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This is how pedestrians die on Chicago streets (cdn.imgchest.com)

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This happens virtually every single day. Drivers in Chicago would rather commit vehicular manslaughter than wait 5 seconds for someone to cross.

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 27 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

This is called "the wave of death".

When a road is two+ lanes, and the closer lane stops to wave a pedestrian through; the other lanes often cannot see that there's a pedestrian at all because the car is blocking the view. They just see a car stopped for no reason.

If you're a pedestrian, be extremely careful crossing the road in this highly specific scenario. My stomach dropped when I saw the person not watching where they're going. Obviously the car is in the wrong for assuming there are no pedestrians at a pedestrian crossing… but this is an extremely common mistake when driving.

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[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 23 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

the other lanes often cannot see that there's a pedestrian at all because the car is blocking the view. They just see a car stopped for no reason.

If other car stop at crosswalk, assume person walking cross. How hard can it be? One of the first things I learned in driving school is "if ball, then child!" and this is the same.

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[–] DoctorWhoDMC@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

It’s not hard. But everybody makes mistakes which is why roads are so dangerous.

Being in the right morally won’t save your life when crossing the street. You still have to look both ways and wait to check that drivers see you.

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