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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. This is precisely why you don’t text and drive, even when you don’t think there are any other cars in your lane, whatever the fuck that’s supposed to mean.
@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.