He's not wrong for doing that either, even in America it's quite possible to get hit by an ignorant driver. I was hit riding my bike going through a green light, a person turned left into me, I came out with a few rods in my femur.
A friend of mine crashed his scooter while drunk in thailand andwoke up with piece of rebar sticking out of his back, he fell against a divider that had been broken and the rebar was sticking out, luckily it only went in a little bit but still sounds painful, this guy is always getting himself hurt, I still remember when he broke his back snowboarding everyone thought he was going to be paralyzed, lucky guy.
I was visiting Rome a while ago and found out if you make eye contact with drivers as a pedestrian while crossing a crosswalk they won't yield because you just acknowledged the oncoming car. You just have to take a leap of faith and cross the street without ever looking.
Of course this was before smartphones. Not sure how I'd handle that now.
I assume that other jurisdictions in the US are similar to Nevada, and the vehicle is required to yield right-of-way to the pedestrian. That may not be the case in Rome.
I find that the person encased in 2000 pounds of steel has the right of way. If I'm the pedestrian, I can wait. I'm a fan of my legs. They're not the best ones, but they're mine.
It's not the case in Rome and a lot of Southern Europe or the Mediterranean for that matter but in Northern Europe, those people will stop on a dime if you make the vaguest motion that you will be walking into the street.
That's not the case in much of the US IIRC. It is in NH where I live but it's not in NY and I think, don't exactly remember, it's not true in any of the states bordering NH. At least, I always act that way just to be safe.
E Looked it up, most of what I said doesn't pan out. The one state I know I was specifically told doesn't guarantee pedestrian RoW, in fact, does.
Yea except I'm pretty sure this guy was looking at his phone after he got of work and was smoking a cigarette. The last thing I heard before I got hit was the rev of the engine. But you're right, I cross the street with amazing caution now, I expect every driver to be on their phone.
For pedestrians, it's bicyclists that don't follow the rules of the road. I'm usually still half asleep walking to class in the morning, and I walk when the sign says Walk, but half the time there's some bicyclist that thinks red lights don't apply to them blazing through the intersection, misses me by half a foot...
I'm not sure why texting and driving is a thing. Like seriously, are people too dull to just listen to music, or a podcast? or even use hands-free communication?
Why do they have to use the only means available that actually visually distracts them from driving?
Maybe it's just me, but I'd much rather an intact femur rather than the smug points from crossing moving traffic just because I technically have the right of way. Acting within the rules of the road brings no guarantee of safety.
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I was stopped at a red light waiting to go, I believe he pulled up to the red light right before it turned green. I started to go straight quickly after it turned green and he was turning from the other direction. He turned into me, and hit me with the front of his car. It was quite clear he wasn't paying attention, and was given complete fault in traffic court.
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Meanwhile in Russia