Derek van Vlietit happened again, so it’s time for a reminder:
Drivers, please do not wave pedestrians and cyclists into situations on the road when they do not have the right way. I know it feels like the polite thing to do, but it is incredibly dangerous
Bruce Elrick@derekvanvliet
I resort to manipulating the driver by behaving in a way that makes it unlikely for them to offer to yield.
For example, I might slow down early to make the amount of time they have to wait to make the offer uncomfortably long.
I might purposefully direct my attention elsewhere in the intersection at the time when they would naturally want to make their yield offer.
@derekvanvliet
In a car I try (& sometimes fail) to come to a complete stop (& sometimes even look around again for a moment after I stop) at an intersection.
These days I have to add into the calculus that if another car is arriving such that I arrive slightly before but come to a complete stop while they arrive slightly later & just slow down, that they will misinterpret my stopping as an offer to yield the intersection to them.
In those cases I will also try to apply the former technique.
Jemaleddin Cole@virtuous_sloth @derekvanvliet
I’ve done both of these things and more and sometimes the driver sits there and waves and waves until they get angry. 😟
sidb has moved to mstdn.social@derekvanvliet This happens to me constantly. If I decide I’m not just going anyways (often because they’re blocking only one of two lanes, not sure how they think that’s gonna work), I’ve found that my most effective tactic to persuade the car to leave is to come off my seat and plant both feet on the ground, and if they don’t immediately get the message, I take my phone out. They *always* go then.
@sidb yup. i will wait until i turn to dust before i roll into traffic
Daniel Karp@derekvanvliet or, for that matter, other drivers.
@karptonite yeah there’s a certain type of driver who delights in deputizing themselves as traffic cop on a whim