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As for safety, always look left and right when you cross, just like how your were probably taught as a child, really. Because of today's rise of mostly silent e
by astrobe_ 4y ago
As for safety, always look left and right when you cross, just like how your were probably taught as a child, really. Because of today's rise of mostly silent electric vehicles, and because of drivers distracted by phones sometimes, you should not cross "by hear", if it ever was a good idea (I used to do that), even if you have the green light. Be extra cautious if a large truck or bus blocks your view. Remove your headset/earphones in high traffic environments.
The author mentions other (hostile) people as a potential problem, one could also mention wild animals or straight dogs in urban environments. I had a couple of encounters with lost dogs myself, thankfully they were not hostile. Advice on how to behave from "pros" would be welcome.
- swayvil 4y agoGay dogs, otoh, are generally friendly.
- imoverclocked 4y agoStrike another win for auto-corrupt.
- _Algernon_ 4y agoWhat's corrupt about happy dogs?
- astrobe_ 4y agoIt's actually entirely my mistake. Non-native speakers say funny things sometimes ;-)
- imoverclocked 4y agoSo do native ones :) FWIW, you speak English better than I speak anything else.
- stevesearer 4y agoAnother benefit of regular walking is that you grow more attentive and courteous to pedestrians when you are driving.
- imoverclocked 4y agoSo much this; It's really easy to be upset at others for not conforming to your expectations in a car. Stepping into another mode of transportation (walking/cycling/even a different kind of motor-vehicle) can do a lot to expand your awareness of others constraints.
- ketanmaheshwari 4y agoI would add that absolutely do not cross if a car has stopped at a stop sign UNLESS you have an explicit signal from the driver. Most drivers have an almost instinctual stop & go at such stop signs and not in response to seeing a pedestrian. Always wait for the driver to see you and have a nod with them so you are sure they have stopped for you.
- Zircom 4y agoMy girlfriend used to smirk and roll her eyes at me when I would stop and stare at drivers and wave to them when we would cross in front of them at crosswalks and stop signs and wait for them to wave back, until someone almost ran us over the one time I didn't. Now she's a waver like me.
- ensignavenger 4y agoAnd even then, you have to be careful of the cars behind them. Was crossing at a cross walk once- the first car stopped to let me cross- the car behind them swerved around them and blew through the cross walk- at about the time I would have been there, had I not been paying close attention and stopped!
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI always do this anyway. I figure if they're stopped I can be decent and let them go, I'm usually not in any hurry when I'm out walking, no reason to hold up the person in the car and like you said it's much safer.
- aaaaaaaaaaab 4y ago>As for safety, always look left and right when you cross * or right and left, if you're in the UK
- nicky0 4y agoor Ireland, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Malta, Cyprus, Kenya...
- hanoz 4y agoOr as we were taught, by Batman, "Look right, look left, look right again". https://youtu.be/_awciO_uFdc https://youtu.be/_awciO_uFdc
- ncmncm 4y agoOdd. I thought UK doesn't have citizens, it has subjects. Maybe that changed when they got the vote?
- chasd00 4y agowatch the freaking turning lane like a hawk too. I got hit by a police car, of all things, once because he was turning and just didn't see me. I had to do the whole ninja roll across the hood and off the other side. I wasn't injured too bad, just a sprung wrist.
- tasuki 4y ago> straight dogs in urban environments. I had a couple of encounters with lost dogs myself, thankfully they were not hostile. Stray dogs aren't hostile. Dogs defending their owner's territory are hostile.