You’re walking along a path and another person approaches from the opposite direction.
Do you tilt your head to signify which direction around them you intend to go? Is that head tilt understood by others?
Should we start pointing also?
Install hand blinkers?
- PonyOfWar ( @PonyOfWar@pawb.social ) 36•1 year ago
No, never heard of people doing that and most likely wouldn’t understand it. I generally just pass people on the right, seems to be what 99% of people are doing as well so it’s rarely an issue. If it’s a really narrow path I might just step to whichever side is safer and let them pass.
- atlasraven31 ( @atlasraven31@lemm.ee ) 8•1 year ago
I choose right too because America drives on the right. Interestingly, Japanese tend to walk on the right too despite driving on the left.
- luxyr42 ( @luxyr42@lemmy.dormedas.com ) 5•1 year ago
The left vs right thing in Japan depends on the city. Particularly for escalators. Some places will have signs that say to stand on left while others say to stand on right. Others also say not to walk on the escalator, but people always ignore that.
Some recreational trails will have signage reminding people to keep to the right unless passing around someone
I feel like that’s generally understood to be the standard
- atlasraven31 ( @atlasraven31@lemm.ee ) 3•1 year ago
When I’m walking, bikes are all over the place. When I’m biking, walkers are in the center and jump to a random side when they hear a bike behind them.
I’ve definitely had it happen on a bicycle or longboard when someone abruptly moves to the left when I ring my bell or say, “On your left.”
I don’t understand why. It puts everyone involved at risk.
Probably the same people who don’t use their turn signals in a car.
- ArgentCorvid [Iowa] ( @argentcorvid@midwest.social ) English25•1 year ago
No absolutely not. This is the first I’ve ever heard about it and don’t intend to start
- Makeshift ( @Makeshift@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 17•1 year ago
people usually look where they are going
- mitch ( @msprout@beehaw.org ) 8•1 year ago
Naw, but we do nod our heads to one another in passing greeting. It’s a way of life in Philly.
- ELI70 ( @ELI70@lemmy.run ) 6•1 year ago
No those seemingly harmless encounters are meant to be small games of chicken. whoever budges and makes way for the other male has just become the submissive male.
- m-p{3} ( @mp3@lemmy.ca ) 6•1 year ago
I tend to go with the car lanes and pass on the right. And when there’s people on both side approaching (ie: at a pedestrian crossing) I find it helps when you look exactly where you’re going, for example looking in between those two persons to make it obvious you’re going there.
- banana_meccanica ( @banana_meccanica@feddit.it ) 6•1 year ago
I’m just stop and wait. I have implement in my human system this function that when see someone approching is trigged, no need to extra variables its just start with waiting till that someone is passed, then function end.
- ELI70 ( @ELI70@lemmy.run ) 3•1 year ago
what if both parties apply this strategy?
- CloverSi ( @CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space ) 4•1 year ago
- banana_meccanica ( @banana_meccanica@feddit.it ) 2•1 year ago
It happen sometimes. That’s a critical error, I faint out and reboot.
- ELI70 ( @ELI70@lemmy.run ) 3•1 year ago
what if the other party reacts with a reboot of their own?
- 30p87 ( @30p87@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
I usually walk in their way on purpose, until we bump together. In the following intense moment, I maintain eye contact until we are near enough to kiss. Then we start making out on the street. In the end I wake up and realize I won’t ever get into this situation anyway as I never leave the basement.
- makingStuffForFun ( @makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
I have an led light bar attached to a LIFO battery. It plays a message with arrows. That way approaching pedestrians are aware of which way I’ll be navigating around them.
- ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) 2•1 year ago
Only if eye contact is made. Otherwise, hand gestures.
- fred ( @fred@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
I kind of twist and put my hand behind my back to make room on one side if it looks like there won’t be enough. Most people understand that