I wish there was a rule in New York CIty that required people to walk on the right-hand side of the sidewalk. It would prevent a lot of full-body collisions. I've only had a couple minor ones but lots of close calls. Maybe I could invent a signal system where our brain waves would activate a flashing light on our shoulders. . .
What's frustrating is you'd expect most people to yield to their right as you approached, like you do in traffic, right? But many insist at the last moment on doing the opposite.
Then I got to wondering what percentage of New York pedestrians come from a country where the left-hand rule applies. I couldn't find any statistics on this, but from WikipediA I learned that 66 percent of countries drive on the right-hand side and the rest use the left-hand rule. Maybe that explains a little. I still like my brain-wave-signal idea.
What's frustrating is you'd expect most people to yield to their right as you approached, like you do in traffic, right? But many insist at the last moment on doing the opposite.
Then I got to wondering what percentage of New York pedestrians come from a country where the left-hand rule applies. I couldn't find any statistics on this, but from WikipediA I learned that 66 percent of countries drive on the right-hand side and the rest use the left-hand rule. Maybe that explains a little. I still like my brain-wave-signal idea.
