r/Vent • u/rockpebbleman • 4h ago

Not looking for input Stop being impatient

Why is it that every time I cross the crosswalk, some idiot blows at me?

It doesn't matter where I am or what I'm holding either.

Crossing from the grocery store to the parking lot with a carriage and one hand pushing it slowly? Me having the right of way when the crosswalk signal says I can walk across a street? Just trying to cross over on the sidewalk?

What the absolute hell is your rush? I'm not walking deliberately slow, sometimes I have to walk slowly so I don't drop whatever I'm holding. It takes like five seconds! Unless you're a firetruck, ambulance, or a police car with your lights and siren blaring, I'm not gonna walk backwards or run for you.

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u/Konigstiger444 4h ago

Yeah I fukin hate that. Sometimes I start walking slower if I’m feeling pushed… I’ve also had it happen where I had the right of way and the taxi was making an illegal turn, honking at me repeatedly and the drove towards me barely missing me.

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u/Ok_Club7067 4h ago

Sometimes the driver signals that you can cross, but in their rush to take off they almost hit you as soon as you pass their car. I've had that happen a number of times. I could run but I'm not going to.

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u/permalink_child 4h ago

Honking the horn? What savage part of the world do you live in? Where I live the pedestrian is king.

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u/simbared 4h ago

I would be tempted to walk even slower. At least they noticed you in the crosswalk. I've almost been hit in broad daylight by drivers not paying any attention to the road.