This happens virtually every single day. Drivers in Chicago would rather commit vehicular manslaughter than wait 5 seconds for someone to cross.

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    2 days ago

    Ah, forgot I’m on Lemmy where everything is interpreted literally. My bad.

    You’re right - in Europe, street vigilantes won’t pass you through a fine-mesh strainer for breaking the law. What’s real is that even in Southern Europe not giving right of way to pedestrians is not only a crime, it is also a social death sentence.

    You couldn’t act like the driver in the video for long without running into some serious problems with basically everyone you meet. Imagine taking a dump in the park every morning and expect to get to live a normal life among the other civilized people of your city - it’s just not gonna fly.

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        1 day ago

        Yeah even in larger cities you’ll get noticed if you repeat this kind of behavior. And your friends would leave you pretty quickly.