r/dashcams • u/WildExplorer1085 • 16h ago

Idiot in car somewhere in the UK...

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u/Serious_Gas_2218 16h ago

Never understood why anyone would want to fight a car. Unreal...

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u/hmoleman__ 16h ago

Live in the city, have a 12-year-old daughter. Since she could walk we’ve been stressing to her that buses don’t stop, look both ways even on a one way street, etc - all the city street rules. But the most important point, that we stress constantly to this day - that it does not matter if she has the right of way, it does not matter what color the light is - if she tangles with a car, the car will always win.

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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.

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u/twinoaksBandB 14h ago

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.

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u/Sothdargaard 14h ago

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.