Militant PedestrianPedestrians, please stop scurrying across the street just because you see a driver waiting to turn. You have every right to be in the crosswalk and to walk at a pace that is comfortable for you. The driver can wait their turn.
sanae 
(SF)@transbay every time I see someone do the little jog, I remember how people who have trouble moving fast, who can't dodge out of the way of a reckless driver or who can't quite make it before the light changes, are most likely to be hit by a car, and how messed up that is
😀🚲@sanae @transbay this polite bit of scurry-skipping is just adorbs though... was I being menacing, with my bakfiets?
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Attached: 1 video lol at the utter chaos of rampant #jaywalkers and cyclists barely avoiding mowing them down. #streetsForPeople don't need traffic signals.
@enobacon @transbay I feel extra bad when people do it when I'm on my bike because typically if you cross in front of me, even if you're jaywalking, there's no car beside me so I can just turn my handlebar slightly and pass behind you
I've realized that people who don't ride bikes think of bikes as being like cars: hard to manoever, hard to stop, and very dangerous
Matt Casey@sanae @enobacon @transbay a little while ago a pedestrian was crossing the street in front of my bike but hesitated and I made a left-to-right hand gesture to indicate "go ahead, you don't have to yield to me" but they mistook it for a swiping "get out of my way". They were verbally upset in a way that confused me in the moment, but now I avoid that gesture!
Benjamin Ross@enobacon @mattcasey @sanae @transbay Steady pace walking tends to make drivers yield. Even more so when those crossing on foot glare at the driver.
"Make eye contact" is good advice but only if you do it assertively. Glare at the driver to assert your right of way.
"Make eye contact" is good advice but only if you do it assertively. Glare at the driver to assert your right of way.
scott f@BenRossTransit @enobacon @sanae @transbay It's a bit risky, but sometimes I pretend *not* to be looking at the car but at my phone, etc. while still keeping the car in my peripheral vision just in case. It makes the driver think they have to yield because I'm not going to see them and scurry.
@scott @BenRossTransit @sanae @transbay but if they do something to make you look up, then stop and glare at them.
@enobacon one time a driver that rolled a stop and creeped at me yelled that he did it to teach me a lesson because i wasn't paying attention
Efraim Flashner@mattcasey
@sanae @enobacon @transbay I normally go with an upturned palm, as an 'after you' gesture.
@sanae @enobacon @transbay I normally go with an upturned palm, as an 'after you' gesture.
@efraim @mattcasey @sanae @transbay but in a sort of "why are you stopping / I totally understand your trauma, now GTFO the way" way.