriment of everyone on the road. Except your “common good” isn’t common. It benefits drivers by mere seconds in exchange for a mortal risk to pedestrians. Like it or not, but the law is written as is for a reason: pedestrians are the lowest common denominator of society. Everybody is a pedestrian some of the time. When your expectations are for pedestrians to go several minutes out of their way to find a light and crosswalk so they can cross the street, just so you don’t have to slow down for a split second, it is you that is being the complete shithead. Luckily autonomous cars will soon make all of the enpathy-deficient sociopathic shitheads wait their turn, like they should have been doing all along.

iamcasen 9y ago
It doesn't impact drivers by mere seconds. It creates traffic backups all the way across the city. When a driver waits 3 blocks in a row for pedestrians to cross, it creates a backup of probably 30 cars. This is my daily experience in my city. I don't think pedestrians should go way out of their way to cross, I think they should just wait for gaps in traffic. Likewise drivers should use good judgment and stop for an old lady, but keep going if it's an in-shape jogger.