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> 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.
by 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 agoIt 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.