Last year I was walking my dog and was crossing the four way stop at M St and 5th St NW.

A truck with MD plates stopped and we started crossing. As I approached the truck decided that I did not have right of way and almost ran over my dog.

It was so egregious the man behind him pulled up and rolled down his window to tell me how fucked up that was.

People are just self absorbed plus know basically nothing will happen to them in DC so it’s a free for all out there.

Nothing freaked me out more than crossing any street alongside NY Ave. Drivers making a left will focus solely on oncoming traffic and will try to gun it to make it across a left turn yield intersection without looking for pedestrians before committing.

It got so bad that if I saw a car trying to make a left, I’d just wait until they made it.

For those driving, drive with your eyes, your hands will follow. Another way of saying always look before you turn. Something a race car instructor told me years ago and heavily emphasized, applies for on the street as well.