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proviethrow t1_j8ncsuk wrote

You need to defensively walk in this fing place. Walking around “rush hour” (impatient npcs race to get home) is suicidal.

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Locksmith-Pitiful t1_j8nyy47 wrote

I don't know why you're getting downvoted when you're absolutely right. People fucking fly down North Main and act like nothing else exists.

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[deleted] t1_j8oi5w4 wrote

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proviethrow t1_j8py8v8 wrote

Reality hurts. Aggressive down votes from the doesn’t know how to take a left turn crowd lol.

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boop-snoot-boogie t1_j8ot2u7 wrote

This comment is getting downvoted (not by me, fwiw) because despite what I assume the intended meaning was, the language of suicidal pedestrians vs homicidal motorists is off-putting and pretty perfectly illustrates the mindset that causes these pedestrian deaths in the first place. The car-centricity of our built environments is literally killing tens of thousands per year and yet we immediately (intentionally or not) blame or implicate the pedestrian and not the motorist/urban planner/city rep/state rep whenever a fatality occurs.

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anemonemometer t1_j8qcm5a wrote

Agreed. So many people try to rush and do the pittsburgh leftas soon as the light turns green without looking for pedestrians. I had to learn to not just look both ways, but backwards and forwards too to avoid getting hit when crossing the street.

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_j8qcne7 wrote

Pittsburgh left

>The Pittsburgh left is a colloquial term for the driving practice of the first left-turning vehicle taking precedence over vehicles going straight through an intersection, associated with the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area. In other locales, the practice is also referred to as a Boston left or New York left. It is a potentially illegal and controversial practice.

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Ristray t1_j8o43zr wrote

Agreed. Obviously there's ways the city/state can implement better roads and techniques that try to hinder driver's driving erratically but on the other hand sometimes you just have to try your best to look out for yourself when possible. It just sucks when it's young children, the elderly, the disabled, and anyone else who might not be able to do the things to protect themselves from bad drivers.

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