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There's a bar near me with a big glass window front. We quite often sit with a beer and watch the world go by outside. There's a pelican crossing a few feet to the left and it's amazing how many drivers simply ignore the lights. Last night I watched a Prius taxi drive through the red lights while people were on the crossing. A stunning display from a "professional" driver.
I had my foot run over once while waiting at lights on the motorbike.
I had that too - bloody hurts! The guy who did me had a broken arm in plaster and in a contraption so it was kept at a right angle, not entirely sure he should have been driving at all.
The big new thing here seems to be going around traffic islands on the wrong side of the road. Scooters here don’t give a toss and last week I’d stopped at a zebra crossing and one followed by a proper biker just went around on the wrong side, ridiculous. Getting the odd car doing it now.
and people would be less likely to do it if they knew big brother was watching.
While I agree tech should be used in this way for the wider interests of public safety, can you imagine the "I've got Hooman Rites" outcry?
The most amusing I’ve seen was pulling up to stop at a red light at some roadworks on the A59 towards Harrogate. The car behind me (Rav 4 iirc) jumped me and the red light. Followed by the police car that was following them. I smiled as I passed them a quarter of a mile down the road.
Last night I watched a Prius taxi drive through the red lights while people were on the crossing. A stunning display from a “professional” driver.
People complain about large German saloons but round here, the worst drivers by a country mile are minicab drivers. Zero ****s given about anything anyone else.
The big new thing here seems to be going around traffic islands on the wrong side of the road.
I used to live almost opposite one. Coming down the road was straight through, coming up you had to left-right slightly to go around the island. The number of people who used to straight-line it on the wrong side of the road was astonishing, usually driving something you could fit a grapefruit up the exhaust.
... mind you, when you did left-right it around the island in a hot car on a wet road, this was the result.
Blue car was my parked Passat, black one was a stolen Scooby. The bollards you can see at the back is where the island is. Best guess is he came up far too fast and was caught by massive oversteer, with hilarious consequences.