• SaintNyx@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    The anecdote my dad always told me was being smart is knowing it’s a one way street, being wise is looking both ways anyways

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    5 days ago

    I always do this because I have gone down too many one way streets and found someone else going the wrong way. It’s not uncommon

  • ceiphas@feddit.org
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    6 days ago

    I had an ambulance driving the wrong direction twice already, i keep looking both ways, thank you

  • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    6 days ago

    Pedestrians and cyclists exist. Even on 2-way roads I’ve personally almost been run over multiple times on the right side of the road. A vehicle would drive up to the stop sign, look left, see no vehicles, then almost hit me as they turned right because they didn’t actually look where they were going…

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Yeah well looking the ‘wrong’ way on a 1 way street has stopped me from getting run over, and looking both ways before going on the green has saved my life from a red light runner when I was on my motorcycle.

    • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      6 days ago

      You basically need to assume everyone in a car is an axe wielding maniac out to kill you if you’re on a motorcycle. I had a family member crash after a driver didn’t look left before pulling out of a driveway and put them out of commission for a few months, plus some new hardware. Stay safe!