NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldOPtoCanada@lemmy.ca•While she helped, they honked: Pedestrian asks London drivers to show a bit more empathy
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1 month agoI would really like to live in a town/city that does not have this issue. North America really needs to reassess its roadways and infrastructure.
The path to safe infrastructure is usually not just “remove all barriers” but instead “control the flow of traffic”.
Excellent example! Very rarely do you see a individual just shoot out from behind you in a line and by pass a whole queue of people.
Where as in a car you see people mounting a curb/sidewalk to make a right turn to squeeze past the individual in front of them. Or driving into oncoming traffic to get to the left hand turn lane a few seconds sooner. Or my favourite, seeing people stuck in highway traffic choose to off road to leave the highway, as opposed to waiting for the offramp. Meanwhile a crowed of individuals follows causing a unsafe situation for everyone.
Video for context regarding the last point.
https://www.tiktok.com/@oxtailpapi/video/7222122580495453445