I live in a town with lots of zebra crossings, and they all work great, except for one. The most clearly visible one for traffic. And it's lethal. I cannot fathom why. But to quote Bill Hicks, instead of stopping, drivers just put their foot down and turn the wipers on. - ThreadSky

botherer.bsky.social • 5 days ago

I live in a town with lots of zebra crossings, and they all work great, except for one. The most clearly visible one for traffic. And it's lethal. I cannot fathom why.

But to quote Bill Hicks, instead of stopping, drivers just put their foot down and turn the wipers on.

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jasmo.bsky.social•5 days ago

Have there ever been any crashes with it? Not sure if your local council is one that gives a fig, but family of mine had a similar issue with a crossing and successfully petitioned the council to install traffic lights. Requires a bit of legwork but it makes SUCH a difference.

botherer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Lights there, as evidenced by roadworks, would grind the whole town to a standstill. It's a tricky one.

black13.bsky.social•5 days ago

I miss Bill Hicks he'd have so much fucking material nowadays

sublexical.net•5 days ago

I've got one of these on my street, drives me crazy. I'm dreading the day I have to explain to my kid "no no we don't use this one it's cursed".

bobbyjack.me•5 days ago

I'm not sure what the etiquette is for thanking drivers who don't plough you down.

botherer.bsky.social•5 days ago

I refuse to do the "thank you" wave at crossings. They have to stop by law. It'd be like thanking people at traffic lights. MADNESS.

bobbyjack.me•5 days ago

Yeah, it feels totally wrong. But when a car on one side slows down nicely, and a car on the other screeches to a halt, I'm not above overtly thanking the former while pointedly ignoring the latter.

laggyluk.bsky.social•4 days ago

Cars should be illegal

botherer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not if I'm the one driving.

laggyluk.bsky.social•4 days ago

Contested opinion

botherer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yesterday, a car DID stop there for a friend, but the car behind it furiously honked then DROVE AROUND IT to drive straight across the crossing, narrowly missing their kids.

I think it might be cursed.

arthurbarnhouse.bsky.social•5 days ago

Do you live in Lubbock Texas or something? That’s insane.

botherer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Mild-mannered English Keynsham.

arthurbarnhouse.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not at all the conventional wisdom about the British honestly.

botherer.bsky.social•5 days ago

One time I walked down the pavement PASSED it, with no intention to cross, and a driver who had slowed in case began repeatedly honking his horn and wildly gesturing at me. For not crossing!

Totally cursed.

craiggrannell.bsky.social•4 days ago

Maybe it’s the cousin of our crossing next to a dangerous crossroads on a route to two schools for kids as young as 5. That one appears to, for some reason, have ~5% of drivers think the red light is optional and blaze right through while the little green man is showing and kids are about to cross.

botherer.bsky.social•4 days ago

And of that 5%, I assume 100% are Audis and BMWs.

craiggrannell.bsky.social•4 days ago

I imagine it would be a pretty high number. 100% massive wankers, for sure. “Hey, kids. Wait for the little green man. Look left. Look right. Then check again, for some tosspot who wants to blaze through the lights so they can join a queue on the other side, which might later save them 30s of time.”

craiggrannell.bsky.social•4 days ago

* holds self back from writing approx eleven billion posts about how shit Hampshire County Council is about this stuff, despite one councillor very nearly being mown down one morning while “proving” to “unreasonable parents” that one of the walking routes was safe *

craiggrannell.bsky.social•4 days ago

I wish we had more here. (Zebra crossings, that is. Not cursed ones.) We have islands or lights. Sometimes both, but one spot with both has NO pause for pedestrians. I’m informed this is because it would “cause congestion”. Natch, the spot is on the “safe walking route” to schools.

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