October 13, 2016, 9:36am, Burnaby, BC. A person with a loaded shopping cart wants to cross all six lanes of Kingsway, busy with the morning rush. Incredibly, someone driving in the center lane ahead of me decides to stop and let the person cross. There’s just one problem: nobody else can see what’s going on. I notice only at the last moment, soon enough to avoid the person crossing if they had been dumb enough to continue.
Watch the top of the video starting at about 0:08, just beyond the long row of stopped cars in the lane to my right.
(Sorry about the weird camera angle. Someone tilted the camera and I failed to notice earlier.)
In the rear view, I watched as the crosser sensibly retreated.
Meanwhile, the cop in the car ahead of me either didn’t notice, or didn’t care, neither of which makes them look good.
Drivers: please don’t stop for pedestrians crossing busy streets unless
you know for sure all other drivers can see them.