The anecdote my dad always told me was being smart is knowing it’s a one way street, being wise is looking both ways anyways
I always do this because I have gone down too many one way streets and found someone else going the wrong way. It’s not uncommon
If you do it every time, you won’t forget when it’s important.
My friend complained that there is no reason to use turn signal to show me parking on the side of the remote road in the middle of the night. I just said “It’s a muscle memory”. Later he bought himself BMW and things came clear.
You never know if someone will be going wrong way down a one way street
I’ve had this happen 10+ times in my life, so always look both ways.
I have done this
I had my license maybe a year, and i had gotten lost downtown at night.
I came to a T intersection, with a one way road, but couldn’t figure out which direction to go. I panicked and picked a direction
I only realized when i saw a row of headlights heading my way
I had an ambulance driving the wrong direction twice already, i keep looking both ways, thank you
Cops around here do it all the time.
There’s a one way at the end of my block, and I see at least 2 cops a week go down it the wrong way with no lights or sirens.
I’ve seen my fair share of people driving the wrong way on one-way roads. Can’t rely on people following the rules.
Rules are meant to be broken
You never fucking know, dude. Better to be safe than sorry. The other driver can be at fault and still leave you with a permanent disability.
If someone is going the wrong way down a one-way, you really want to know about them.
It happens more often than you think.
It’s true, I don’t think very often.
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I stand in the street and yell at them until they back up and turn around on the street i live on
I personally see it on my street once or twice a month, seems unlikely I’d happen to see it every time it happens
And the person doing that is a bad driver and/or has attention problems
Pedestrians?
Moving from a walker hostile city to a walk friendly city, I forgot they existed and had some close calls. I’m pretty aware of them now.
Cyclists are the worst
I used to live next to a one way street that was two ways all around it. One of the only one way streets in that small town, next to where all the bars were, in a college town, and there was just enough of a hill to make it so two cars at opposite ends of it could not see each other. It was only a block long but the number of crashes and death defying attempts at crossing it on foot was astounding
Did that once, cost me 30 bucks. Didn’t see the sign, whoops. I did notice once it was too late tho.
I remember a vid of a cyclist going the wrong way down a 1 way street. Pedestrian didn’t look that way and bam. Guess who the cyclist blamed.
Where I’m from most one way streets are only one way for cars and such, bicycles are often explicitly allowed in both directions
Not to say that it was the case in the video
Almost died once to a woman going 75 on the wrong side of the 4 lane divided road. I dodged her but she hit a car behind me. :/
Always. Look. Both. Ways.
One word: bicycles
Two words: electric scooters
You forgot dipshit drivers.
Three words: dip shit drivers.
Four words: I can’t spell well.
Bicycles (and electric scooters) are vehicles that should also be following the same rules as car, i.e. not driving the wrong way down a one way street and not bombing down the sidewalk. I mean, I still look both ways, but that’s because people are dumb maniacs on the road, not because bicycles.
should
You should always be looking both ways, if not for vehicles, then at least for pedestrians who have no direction.
Yeah well looking the ‘wrong’ way on a 1 way street has stopped me from getting run over, and looking both ways before going on the green has saved my life from a red light runner when I was on my motorcycle.
You basically need to assume everyone in a car is an axe wielding maniac out to kill you if you’re on a motorcycle. I had a family member crash after a driver didn’t look left before pulling out of a driveway and put them out of commission for a few months, plus some new hardware. Stay safe!
That attitude has kept me alive for 23 years of riding. Many have tried to kill me, but I saw most of them coming and got lucky the couple times I didn’t.
if you’re
not on a motorcyclenot in a larger car
This is actually a good tool to explain the difference between those RPG stats that can be easy to mix up:
Perception is noticing you are crossing a one-way street.
Intelligence is understanding cars are only allowed to come from one direction.
Wisdom is looking in both directions before crossing anyway.
Dexterity is avoiding getting hit by the asshole going the wrong way down the street
Strength is dragging them out of the car afterwards
Forgot one
Rizz?
Basic etiquettes in Asia.
You have to look the other way anyway in case there might be pedestrians or cyclists crossing your path.
Or another car
