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I don’t know how it can possibly be done. I can’t do it myself. My ten minute drive through my Bay Area town looks like a comedy police chase complete with two
by cgriswald 6y ago
I don’t know how it can possibly be done. I can’t do it myself. My ten minute drive through my Bay Area town looks like a comedy police chase complete with two guys carrying a big frame of glass, every day.
Pedestrians will run up to an intersection and keep running across without a care even if they’ve just emerged from behind a corner and the intersection isn’t controlled. Others will act like they’re going to cross the road then pivot 90 degrees at the last second. Some almost cross the road and then start walking at an angle to the road rather than completing the cross. You’ll stop for some and wait and they’ll just stand their staring at their phones, only to step in front of you when you guess they’re just catching an Uber.
Some people wave to mean you should go. Some wave you away like they’re shooing a fly, meaning they’re going no matter what you do.
Some approach the crosswalk and then step out into the street ten feet in front of it.
I’ve seen construction workers who think it’s cute to dance out their instructions. I had one who leapt across the road and then waved me through... a gap of about half my car’s width. I’ve seen both ends of constructions workers wave cars into single lane pass throughs; both human drivers realized and waited for them to figure it out.
None of this is the really crazy stuff I see fairly regularly. It’s just the every day stuff. And it’s all combined with crazy non-standard signage, careless construction equipment drivers, and bicyclists who are a whole other ball of wax.
- INTPenis 6y agoSpeaking of waving. That's one of my pet peeves in traffic. We're taught here in Sweden to NEVER EVER wave anyone ahead in traffic. Always obey the traffic laws and regulations about who has right of way and who has to yield. While still staying alert and prepared to react of course. So imagine a two lane road where one driver waves a biker ahead to cross while in the 2nd line a self-driving android is coming.
- cgriswald 6y agoI witnessed an accident where someone stopped short in the left turn lane (which was waiting for the red to change) to wave someone coming the opposite way through to a gas station on the other side. The wave he meant was “I’ll wait here for you.” The wave she saw was “All clear go ahead and turn.” She turned, right in front of someone in the through lane and got hit. She then tried to blame the car that hit her saying the driver was speeding. I got involved as a witness and I know she ended up having to pay that driver’s damages. I’m not sure if she tried to go after the waving driver but that would have been the smarter move.