hey, i know that intersection!

[osaraba]

(via thedreamerworld)

Video of traffic at the intersection of 28th & Park shows the "bad habits" of pedestrians, cyclists & motorists. I don't think I agree that this necessarily calls for a revision of street traffic rules in NYC (pedestrians are pretty darn safe in metropolitan NYC), but this video is super fun to watch nonetheless!

I love the point (toward the end) when the videographer labels the "Agressive Yield" of the car toward the pedestrians. Yeah, have to say I really really hate it when drivers do that (though I will admit to having done that myself a handful of times).

This makes me want to re-read Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt.

Comments

[shiroi-ten.livejournal.com]

The risk sometimes is a bit dangerous...I remember reading a book where they made fun of accidents by making them all bicycle accidents. But walking around or biking is dangerous, and I trust in pedestrians to have street smarts and cyclists to miss me by a hair and things like that. So true about the eye contact...I wonder if those people showed some road rage?

Getting stuck in traffic is safer than, well, walking across an open road at night. OH TRAFFIC. I still have some crazy fear or driving because I am so bad at focusing. I have to be glad I biked in the suburbs or I may have had some problems.