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“Turning Your Back On Traffic” by jefftk
We do a lot of
walking
around the neighborhood with kids, which usually involves some
people getting to intersections a while before others. I'm not
worried about even the youngest going into the street on their
own—Nora's been
street trained for
about a year—but we have to be careful about what signals we
send to cars. Someone standing at an intersection facing traffic
looks to a driver like they're waiting for the opportunity to cross.
Waving drivers to continue doesn't work well: they tend to slow down
significantly, and many of them will wave back in a misguided attempt
at "no, you first" politeness. Instead, what seems to work well is
turning your back to the street:
This isn't perfect: some drivers still read anyone stationary near an
intersection as intending to cross, but it's pretty good. And [...]
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First published:
July 17th, 2024
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FJokhnaYjEbcHLusJ/turning-your-back-on-traffic
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By LessWrongWe do a lot of
walking
around the neighborhood with kids, which usually involves some
people getting to intersections a while before others. I'm not
worried about even the youngest going into the street on their
own—Nora's been
street trained for
about a year—but we have to be careful about what signals we
send to cars. Someone standing at an intersection facing traffic
looks to a driver like they're waiting for the opportunity to cross.
Waving drivers to continue doesn't work well: they tend to slow down
significantly, and many of them will wave back in a misguided attempt
at "no, you first" politeness. Instead, what seems to work well is
turning your back to the street:
This isn't perfect: some drivers still read anyone stationary near an
intersection as intending to cross, but it's pretty good. And [...]
The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI.
---
First published:
July 17th, 2024
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FJokhnaYjEbcHLusJ/turning-your-back-on-traffic
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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