Olkiss@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat’s a piece of advice you got as a kid that still sticks with you?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s a piece of advice you got as a kid that still sticks with you?Olkiss@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up47·edit-22 days agoDad was teaching my sister and I to cross the street and told us to look both ways. We were crossing a one-way road at the time and I asked “Do we need to look both ways on a one-way road?” He said “People are idiots, you look both ways.”
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 hours agoGood advice, and by extension also the fundamental of defensive driving - assume every other driver on the road is crazy or incompetent. Just because someone is signalling to turn, it doesn’t mean they will Just because someone isn’t signalling to turn, it doesn’t mean they won’t Assume people will run red lights Assume people will jump on the brakes for no reason Assume anyone will change lanes at any time without even looking I’m sure my driving got a lot safer from thinking like that
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoThis summer. Twice. Crossing a one way street just as a car goes zooming through in the wrong direction And its corollary. Never assume a red light will stop the cars. Always look.
minus-square5ymm3trY@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoAlso very helpful when you travel to countries with left-hand traffic (or right-hand traffic depending on which way you are used to). The first couple days cars are constantly coming from the wrong side.
Dad was teaching my sister and I to cross the street and told us to look both ways.
We were crossing a one-way road at the time and I asked “Do we need to look both ways on a one-way road?”
He said “People are idiots, you look both ways.”
Good advice, and by extension also the fundamental of defensive driving - assume every other driver on the road is crazy or incompetent.
I’m sure my driving got a lot safer from thinking like that
I completely agree.
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This summer. Twice. Crossing a one way street just as a car goes zooming through in the wrong direction
And its corollary. Never assume a red light will stop the cars. Always look.
Also very helpful when you travel to countries with left-hand traffic (or right-hand traffic depending on which way you are used to). The first couple days cars are constantly coming from the wrong side.