https://xkcd.com/2932

Alt text:

This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    52
    ·
    edit-2
    6 months ago

    This applies when you’re a pedestrian waiting to cross too. There are always those drivers who think they’re doing you a favor by stopping one of the lanes of traffic so you can walk out into the other. They smile and wave and look baffled when you don’t take the bait.

    • ramirezmike@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      24
      ·
      6 months ago

      yesterday a guy tried to wave me to cross then started angrily raising his hands like “FUCKING GO!” completely oblivious to the car that flew past his left side in the opposite direction

      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        23
        ·
        6 months ago

        Had guy asking me to turn like that and when I refused he gave me the finger as he finally drove on. How come they hold up traffic and then get mad at you for not driving into on coming traffic?

        • Bertuccio@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          27
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          6 months ago

          It reveals how they weren’t actually being polite. They were doing it for themselves, not you, and you denied them their “good deed” dopamine.

          • Subverb@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            arrow-down
            6
            ·
            6 months ago

            You’re right of course, but in a broader sense there is literally no action that anyone takes that is altruistic. We only do things that benefit us or, rarely, our group as a whole.

    • MBM@lemmings.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      6 months ago

      Feels like at least part of the issue is multi-lane pedestrian crossings. Most of the time that should either be single-lane, a traffic light or a tunnel/bridge.

    • Player2@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      In an uncontrolled crossing the pedestrian always has the right of way (North America and Europe at least). They should almost never ‘wait’ to cross

      • ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        9
        ·
        6 months ago

        Doesn’t matter if I have the right of way, I’m not walking into the other lane (going 35 mph) and hoping they don’t kill me

        • Player2@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          6 months ago

          I’m not saying you should be reckless, but too often I see people be either uninformed or unwilling to exercise their rights. To be fair, I do write with something of an urban bias, where thankfully those kinds of speeds are much less common.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        6 months ago

        lmao. That may be true in some places but in others it requires a crosswalk. Also, the rules aren’t going to pay your hospital or funeral home bills.

        • Player2@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          6 months ago

          By crossing I mean a crosswalk, some sort of markings on the ground

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        6 months ago

        Always where? There’s a bazillion different rules about this depending on where you live

      • floofloof@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        6 months ago

        If you trust every driver to follow the rules exactly and have their eyes open, you can risk your life by walking out. Otherwise you might wait anyway. And the rules about right of way depend on your country and state.

    • Karyoplasma
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      6 months ago

      Oh god, this reminds me of a cringe mistake just after I was getting my license. I was driving up to a crosswalk and there was a kid standing next to, maybe 8 or 9, holding their hand out. You know, just like they learn at school that they should do that to make it clear they want to cross even tho the car is supposed to stop anyway. I saw this and what did I do? I thought the kid waved at me and my new license, so I just drove past and waved back. What the fuck, brain?

    • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      6 months ago

      Generally pedestrians have the right of way at crossings (unless it’s controlled with a light) in my state and neighboring states, most crosswalks even have signs that inform you to yield to pedestrians.