DConf 2013 official car/room sharing thread

[Walter Bright]

On 4/18/2013 11:44 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Since then, I no longer assume that red lights, pedestrian walk signs,
> or crosswalk flashing lights mean anything to drivers. You might pay for
> that assumption with your life. *shudder*

The phrase is you don't want to be right - dead right.

The bikers and pedestrians that resolutely expect me to dodge them amaze me. 
They never even look. There'll be 4 abreast walking, sticking out into the lane. 
To pass them, the driver is forced into the left lane. Of course they never look 
to see if the drivers actually will.

I drove around a blind corner once (on a fairly major road) and there's a guy on 
a bike in the middle, stopped, towing his baby behind the bike. I couldn't 
believe it! I stopped and yelled at him I was so upset - he was shocked that 
there was anything stupid about what he was doing.

Another time, a woman is pushing her baby carriage down the center of the lane. 
She didn't even look back as I drove up behind her. I stopped and yelled at her. 
She said "well, if my number is up, my number is up."

Unbelievable.

My dad used to irritate the heck out of me by driving down residential streets 
at about 10 mph. I understand now why he did that.