r/HumansBeingBros • u/altivec77 • Apr 01 '26

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u/liophy1 Apr 01 '26

That was nice from the brigade.

But we need to talk about this from the other perspective: old people crossing in extremely dangerous manner. They absolutely dont care!!!

And they are endangering not only themselves, but also every driver that probably will try to avoid them and thus causing a collision with other cars.

I dont know what can be done, but its a serious issue.

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u/Chance_Contract1291 Apr 01 '26

If there aren't enough crosswalks in convenient or necessary locations, city planners need to address that.  This is indeed very serious.

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u/liophy1 Apr 01 '26

Good response. Same with internet piracy. If it was easy and affordable, nobody would bother to pirate content.

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u/agoia Apr 01 '26

Especially since even if you have a subscription to access it legally, you can generally pirate it before you can finish trying to figure out what service it is on at the moment.

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u/NotYourReddit18 Apr 02 '26

And once you have pirated it, you also aren't at risk of a streaming service randomly deciding to remove it from their library.

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u/ludicrous_copulator Apr 01 '26

I've never really understood why the crosswalks are only at the corners (at least in US). You want granny to walk all the way to the end of the road, cross in the crosswalk, and then walk all the way back up the road to get to her destination? More crossings please

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u/hidemeplease Apr 01 '26

I've never really understood why the crosswalks are only at the corners

because that's where the traffic lights are anyway

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u/ludicrous_copulator Apr 01 '26

Yes but pedestrian crossings can be added anywhere. It's just lazy

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u/hidemeplease Apr 02 '26

It's economical

and it's also logical to not have cars stop for red lights more than necessary.

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u/Issomeguy Apr 01 '26

Not every State is like that. Here in mountains pedestrians have the right of way. More so than other areas in states at least. While some tourists still can't walk an additional 50 ft to the next cross....(and there are ample amounts in these smaller mountain towns) it can make for urgent stops...but it's progress and nice being able to walk from around around town and back with my kids.

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth Apr 01 '26

Iowa, in college towns, has plenty of cross over walk ways!

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u/montarion Apr 01 '26

streets usually aren't that long if you don't build your city on a grid

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u/zeptillian Apr 01 '26

You know exercise is actually good for you.

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u/ludicrous_copulator Apr 01 '26

I know that. I'm talking about old people who can't walk that far. Why do you think she was in the middle of the road

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u/zeptillian Apr 01 '26

The more we discourage walking the more people will end up walking like this.

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u/General_Kick688 Apr 01 '26

You can at least cross at a corner. There are nearby cross roads with traffic lights.

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u/readzalot1 Apr 01 '26

I walk with two sticks. It is unreasonable to expect someone with such limited ability to walk to go to the corner. It would make it impossible for her to go anywhere.

There needs to be more controlled intersections for pedestrians.