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by ojbyrne 3011 days ago
After nearly getting hit by a car while on a crosswalk in broad daylight today, I don't think "polar opposite" is correct.

I actually made eye contact with the driver, and expected her to slow down (I was right in the middle of the street). Instead she sped up to get through the crosswalk ahead of me.

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Instead of cars driven by assholes, we have to worry about cars programmed by assholes.
And given that a single asshole can drive only one car at a time, but can program a million cars, and given this is Uber we're talking about, I'm worried too.
I've had this happen to me so many times. It's insane that driving laws aren't strict in proportion to how much damage an irresponsible driver can inflict.
I don't know if that's better than what happened to me: she just screamed and threw her hands up while I jumped out of the way.
Neither is exactly confidence inducing, but I'm pretty sure the one who deliberately endangered another person's life to save a few seconds is worse.