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Originally Posted by Morrigoon
Alex: a person standing has the potential to suddenly move in any direction, whereas a person already moving in a particular direction is likely to continue on that route or within 180 degrees of such.
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And a person standing still talking on the phone is likely to suddenly sprint in a random direction? Not really any more likely and not really any more of a problem if you're giving them as much room as you should and maybe a bit more because you can tell they're not paying attention. When you see a bad/distracted driver do you do what you can to harass them or give them extra space?
And if you're strafing them close enough to almost clip them then, a single exuberant hand motion is enough to cause trouble for either of them.
Regardless, the point to me is that GD intentionally increased the risk of a situation simply because he was annoyed by the action of another person on the path/road and that, to me, is just another version of stupid road rage we'd otherwise generally condemn. If I started pretending to lunge in front of cyclists I see doing stupid stuff (and on the streets of San Francisco I certainly see a lot of that) because they deserve the scare--regardless of the risk of injury I'm creating--would that be ok because they were being stupid?
I guess my point is that I agree with GD. What he did was a dick move. And I'll even concede that the pedestrian
deserved a dick move. I just don't go along with giving a grinning thumb's up that because someone deserved a dick move, he was accommodated.