Simon Jester wrote:
On Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 11:23:38 AM UTC+1, NY wrote:

That is why I would never assume that car is going to stop for me: it
has always bewildered me that road traffic laws were ever made in that
way. Making a vehicle stop half-way round a junction is a Bad Idea,
because it blocks traffic behind them that is *not* turning.

You have been brainwashed in to thinking convenience of motorists is the
most important thing in the world.

'At some point you’ll almost certainly have seen someone walking across
a road and then breaking into a little theatrical gallop when a car
approaches. Is this the act of someone running for their lives? No. If
it was, they’d suddenly sprint. It’s the act of someone who’s been
conditioned to believe that motor vehicles and the people within them
must be allowed to proceed with minimal disruption. To disrupt this is,
at the very least, discourteous. The gallop is the gesture that
acknowledges this...'
https://beyondthekerb.org.uk/we-do-not-negotiate-with-terrorists/

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