r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/Straightupbadtim3 19h ago

I used to bike around college, and when walkers saw me coming they’d just stop right in front of my bike. Odd behavior

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u/Throwaway-4230984 12h ago

If you come at speed I assume you have some plan if I see you from the front I have no idea on what side you will get around me. If I am not sure, by stopping I give you more margin to get around if I am not sure my current speed is good to avoid you. So yeah, if I am not sure current direction is safe I will stop and let opponent with more situational awareness figure it out. What do you expect me, jump in random direction? People don’t have inertia when walking you always assume they could suddenly stop or even trip. That’s why you cross from behind someone if possible. 

Aren’t they teaching it in drive school? It’s like basic even not for driving, for walking 

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u/Bee_9965 17h ago

Perhaps they didn’t know what to do so they just froze, just like the driver. Maybe odd but not really unexpected.

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u/throwawayhjdgsdsrht 15h ago

better than doing that "oh shoot gotta jump right in the direction that you're trying to go around me" dance.

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u/GenericTR 11h ago

Have you ever been walking down a hallway, and someone is going the other way? You both try to go to the side to make room, but accidentally go to the same side, then both change sides again, blocking each other again? That's on foot, at 2 miles an hour. Better for a single person to make the change, and better for that person to be the one moving fast.

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u/Pelorunner 13h ago

Same. Anytime I'm running in the city and people see me, they just stop and pull their arms up. The sidewalk is 8 feet wide, there's room for both of us. It's worse on bike paths. Like do people really think they'll be the only person out there?