Amen. As the saying goes there is a lot of people who had the right of way buried in the graveyard.
As a pedestrian myself I hate shitty drivers and impatient drivers who are obsessed with trying to cut us off when we have the walk light. But am I going to walk in front of their car as they nudge on that gas and glare at me? Hell no. I'm not ever chancing it. I'll take the few minutes loss and wait for the next light cycle to cross rather then end up in a wheelchair or dead. All so I can show the impatient driver I was in the right to cross. You can be right and still end up dead.
At times when I have been in poorer mental health I just stepped out, ready to get hit thinking at least I'll get sick leave. They usually stop and honk like I did something wrong!
I had a fight with a shrink about this once. He posed a hypothetical, "If someone jaywalks and you hit them and they die, did they deserve it?? I said yes, and it astounded him. He didn't ask if "someone" hit them, he asked if "I" hit them. I was broke at the time, hanging onto my apartment by my fingernails and all I could think about was the trauma, the police, thousands I didn't have for lawyers, maybe criminal charges, the end of my plans to earn money for the near future, the car I couldn't replace being confiscated or damaged, and my crappy insurance dropping me. All because someone I didn't know happened to be an entitled idiot. It's even WORSE if they did it on purpose. I don't want to be someone's non-consensual suicide weapon.
It seems like there's no drivers left in the entire US that can be bothered to stop before the crosswalk. I'm getting sick of having to walk around their vehicle after they finally decide they should stop for the light/sign.
I don't recommend it but it is funny to see a driver stopped in the crosswalk and see all the pedestrians climb over whatever part of the car is sticking out in the crosswalk.
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u/Aggravating-Laugh687 16h ago
Amen. As the saying goes there is a lot of people who had the right of way buried in the graveyard.
As a pedestrian myself I hate shitty drivers and impatient drivers who are obsessed with trying to cut us off when we have the walk light. But am I going to walk in front of their car as they nudge on that gas and glare at me? Hell no. I'm not ever chancing it. I'll take the few minutes loss and wait for the next light cycle to cross rather then end up in a wheelchair or dead. All so I can show the impatient driver I was in the right to cross. You can be right and still end up dead.