• Skyline969@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    I mean, say what you will about cars but the sidewalk is a dedicated lane for pedestrians. Walk on the street, fuck around and find out.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Plus if you’re walking in the road walk against the flow of cars not with. That way if a drunk driver (or just general asshole) comes swerving down the road you can see it and react.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        my dad always said: walk facing toward traffic, and make eye contact with drivers, so they can be haunted by your face for the rest of their lives if they run you over.

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              5 months ago

              90% of the streets in my neighborhood don’t have sidewalks and I live in a major city. Exactly half of one side of my block has a sidewalk

              • Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world
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                5 months ago

                Unfortunately, you probably live in a formerly red lined area. This is a vestige of the past institutional racism from your city. But setting that aside, I was referring to the actual sidewalk present in the photo