• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I recently crossed over a crosswalk which was elevated to the pedestrian level, effectively functioning as a speed bump. There are clear sightlines on both sides of it. Broad daylight, it has huge signs that say “stop for pedestrians”, zebra stripes, and it’s a single lane each direction on a road that cuts through a public park. I didn’t press the button and instead just started walking. A car was coming but had plenty of time to see me, saw me and stopped for me. But then when I had crossed he rolled down his window and shouted at me that I should have pressed the button. Like wtf dude? You saw me, you stopped. Idgaf about a button, you know how this is supposed to work. Get off your damn phone while you’re driving if it’s so hard for you to spot someone stepping out onto such a clearly marked crossing.

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        1 year ago

        I mean I did respond to him, but what I yelled back was, “you’ve gotta stop whether or not the light’s flashing!”