Once I was on my bike and someone stopped to let me across the street, holding up a ton of traffic. In order to not be rude and force everyone to stop for me I rode across as fast as I could and then got hit by a car coming the other way.
I bitch about this constantly. My partner and I love to walk around town, and people will stop let us cross at weird points in the street. My partner is always happy about this and I correct them every time that “I’d prefer if they were predictable. What if someone behind them got annoyed and didn’t see us and decided to go around and hit us?”
Once I was on my bike and someone stopped to let me across the street, holding up a ton of traffic. In order to not be rude and force everyone to stop for me I rode across as fast as I could and then got hit by a car coming the other way.
Don’t be polite. Be predictable.
I bitch about this constantly. My partner and I love to walk around town, and people will stop let us cross at weird points in the street. My partner is always happy about this and I correct them every time that “I’d prefer if they were predictable. What if someone behind them got annoyed and didn’t see us and decided to go around and hit us?”