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It seems, that the laws are to blame. In my country, when a pedestrian stands near a crossing tha car has to stop under penalty. Even if the pedestrian is just walking towards the crossing. Drivers usually comply.
That is the law on Ontario, all lanes of traffic must stop for someone using a pedestrian crossover (zebra crossing). The penalty for failure to comply is $1000 and 4 demerits. Fines are doubled ($2000) in community safety zones.
The law isn’t to blame; driver compliance, enforcement, and road design is.
The number of people that slowly inch their bumpers towards the old lady crossing the street so they can zoom past is truly disgusting. Could you imagine treating your own mother like that?
Some stranger? No way.
My own mother? Absolutely.
Anyways, my thought is that crosswalks should default to walking, and if cars want to pass then can get out and press a beg button to get the light.
I think when you press the button to cross a spike strip should automatically deploy directly on the stop line. Inching into the ped area with just the front tires will cost you two tires, running the light costs 4 and probably some scratches in the paint.
They look like foam bricks. Same results, virtually no chance of harm in case of brick throwing. Win-win.
We should pressure our governments to install these in every crossing where >1 pedestrian has been hit by a car
is it legal to carry flashing red and blue lights when crossing streets as a pedestrian? The number of times I’ve gotten stuck in the middle of the crosswalk bc no one will stop is absurd
Ear plugs and an air horn would probably do the trick.
I do this in winter time with a snow/iceball, idly tossing it in the air ready to throw.
Hilarious! 😂
Step 5. Get arrested
For carrying a brick?
Not likely, they look like fake bricks.
Or excessively high quality bricks.
Ah yes, the most mature response to every societal problem - threatening violence.
“Ah yes, this man is forcing me to work 'till death. But i shouldn’t use violence to free myself! That wouldn’t be mature”
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“Guns not being there” is the norm for most of the world.
