alt text
Post by Urban Cycling Institute.
text: ‘New study into effectiveness of hi-viz for cyclists in car traffic’
- by Brendan Gavrin
images: Two photos. One is captioned “Driver’s view of cyclist dressed in black”, the other “Driver’s view of cyclist dressed in hi-viz”. Both depict a phone in front of a steering wheel.
I sort of had one of these moments the other day. I didn’t, in reality, but everyone else probably thought I did.
Some jackass was walking across the road an 1/8 of a mile ahead of me on a very busy city street at rush hour. I was running my daughter between appointments, first appointment had started 20 minutes late so we were going to be cutting it really close on getting to #2 on time. Anyway, jaywalker was wearing a hi-vis jacket. He did not have a stop sign or anything in his hands. I figured he was crossing the street halfway because my 2 lanes of traffic were clear for him at that time, the other side was busy.
He made it well past my lane so I went back to sending a txt to my wife about the first appointment (again, no other cars around me in my lanes). As I get near him, doing the speed limit, he starts shouting and waving his arms at me. I still have no idea wtf he was doing out there, but apparently he expected me to stop because he was standing in the middle of a busy street wearing a hi-vis jacket (I wear a hi-vis jacket for work and would expect people to run me tf over if I wandered out into a busy street randomly).
Texting and driving kills a lot of people. You’re being a little sus acting like it’s normal. There’s no excuse, pull over and text if it’s an emergency.
This is a story of you being a dangerous jackass.
@psycho_driver @Masimatutu texting while driving. Assuming you have more rights just because you were in a car and running late. Sounds like the jackass was you.
Username checks out.