Many motorists are assholes. Most of the rest are impatient. All of them know what they can get away with. This leaves pedestrians and cyclists with either the exceptionally kind drivers or the exceptionally nervous new drivers, and both are rare types. When crossing the street during rushour, step into the street just far enough that the next driver can't be sure you won't just keep walking. This driver will stop because participating in an accident is more time consuming than putting on the brakes for 15 seconds.
I'm using "Deepest Sender" to post this entry from FireFox. It seems pretty nice. It even has support for keyword tags. ...Wait a second--no auto-detect of Current Music? Maybe not so great after all.
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