Submitted 1 day ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz1IX9N1cd0
I don’t know what it’s like now but when I lived it Melbourne I witnessed several hair raising moments when drivers blew past passengers getting off.
I also do not recall anyone ever being encouraged to step out on to the road to get cars to stop! That’s lunacy if true. Unless I misheard.
It never occurred to me that maybe many of the near misses were by out-of-towners. I think that’s unlikely. Who knows.
I also do not recall anyone ever being encouraged to step out on to the road to get cars to stop! That’s lunacy if true. Unless I misheard.
I might also have misheard it, but I recall being confused by the same section you were. In my case, I heard it not as something people are actively encouraged to do, but as a learned behaviour that’s somehow meant to make things safer. Only, I’m not sure how that’s supposed to work…
I’m the opposite. I wait for a full stop. Even when the light goes green for pedestrians I wait and check the cars have stopped on both sides. I’m always amazed how confident people are that a tonne or two of flying metal they haven’t checked to make sure isn’t there wont flatten them. Light a red light means anything to physics.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
I’ve seen someone hit getting off the tram and it’s really, really fucked up.
I don’t get why drivers think they’re so fucking important that they can risk someone’s life just so they can keep texting on their fucking phone instead of looking ahead.