Cylists

[dang65]

Two motorcyclists I know call it "Look but don't see".

The person looks like they are looking but other road users, normally the most vulnerable in that particular circumstance, don't register in their brains.

The common term is SMIDSY - sorry mate, I didn't see you. Drivers usually say it after nearly killing you despite the fact that you're lit up like a Christmas tree.

You quickly get used to assuming that everyone else on the road is simultaneously drunk, drugged up, half-asleep, demented, blind, deaf and trying to remember if they left the gas on at home.

[gingerjedi]

You quickly get used to assuming that everyone else on the road is simultaneously drunk, drugged up, half-asleep, demented, blind, deaf and trying to remember if they left the gas on at home.

When I passed my driving test my instructor said "Now you learn to drive, treat everyone else as an idiot and you won't go far wrong", good advice.

[SueEllen]

The common term is SMIDSY - sorry mate, I didn't see you. Drivers usually say it after nearly killing you despite the fact that you're lit up like a Christmas tree.

You quickly get used to assuming that everyone else on the road is simultaneously drunk, drugged up, half-asleep, demented, blind, deaf and trying to remember if they left the gas on at home.

It's not a help if you are teenage pedestrians as quite a few teenagers near where I live get run down.

Some of them deliberately torment drivers by crossing the road as slowly as possible or just walk out into the road not realising that it's not a good idea to walk out in front of a London bus, a van or lorry. There as others legitimately cross i.e. at pelican crossings, zebra crossings but car drivers don't stop.

Interestedly I've noticed 10-12 year olds purposely now not start crossing the road at pelican crossings etc until cars have actually stopped.

[Mason Boyne]

The common term is SMIDSY - sorry mate, I didn't see you. Drivers usually say it after nearly killing you despite the fact that you're lit up like a Christmas tree.

You quickly get used to assuming that everyone else on the road is simultaneously drunk, drugged up, half-asleep, demented, blind, deaf and trying to remember if they left the gas on at home.

I assume that's the case even when driving a car. There really are some fuqwits out there.

[TimberWolf]

When I was in Ibiza I noticed that when you're crossing what resembles a zebra crossing there, the traffic starts moving off while you're still in front of it, or perhaps not even in front of it yet. The logic I guess being that by the time their vehicle reaches your current location, you will have moved. The first time it happened to me, I stopped in my tracks, expecting the scooter (in that instance) to zoom off in front of me, ignoring the crossing. But no, he slowed when I slowed, creating a temporary impasse, with my not wanting to walk in front of a vehicle moving directly towards me, and the moving vehicle wanting to skim past behind me.

[doodab]

When I was in Ibiza I noticed that when you're crossing what resembles a zebra crossing there, the traffic starts moving off while you're still in front of it, or perhaps not even in front of it yet. The logic I guess being that by the time their vehicle reaches your current location, you will have moved. The first time it happened to me, I stopped in my tracks, expecting the scooter (in that instance) to zoom off in front of me, ignoring the crossing. But no, he slowed when I slowed, creating a temporary impasse, with my not wanting to walk in front of a vehicle moving directly towards me, and the moving vehicle wanting to skim past behind me.

I found that in parts of Italy. You basically have to step out into moving traffic and trust that it will avoid you.

[MaryPoppins]

Sad news. Sorry to hear about your friend.

WHS. V sorry to hear that.