sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoIf Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?www.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down19
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minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·11 days agodon’t pedestrians have right of way on crosswalks??
minus-squarekboos1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 days agoYes, but I guess your family can argue that you had the right of way when a giant truck turns you into a hood ornament because you were watching Facebook shorts instead of looking both ways before crossing a street
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI guess it’s a different situation in Germany compares to the US
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoHere you can pretty much cross the street on a crosswalk without looking because people are more careful.
minus-squareTalcosis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 days agoAccording to the laws of man, yes. According to the laws of physics? Nope.
don’t pedestrians have right of way on crosswalks??
Yes, but I guess your family can argue that you had the right of way when a giant truck turns you into a hood ornament because you were watching Facebook shorts instead of looking both ways before crossing a street
I guess it’s a different situation in Germany compares to the US
How? Please elaborate
Here you can pretty much cross the street on a crosswalk without looking because people are more careful.
According to the laws of man, yes.
According to the laws of physics? Nope.