I make eye contact and walk at a normal pace. In Spain people get mad when cars drive down city streets. They glare daggers at you while they clear the street begrudgingly. We need that energy in the United States. Cars should know that they are second class citizens.
I usually walk just a little more leisurely than I normally would, so the car has to wait two seconds longer.
But if the driver is an asshole (sometimes, when I have the right of way or am already in the middle of the street when they come along they will honk at me to move faster) I stop dead in my tracks, turn and look at them like “are you trying to warn me of something? What are you tryjbg to alert me of?”. Because honking isn’t supposed to be your anger relief when something is not going as you want.
In parking lots, I usually don’t even make eye contact. I mean I keep the cars in the corner of my vision so I don’t get killed, but it’s their job to not hit me, I’m not going to duck and dodge around them.
I do this particularly in parking lots because those drivers are 2 minutes from becoming pedestrians themselves, so it seems fitting.
Positive 😄 i went to marbella for a medical thing and stayed in the old town, and when the hospital sent a car to pick me up, people were very annoyed every time.
I make eye contact and walk at a normal pace. In Spain people get mad when cars drive down city streets. They glare daggers at you while they clear the street begrudgingly. We need that energy in the United States. Cars should know that they are second class citizens.
I usually walk just a little more leisurely than I normally would, so the car has to wait two seconds longer.
But if the driver is an asshole (sometimes, when I have the right of way or am already in the middle of the street when they come along they will honk at me to move faster) I stop dead in my tracks, turn and look at them like “are you trying to warn me of something? What are you tryjbg to alert me of?”. Because honking isn’t supposed to be your anger relief when something is not going as you want.
In parking lots, I usually don’t even make eye contact. I mean I keep the cars in the corner of my vision so I don’t get killed, but it’s their job to not hit me, I’m not going to duck and dodge around them.
I do this particularly in parking lots because those drivers are 2 minutes from becoming pedestrians themselves, so it seems fitting.
They are, companies are the first class citizens, cars secound, and people (who aren’t billionaires) 3rd
Are you sure they’re not just doing normal eye contact to make sure they’re not getting run over? It’s more or less taught like that here in Germany.
Positive 😄 i went to marbella for a medical thing and stayed in the old town, and when the hospital sent a car to pick me up, people were very annoyed every time.
How did they express their annoyance, other than looking at the driver?
Angry hand gestures, obviously taking their time getting out of the way, etc