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"One false move and you are dead" (s3.poliversity.it)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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This is the message of an old campaign for the #securityRoadway in #UK. It sounds ridiculous, if only the same message (maybe a bit watered down), was not used for road safety campaigns nowadays.

Pure victim blaming

crossposted from: https://poliversity.it/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/115705207235775690

Photo of two legs of a person on the sidewalk close to the edge. Overlay writing: "one false move and you are dead". Another overlay: "before you cross the road, stop at the kerb". Public domain image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campain-_One_false_move_and_you%27re_dead.png
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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Side note, people who stand halfway on and off the curb like the picture give me untold amounts of anxiety. Like they are going to leap into traffic at any moment, unpredictably. I really wish people would stand back from the curb, or there were guard rails preventing movement until walk light is green.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Totally get this. On the other hand, in my city where the streets are wide as shit and crossing signals are timed for only the quickest of walkers-you need every second you can get.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    @phed @lgsp If you're driving and the environment including the presence of other road users is making you feel uncomfortable, slowing down should help.

    Also, you do know that at a crossing without a light, you have to stop for pedestrians, right? They stand on the edge of the curb to let you know they want to cross. If they stand back out of the way, they might never get to cross until a really kind driver comes along and there aren't many of those these days.

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