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Wow, I can't wrap my head around hitting someone with a car and then berating them before driving away. Psychopathic shit. I hope they catch him.
She didn’t even “come out of nowhere” looks like the driver should have seen her crossing with enough time. That’s assuming he even looked up from his phone
When I was 5, a motorcycle run into me on the sidewalk making me do like a 720 spin while they crashed like 20 meters later. They immediately got up and started cursing at me before they took off when a Kiosk attendant got out. These people have no shame.
Yeah, I've experienced similar two times. The worst time was a cyclist really staring at me as I walked, I didn't change my pace at all and would not have been in his way if he just continued his path and pace. But he did an awkward speed up then tried to break and veered into me, we both fell to the ground and got scraped up and he got so fucking mad. I didn't say anything, just looked at him with a "are you fucking serious?" Face, and that just made him even more mad so he wrestled with his bike to get it up then started walking after me trying to make me stop. But two other adults had seen it all and intervened, I was just an socially awkward and very skinny teenager at the time so I would have not done well by myself.
I think his behaviour sort of makes sense if you consider how scary it could be for him (bear with me).
He's clearly in the wrong. He knows it. Especially in the court of public opinion; he hit a kid, walking to school. It's broad daylight and it happened at a crosswalk. It's not looking good.
Surely, then, it can't be his fault. Taking responsibility is not an option, it doesn't even cross his mind. If he lashes out, if he berates the person he hit for doing something wrong, maybe he can convince himself it wasn't his fault. Maybe he can convince the girl or the bystanders that it wasn't his fault.
I think this is also why people can be so opposed to bike lanes or other infrastructure that promotes mixed use of roads. When most things are built with only cars in mind, it's easier to blame a pedestrian or cyclist because they seem to be guests in a space for cars.
Awwww poor baby. As much as I understand what you’re saying it only works if he’s a monkey brained piece of crap who shouldn’t be allowed near any responsibility ever. His behaviour only makes sense up until the point where I absolutely refuse to allow that to be something accepted as even the worst. It’s not a C- barely-passing grade, it’s a big ol’ F on his human-being report card.
I was not justifying his actions, I was offering possible explanation. I was also not evaluating/grading him or his actions.
No and I get that(even said as much) it’s just that it was fine a few decades ago when people were learning how to be better but at this point it’s not good enough anymore, ya know?
Gives me Southern Ontario vibes. Friends have been in the cross walk and when light turned green drivers aggressively accelerate to get you out of the way.
BC at least has a culture of pedestrian rights. You get near the curb and cars stop.
Man, i’d stand right in front of a car that did that to me. Fuck your rolling death machine, i have rights too. I’ll cling to your hood like a loony if you try to run me over.
I got so mad at someone doing that to me, almost hit me on a turn. I turned on him and yelled/cursed thru his window, approached his window and pointed at him yelling to "Pay the FUCK attention, asshole". I so threw him off he parked for 2 mins on a side road before driving off more cautiously. One day it may turn to something more physical, hasn't yet
Looks like you made a change for the better