I once saw a jogger push the crossing button on one of the busiest roads in the city and then continue on his way without crossing. I kinda respect that kind of mad-lad behaviour. :)
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I’m taking my 2” recline it’s all I got
One hour commute to the office for a job that could be done from home is the real destruction of time in a human life.
Honestly, I think the solution is to put an arched bridge over intersections. This lets pedestrians to cross intersections freely without disrupting traffic. The big problem is that this requires a bit more infrastructure, since these bridges have to have ramps for the wheel-chair bound, bikers, and people on crutches. There is probably an disability architect who has calculations and knowledge about the costs and planning this kind of thing would take.
...still, probably cheaper than traffic accidents, even if it initially costs a good bit of dough.
I am guessing that at a four-way intersection, the arched bridge would be an X shape, or Lamda-ish if there are three spots. People move to the center, then point themselves towards their destination. The underside of the bridge can host traffic lights.
Making something like that handicap accessible would unfortunately be a nightmare depending on your local building codes. In my country, a ramp for a wheelchair can have a slope of 5 cm per 1 meter (1:20). So if you were to elevate the wheelchair 3 meters above traffic, the ramp would need to be 60 meters long. But that's not all. Hauling yourself up a ramp for 60 meters is tiring, so you also need resting spots every 12 meters. These should accomodate being able to turn and should usually be 1,5x1,5 meters. So to elevate a person 3 meters would require a roughly 67,5m ramp. You can get around the resting spots if you make the slope less steep with a maximum of 1:25. If we're to do this, the ramp will be 75 meters long.
Thank you. This kind of information, while disappointing, is helpful, because architecture is inherently messy, expensive, and has to be thoughtfully planned.
... and then there would still be that asshole who would cross the street between the bridges anyway.
People intentionally say stupid things on Twitter to rile up viewers into arguing in the replies (free engagement!) and get even people who hate them to share their “content”
Twitter was a fucking dumb shit website the moment it launched and it still is.
I genuinely think less of anyone who uses Twitter.
Just for you, Jeff, I'm pushing every single walk button I see, especially when I'm not crossing the road.
Thank you kind stranger. It makes me smile every time i arrive at a crosswalk, nobody around, and the light is already green.
It's a pedestrian version of drivers parking on the side walks as a courtesy to other drivers as to not block the road.
It's the law
While the dude who pressed the button witnessed 100 able, adult people sitting in a polluting metal box instead of walking, cycling or taking public transport.
A polluting metal death machine. I've had 3 acquaintances die from being hit by some driver, and in at least 2 of those cases, the driver was younger than 25 (which is the age when your brain finishes maturing and you get better impulse control).
That 25 number is just the age they stopped that study at, not some magical number where everyone is now officially mature. The human brain continues developing through your life.
Your entire body continues developing throughout your life, but there's a point where you quit getting taller.
I would love to do those instead of driving to work. Walking would take 14 hours, biking 4 hours, and the closest public transport I can get on is the same distance drive to work.
Got a new job and my bike commute went from 2.5 hours (tried once and it sucked) to 25 minutes. Work-life balance is 100% better, even if the bike path here bites the big one.
If it's real I think he should be sent to a re-education camp. America really needs them.
Re-education implies there was education to begin with.
Lol good point. Just education camps then
I don't understand, isn't this the button you press if you want to cross? Are you not supposed to press the button?
In America pressing that button is considered a government handout. You're supposed to cross the street using common sense and determination. Real men don't even look to check when they cross the street because they have God on their side.
If you're a true alpha, the drivers can sense it and they will stop for you.
A real American secures the crosswalk by firing his AR15.
Isn't America the country where it's also illegal to cross the street without a dedicated pedestrian crossing thing
Yes, it's a crime to cross without a crossing signal
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In my area all of those buttons are vestigial and the cross walks all go on timers.
Most of them just trigger the "Walk/Don't Walk" signals and have no effect on the timing of the lights.
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Making ~100 cars drive 30 minutes to work every day is the destruction of 50 hour of human life, 100 hours both ways, almost every single day, but apparently cars are freedom so 🤷
I'm pretty confident pushing the button actually doesn't do anything. You press the button and wait forever and eventually the lights change but they were gonna do that anyway.
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