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If you do it every time, you won't forget when it's important.
My friend complained that there is no reason to use turn signal to show me parking on the side of the remote road in the middle of the night. I just said "It's a muscle memory". Later he bought himself BMW and things came clear.
If someone is going the wrong way down a one-way, you really want to know about them.
It happens more often than you think.
It's true, I don't think very often.
I used to live next to a one way street that was two ways all around it. One of the only one way streets in that small town, next to where all the bars were, in a college town, and there was just enough of a hill to make it so two cars at opposite ends of it could not see each other. It was only a block long but the number of crashes and death defying attempts at crossing it on foot was astounding
I remember a vid of a cyclist going the wrong way down a 1 way street. Pedestrian didn't look that way and bam. Guess who the cyclist blamed.
Where I'm from most one way streets are only one way for cars and such, bicycles are often explicitly allowed in both directions
Not to say that it was the case in the video
I've seen my fair share of people driving the wrong way on one-way roads. Can't rely on people following the rules.
You never fucking know, dude. Better to be safe than sorry. The other driver can be at fault and still leave you with a permanent disability.
I had an ambulance driving the wrong direction twice already, i keep looking both ways, thank you
You should always be looking both ways, if not for vehicles, then at least for pedestrians who have no direction.
One word: bicycles
Two words: electric scooters
Bicycles (and electric scooters) are vehicles that should also be following the same rules as car, i.e. not driving the wrong way down a one way street and not bombing down the sidewalk. I mean, I still look both ways, but that's because people are dumb maniacs on the road, not because bicycles.
You forgot dipshit drivers.
Three words: dip shit drivers.
Four words: I can't spell well.
Almost died once to a woman going 75 on the wrong side of the 4 lane divided road. I dodged her but she hit a car behind me. :/
Always. Look. Both. Ways.
I always do this because I have gone down too many one way streets and found someone else going the wrong way. It's not uncommon
The anecdote my dad always told me was being smart is knowing it's a one way street, being wise is looking both ways anyways
Pedestrians and cyclists exist. Even on 2-way roads I've personally almost been run over multiple times on the right side of the road. A vehicle would drive up to the stop sign, look left, see no vehicles, then almost hit me as they turned right because they didn't actually look where they were going...
I live on a one way street. the amount of times people go the wrong way is too high.
Yeah well looking the 'wrong' way on a 1 way street has stopped me from getting run over, and looking both ways before going on the green has saved my life from a red light runner when I was on my motorcycle.
You basically need to assume everyone in a car is an axe wielding maniac out to kill you if you’re on a motorcycle. I had a family member crash after a driver didn’t look left before pulling out of a driveway and put them out of commission for a few months, plus some new hardware. Stay safe!
if you're ~~not on a motorcycle~~ not in a larger car
This is actually a good tool to explain the difference between those RPG stats that can be easy to mix up:
Perception is noticing you are crossing a one-way street.
Intelligence is understanding cars are only allowed to come from one direction.
Wisdom is looking in both directions before crossing anyway.
Dexterity is avoiding getting hit by the asshole going the wrong way down the street
Strength is dragging them out of the car afterwards
Forgot one
Rizz?
You have to look the other way anyway in case there might be pedestrians or cyclists crossing your path.
Meanwhile:
Me crossing a 6 lane freeway.
How did you post image?
Lemmy uses markdown, so almost any "how" question can be answered by looking up "how to x in markdown."
For example, the first DDG result for "how to post an image in markdown": https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/markdown-markdown-images
Thanks!
Any time I can spread the good word of markdown, I'm happy to do so.
By the way, I don't know which ones, but many Lemmy clients have buttons to simplify common markdown (links and images are notoriously easy to mess up). On my client, Connect, there are a row of buttons below the text entry area to help with formatting and syntax. It's also how I upload images if posting from my local client rather than somewhere already online.
I don't know your client, but it might be worth checking whether these buttons exist for you so you don't have to remember / look up the syntax.
Basic etiquettes in Asia.
Considering some of the horrible drivers out there, this isn't a bad idea
bad habit
Sharing a cautionary tale from personal experience: always look both ways carefully
The first year I got my license (15+ years ago) I looked one way then the other. Rolled forward. Hit a cyclist that was riding full speed on the sidewalk in the wrong direction. Bent front tire and they lost balance. I immediately got to to apologize and ensure she was OK. Offered to call an ambulance, friend, ride to her destination or even a taxi. She declined all of it and ensured she wasn't injured. We exchanged information.
Got them to a bank and ~~Throw them~~ settled for $200 to repair/replace her bike then made them sign a waiver of liability with no fault admitted. She didn't like signing the paper and I told her $200 now and sign or go through my car insurance.
Worth the $200 to ~~make it go away~~ avoid insurance bs.
I always look both ways and glace down the damn sidewalk too for cyclists now.
Edited for clarity.
Full account:
These events happened over the course of two weeks. I didn't think I'd be scrutinized this much over sharing my experience.
Crashed into a cyclist while I was going 5 or 10 mph. No idea how fast she was going but I looked right and didn't see anyone. Then left and rolled forward. Then bent her front tire and she dismounted. My car got up to her front axle.
I immediately got out. Apologized. Asked if she was OK. Offered to call ambulance, taxi or friend. She was upset (rightfully so) but we exchanged info and I gave her my insurance. She turned down my offer to call anyone for assistance or give her a ride to her destination.
I opened a claim with my insurance immediately. Gave my statement. Told them idk what she wants to do but I'm covering my bases.
I called her 3 days later. Asked how she was doing. She said she was a little sore but fine. Didn't go to the hospital. I told her I opened a claim and got a PIP if she needs medical attention. She reassured she was physically fine. I offered $200 to repair/replace the bicycle and she accepted. I told her I'd reach out to schedule it later andy insurance was going to call her for a statement. She agreed.
Told my family about the crash. Glad she was OK. Family warned me to be careful she doesn't continue the claim after getting cash. This is maybe a week later. I consulted a lawyer and they said a letter with XYZ would cover me legally. I also happened to run into a cop at a coffee shop and asked him his opinion. He said it was hard to say but from his perspective I wasn't at fault.
I scheduled a meet up a week after the accident. Set the location near her at a bank. Safe public place. Presented her with the money order and waiver of liability. She initially didn't want to sign so I explained my side.
It's just to cover me so she doesn't continue the insurance claim or sue me after the payment. If she's concerned about anything long term she can continue with the insurance claim or take a payment now with a waiver and we go our separate ways. She wasn't happy with signing a waiver but wanted this behind her so she signed (notorized by the bank) and took the payment.
I really didn't want to say all that because it's a wall of text but being downvoted and attacked for sharing my experience is going to remind me to keep my damn mouth shut.
You were 100% liable for hitting a cyclist and you cheerfully admit to paying them off with a pittance of the damage you caused and forcing them to sign away their rights? That's pretty fucking shitty.
At least your last paragraph makes it sound like you learnt from the behaviour that led to your mistake in the first place.
In America that waiver might have been unenforceable... Or one would hope.
Nope. It was enforceable. Consulted a lawyer. Standard for cash settlements actually. Any time you settle a claim outside of insurance you should have one. Otherwise they could file a claim immediately after getting the cash.
Same shit corps do with "out of court" settlements when someone sues and has a good case to win.
Idk why my reply didn't save but:
I did everything by the book. Gave her my info and insurance. I opened a claim and had them take a statement from her.
I offered her a $200 settlement to replace/repair her bike and she accepted. I surprised her with a waiver of liability and gave her the choice of $200 now or continue with the claim.
I think I handled it very responsibly as my first incident in my early 20s.
Do I feel guilty for hurting someone? Yes absolutely. At the same time I'm allowed to be glad to avoid insurance bs.
I immediately became a safer driver and I hope she was also more careful about going full speed on the sidewalk in the wrong direction of traffic.
Oh and BTW we even had bicycle lanes on the street. In my state you're treated as a car if you're riding the bike. She wasn't following the rules of the road and probably would have gotten nothing through insurance. Everyone told me not to pay her off.
I hope she was also more careful about going full speed on the sidewalk in the wrong direction of traffic.
Literally victim blaming. It's completely normal to travel in either direction on the footpath.
we even had bicycle lanes on the street
Paint is not infrastructure.
I'm done with this thread. Real nice skipping the part about me learning from the experience.
You've already made your stance clear and this is an event from literally 16 years ago.
~~I've been in exactly 2 at fault accidents in those 16 years. This includes driving for 10 hours a day for years working on the road.~~
Yeah I'm done.
Your defensiveness doesn’t make it feel like you learnt from it. You might have learnt how to avoid that kind of crash (crash, not accident) in the future, which is fantastic, but you haven’t internalised that it was because of your own inattentiveness in operating a dangerous vehicle that the crash occurred, and not because of the perfectly acceptable behaviour from a member of a vulnerable group. A vulnerable group that you victimised.
on the sidewalk in the wrong direction.
There is no wrong direction on the sidewalk. Sidewalks are two-way.
Hey I'm a cyclist too and I agree. What i mean by wrong direction is against the flow of traffic. I looked right and saw nothing. Then left and rolled forward trying to get my chance to get into traffic. She came in front of me from the right.
Also that street has seperate two direction bike lanes.
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