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sakizashi t1_j2f85xa wrote

They might be looking away from you to see if there is another danger coming like a car is going to swerve around you to enter the intersection.

When walking, I have found that taking even a second to acknowledge one car can put me in danger from another. In other words, you have been evaluated as safe and they are looking for the next thing.

Its a bummer, but we live in a city where red lights are optional and curb sneaking at 20mph to blow through stop signs is a normal thing.

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CorporateProvocateur OP t1_j2f9nen wrote

I think part of what makes me uneasy about it is that when they don't look at me I have this uncertainty that they see me as well. They probably do. It just feels dangerous even though I'm not the one physically in danger.

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sakizashi t1_j2faxll wrote

If you are driving, you need to yield anyway; so there isn't any real confusion about what you should do. It just feels...like people are drones

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