@themattsimpson @GabrielDuquette My paranoia did save me from serious injury one time, when a driver coming the other way fell asleep.
@themattsimpson @GabrielDuquette OTOH it got me INTO an accident when I saw some students walking into a VERY badly designed crossing...
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@GabrielDuquette OK this campus crossing, jesus. On a very steep hill. Idiot landscapers had made it nearly blind. -
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@GabrielDuquette By that I mean that fences and landscaping came right up to streetside, so you could hardly see ppl... -
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@GabrielDuquette ...until they were stepping into the road. It had flashing lights built into the roadway, instead of... -
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@GabrielDuquette ...normal overhead traffic lights. And lightning had burned out the system the previous week. -
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@GabrielDuquette So it was basically a deathtrap, and I was aware of this. I was approaching it, going downhill, saw ppl... -
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@GabrielDuquette ...step in road, slammed on brakes. And got rear-ended by a van full of cheerleaders.
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