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Speaking of accidents, almost got hit by a driver today on a crossing. They just raced through it, even though they don't have priority there, and I would've been hit if I hadn't been paying extra attention and slowing my speed.
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@joepie91 those people are the worst. I had something similar happen to me in a roundabout. And the worst part in my case was they probably didn't even think they did something wrong because I anticipated their fuck up like 5 seconds ahead of time and managed to slow down enough that it "wasn't a problem", but if I had been distracted for a few seconds it would have been very bad.
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@rune I generally make a point of slowing down enough that I will not get hit by them, but not so much that it gives them a free pass to ignore it. Precisely for this reason.
The driver looked somewhat shocked, so I'm guessing that that had the intended effect.
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@rune (They did eventually slam the brakes, at the very last moment)
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@joepie91 I flip off people in public semi regularly instead. Of course it has the downside that the perpetrator might not notice, but I like to think other people notice and think about how fucked up it is that a car driver is bullying pedestrians and bicyclists to that point.
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@rune From what I've seen, that unfortunately often just creates escalation, and a shouting match over who was 'right'. I figure that giving them a good scare as to What Could Have Happened is going to stick a lot better.
(This may not work the same way in countries where drivers *aren't* automatically liable for hitting cyclists)
