Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sy.nthia.dev/users/nthia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nthia</span></a></span> actually no:</p><ul><li>That's what <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/signage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signage</span></a> (both on the road and on posts) and traffic lights that pedestrians and cyclists as well have to adhere to is for, as well as traffic codes.</li></ul><p>Needless to say that ignoring these and choosing to <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuvkAroundAndFindOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuvkAroundAndFindOut</span></a>"</em> is not advised</p><ul><li>The consequences can range from honking and warnings by the police to serious if not lethal accidents.</li></ul><p>Regardless whether one's in the right or wrong, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> don't take (legal) sides.</p><ul><li>I'd rather stop and yell as some asshole on 4+ wheels than ending up as a chalk outline and corpse in a morgue, cuz I have something called <em>'basic <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survival</span></a> instincts'</em>...</li></ul><p>In return I'd rather wait to let some pedestrian or cyclists cross inspite of a red light to them because I'm not an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/antisocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisocial</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wanker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wanker</span></a> and even <em>if I were</em> I'd rather save myself the hassle of having to deal with an accident, as fleeing the scene would basically result in permanent license suspension if not jailtime since it's a felony!</p><ul><li>Also do you know how fragile front-ends of cars are these days? Some senior <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bBVJAFrN0U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">just needs to throw their shopping bag on the hood</a> and most lilely they'll at least dent the hood if not have it's bounce and hit the safety glass windshield, necessitating a full replacement of it.</li></ul><p>Also unlike csrs and motor vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists don't have license plates, so the only <em>"Hit &amp; Run"</em> accidents I've ever seen were cyclists ripping off mirrors (most by accidental collision OFC, rarely as an act of vandalism...</p> <p>In the end, it's pretty simple: Just be mindful of each other and <em>"drive defensively"</em> and not put others at risk...</p><ul><li>It's just that rarely this is beibg followed by those <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SuperUdelessVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUdelessVehicles</span></a>' drivers...</li></ul>