Auckland councillor Julie Fairey reflects on the stress – both personal and communal – that preventable road accidents cause.
  • Lautrebeacon
    6·
    7 hours ago

    Love the way she describes the internal monologue/game when dealing with cars: “can you see me?” “Yes you can, good job”. Used to tell myself the same when commuting by bycicle daily.

    • apprehensively_humanEnglish
      5·
      4 hours ago

      Nothing more nerve racking than biking up to an intersection and the driver’s eyeballs are perfectly hidden behind the windshield pillar. I’m not moving until I know you see me.

      • Lemminary@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 hours ago

        I can’t even trust that anymore. I almost got ran over by a bus who could definitely see me AND ACCELERATED. People around me gasped loudly, it was that ridiculous. Too bad I’m so blind I can’t see numbers from afar.