NYPD used to be super strict about ticketing for "blocking the box". Like it was their favorite thing to do. I know it's usually worse in midtown but I guess they've fallen off.
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Seeing this always makes me consider carring a pack of stickers on me that say something embarrassing on it
Gallagher used to tell a joke that every driver should be issued a suction cup dart gun, that shoots darts with a red flag on it at any car driving like an idiot. When a cop sees a car with 3 flags on the fender, he pulls them over, and gives them a ticket for being an asshole.
I thought all he did was smash large fruits and veggies.
Hell no, he was a really funny, incentive, intelligent comic. He liked to do bits on language, like when he talked about being bald, and said "People tell me I don't have hair on my head because of my genes, but I got hair in my jeans, I need it on my head!"
Just hold one of your keys out as you walk by the cars on the crosswalk.
Or a waterproof pencil. Just to warn the other drivers, that they don't know or care for traffic rules.
- bang bang with your hand gets the message across and is legal.
- you didn't even tell 'ey I'm walking here'
Counter-point: They can kill you by applying pressure with their toe. Alternate plan: Make them fear breaking the law in the first place...
I like those videos where people open the back doors of cars stopped on crossings and climb out the other door so they can cross the road.
Absolutely insane. You know how many of our fellow americans have guns and zero chill!? It's not fair, but protest in a manner that's safe...
I'm a relatively risk averse person but this is crazy. Do you fret the same amount every time you head out on our increasingly deadly roads? I can't imagine leaving the house if I believed my fellow citizens were one small inconvenience away from blowing my head off in broad daylight.
It's crazy!? Really?? Again, the commenter is advocating you open some stranger's vehicle while they are stopped at a light and enter it. You don't know if they have kids in there, if they think you are carjacking them, etc. And yeah, they might be armed.
And what's this false equivalency about it being the same as driving on the road? That makes no sense and is completely irrelevant. Did you even read the comment I was replying to??
Anyone who's driven on american roads knows how aggressive people can be. And the comment is talking about entering these same people's vehicles unannounced and not thinking they will react badly or panic in the moment!? Also, I think it's technically trespassing in most states...
MR MAMDANI NUKE THESE CARS IMMEDIATELY ‼️‼️
Seems like a place that need a crossing brick to me.
Needs an additional lane so more cars could pass and not block the crosswalk
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In my country the law states that in crosswalks without traffic lights, pedestrians must be given unobstructed access. I've considered getting steel tipped shoes and just kicking the violators with those. After all, it's basically the same as walking swiftly. I bet the case would be even stronger with a green traffic light...
In Switzerland, we just bang on the window
I wonder if their mayor can do something about this. I do understand that this is behavior that he cannot impose. But as a leader he could rally them to be “self-accountable” and more importantly vigilant towards pedestrians.
It's 45th St. That's absolutely NOT what every crossing at 3rd Ave looks like. Stay out of Midtown if you want people who behave like others exist. Midtown is a hellscape
What’s exactly the problem? Doesn’t look like gridlock on the adjacent street. Traffic is shit and yes, fuck cars, but Manhattan is one of the best cities in the world imho
They're blocking the crosswalk?
I guess I’m just used to this kinda nonsense in NYC. OP is clearly crossing anyway?
Imagine trying to use the bicycle path there...
Yeah but having to squeeze through a tiny gap which makes it hard for all pedestrians to cross in the time allotted.
Pedestrians should have priority over cars.
As someone whose family member is in a wheelchair and already has trouble crossing in the allotted time in NYC because of all the uneven pavement and crap curbcuts, it's nigh impossible when the cars crunch into the crosswalk all helter-skelter like that.
Blocking the box. The car entered the intersection without being able to exit it and now cross traffic is blocked even though they have the light. This can cause cascading delays as it backs up going the other way.
Typical yank
Utterly incapable of seeing the point in not being a selfish cunt
Hey with all due respect, go fist yourself.
Seriously though I take the point—things could be somewhat better.
End congestion pricing.
That boat has sailed boy, your instructions just haven't been updated
Well, it's still something I care about. It's one of the reasons I don't go into the city.
That’s exactly the problem it solved. Turns out the majority of people against congestion pricing in NYC were people that didn’t even live in NYC, just out of towners that would go in once a month if that. The people actually living in NYC were overwhelmingly in favor of it.
You'd rather deal with parking in Manhattan than take transit? You can stay in NJ lol
As a 1-2/yr visitor I’ve been taking Acela for about two decades now. It’s so nice to leave the car at home in Massachusetts and have so much freedom to go anywhere. I haven’t yet been since congestion pricing started but M looking forward to the improved accessibility to everything
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