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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptorHave you been to Italy? I do this on every street because there is a serious chance of finding a bike, or electric scooter or even moped going the wrong way.
SkullgridI got a driver from the airport to my hotel in Rome. I decided that in Rome you’re allowed to break one law at a time while driving. So you could drive on the wrong side of the road but you still had to respect that red traffic light unless you got back onto the right side of traffic.
I particularly did this when I was in the UK or Japan, but that’s more because I have no faith that I will remember to pick the correct way.
dan1101This. I do this and it has saved me from folks who said “fuck it.” And ran the red.
Yeah where I live there is this funny obsession with waiting for the walk light and soo many people just step out without looking. Meanwhile you will often literally get people grumbling at you if you walk on a red no matter how clear the street is.
This saved my mom just the other day. She sat for an extra second at a green, and the car behind her whipped around to pass her. That car almost got t-boned by the fucking bus that ran the red light. If she had gone as soon as the light turned green, she would have been directly in front of the bus. But she noticed the bus wasn’t slowing down at all, so she waited.
samus12345Yeah, I never trust that incoming traffic will stop and always make sure they actually are before proceeding.
artifexI don’t know where you live but where I do all traffic laws apply to bicycles too.
DownByLawI’ve been to a lot of countries that had exceptions for bikes. But most of the time there is a special sign that allows them to enter a one way street from the other side.
Edit: Looked up one I saw in Germany:
Left sign: „bikes free“
Right sign: „One way street“ and „bike traffic in both directions“
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gigastasioMe: at a stop sign waiting for a car to pass before I turn right
Passenger: “You can go. He has his turn signal on.”
Car: zooms past at full speed without turning
Me:
LemmyoutofhereNever take a passengers advice.
Cemeteries are full of people who had the right of way.
Bananasame as in politics
Great for organ donors though.
I tell my kid “Even if you’re right, you still get the wheelchair. Don’t trust people pay attention.”
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PunkieAs a forced pedestrian (can’t drive due to health issues), this is so true. Also at crosswalks, a lot of drivers turning right while looking left. They always appear genuinely SHOCKED to encounter “a walker.” Like, “A PERSON…? NOT IN A… CAR?? IS THAT POSSIBLE?” Like it shatters their entire concept of the universe and how things work. Yes, I live in America, and this happens in both suburbs and downtown DC.
MinnesotaGoddampart of why i use a mobility device is that i can use it to bang on vehicles and alert them of my presence without kicking/hitting it with my bones, in sitiations just like you describe. a sock full of pool balls would also work.
Even if you look both ways, you can still get killed by a falling flower pot, because you didn’t look up.
And even then there are uncovered manholes.
Oh no, not again.
pelespiritHey bike riders and scooter riders who use the wrong way to go down the street, I do not look both ways when backing out of the building driveway. Be aware.
And pedestrians on the sidewalk…?
I hope theres no sidewalk on your side of the street. Either way extremely bad take
I check the sidewalk, lol
gedaliyahIs it because you can’t afford to pay attention?
😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈Yep, one of the worst crashes I’ve ever had to work, was a wrong way car that hit 2 bicycles that didn’t look. Each bicycle had a parent and a child on board. All sustained very serious injuries. It was a true definition of “blood bath”.
I’m not sure it was necessary for you to bathe in their blood.
Well, kinda necessary, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to render care very well.
Komodo RodeoYou joke, but I was talking to a friend about this just a few weeks ago. I always check both ways on one-way streets after almost getting struck by a taxi reversing at 50 km/h while I was crossing in front of a hotel, and coming within 1 ft. of crippling me. Never trust the signage, never trust the cars.
Some things are good habits whether they are strictly necessary or not. Like looking both ways or signaling your turn.
This is false equivalency. It is always strictly necessary to punch nazis.
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 You’ll get in trouble!
Can’t believe no one mentioned Limmy yet.
Limmy's Show: Wrong Way Down a One Way Street
For a second I hella thought he was gonna have more song there 🤣
gonna be honest, emergencies happen.
Lemmy.zip image proxy fails again.
{"code":"command-failure","msg":"ffprobe Failed with exit status: 1"}oh sorry. try this one:
Thanks, I wonder why that one works. It appears to be going through the image proxy too. I figured you were direct linking or something. Weird.
Was mainly trying to call out the .zip admins. I see these image proxy issues regularly.
it’s because the original image is actually hosted on i.redd.it which may cause issues, especially with weird HTTP headers which some software might struggle with and also with VPNs
DemigodrickBug fix for this was recently introduced, seems to specifically be reddit images.
git.asonix.dog/asonix/pict-rs/releases/…/v0.5.23
Should be fixed going forwards :)
Please ping me directly if you do see anything like this in future!
pict-rs 0.5.23 - asonix/pict-rs
# pict-rs 0.5.23 pict-rs is a simple image hosting microservice, designed to handle storing and retrieving images, animations, and videos, as well as providing basic image processing functionality. ## Overview pict-rs 0.5.22 is a bugfix release for the security fix introduced in 0.5.2...
Defensive driving is for pedestrians too
We look both ways no matter what because that’s the protocol and the protocol keeps us safe. If you believe it’s safe to deviate from the protocol, you’re opening up a chance to be wrong. It’s that simple.
My chemistry teacher told us this when we were first handling dangerous chemicals and it’s stuck with me ever since.
Obligatory Limmy’s Show
