In a two mile round trip today, I witnessed: - a driver turning while a youth running team was crossing, who stopped diagonally in the middle of the crosswalk to split up the group while yelling at them - a driver start to turn right as a pedestrian was in front, arm's length from the vehicle
Distracted drivers have always concerned me, but what I'm seeing more often lately is worse: drivers not even caring enough to look at their surroundings, blaming pedestrians for the driver's disregard of road rules and right-of-way, and being angry at having to coexist with anyone not in a vehicle
Drivers behaving as if they won't see a pedestrian where they should be expecting them seems like the default now
Me too! It’s so scary!