this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2025
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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago

This depicts very precisely how I feel crossing roads in the US and Canada.

Compare and contrast with what happened in my town in SW France:

  • Council installed one of those super secure crossings that take forever to let people cross the street. Twice if you want to cross diagonally
  • Some old people don't give a shit because they must be thinking that life is too short for this, and they yolo it
  • Most drivers stop but some are unattentive
  • A couple of accidents happen
  • The old people lobby give some shit to the mayor
  • A different crossing is installed that stops the drivers all the time
  • Most drivers are OK, the shitty ones are angry
  • Everybody nice profits, another victory for the old gits who cross when and where they want. They'll do it again