People traffic
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I worked out a long time ago, from visiting the US and living in Australia, that people tend to walk on the same side of a path as they drive on the road.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I noticed at least in the USA, when people move down hallways in offices, they tend to follow the patterns of typical street traffic. I wonder is in places like the UK if the pattern is the opposite reflecting driving patterns there.
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I noticed at least in the USA, when people move down hallways in offices, they tend to follow the patterns of typical street traffic. I wonder is in places like the UK if the pattern is the opposite reflecting driving patterns there.
I tend to walk on the side of the road that's on the inside of the corner. It shaves vital seconds off of the journey that can be used for more interesting things.
My current favourite quote is: Punch them in the face, see what happens!
-SK Genius
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I worked out a long time ago, from visiting the US and living in Australia, that people tend to walk on the same side of a path as they drive on the road.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Yeah, and in South America they drive all over the road and I could never identify a real trend to their walking, either. Traffic signs, lights, etc. are just considered mere suggestions. A sign near the bus terminal in Santa Cruz, Bolivia says (translated) "According to law #, if a pedestrian is struck by a vehicle, it will be assumed that the pedestrian was in the wrong place unless there is evidence to the contrary." I think the best strategy is random, so they can't figure out where you're walking.
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However, the Highway Code recommends that on roads without pavement you walk facing the oncoming traffic aka the 'wrong' side. I've noticed that many people continue to walk on the right(wrong) side in other places also; especially bridges and tunnels.
It's time for a new signature.
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I worked out a long time ago, from visiting the US and living in Australia, that people tend to walk on the same side of a path as they drive on the road.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
and to my consternation (because I invariably get it wrong the first time Im in Europe for a trip), they use different sides of an escalator - Im not used to standing on the right on an escalator - for some reason it feels unnatural ! 'g'
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I worked out a long time ago, from visiting the US and living in Australia, that people tend to walk on the same side of a path as they drive on the road.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
that people tend to walk ... the same ... as they drive on the road.
That explains why NM folks walk the hallways with concealed carry permits, and push everyone out of the way or cut through any shortcut available regardless of who is in the way.... ;P
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I worked out a long time ago, from visiting the US and living in Australia, that people tend to walk on the same side of a path as they drive on the road.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Not very true in London - go outside of the city and it's a bit truer. I think the reason London is so different is a) so many foreigners (aka it's multicultural) and b) on the tube lines and so on the "fast" lane on the escalators and so on is usually on the left with people standing on the right.
I doubt it. If it isn't intuitive then we need to fix it. - Chris Maunder
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and to my consternation (because I invariably get it wrong the first time Im in Europe for a trip), they use different sides of an escalator - Im not used to standing on the right on an escalator - for some reason it feels unnatural ! 'g'
Garth J Lancaster wrote:
and to my consternation (because I invariably get it wrong the first time Im in Europe for a trip), they use different sides of an escalator - Im not used to standing on the right on an escalator - for some reason it feels unnatural !
Just to make life more interesting, you stand on different sides of the escalator depending on which half of Japan you're in. I'm serious! In the east part of the country, you stand on the left. In the west part of the country, you stand on the right. There was a TV programme once that set out to figure out where precisely the boundary was as to which side you stood on. They managed to pin it down to a particular bullet train station in the middle-ish part of the country, as you might have expected...
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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Garth J Lancaster wrote:
and to my consternation (because I invariably get it wrong the first time Im in Europe for a trip), they use different sides of an escalator - Im not used to standing on the right on an escalator - for some reason it feels unnatural !
Just to make life more interesting, you stand on different sides of the escalator depending on which half of Japan you're in. I'm serious! In the east part of the country, you stand on the left. In the west part of the country, you stand on the right. There was a TV programme once that set out to figure out where precisely the boundary was as to which side you stood on. They managed to pin it down to a particular bullet train station in the middle-ish part of the country, as you might have expected...
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
wow - thats funny - in a good way :-)
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I worked out a long time ago, from visiting the US and living in Australia, that people tend to walk on the same side of a path as they drive on the road.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
It works in China, too. On a busy day on the Nanjing Road in Shanghai, you can see tens of thousands of people at a time, walking East on the right and West on the left. If you want to go to a shop on the other side of the road, you have to walk past it, cross, then walk back to it. There's no way you can go against the tide. What's most remarkable is how clean the place is, when everything closes and everyone's gone home. If that many people walked up Carnaby Street, it'd be thigh-deep in garbage, but the Nanjing Road's left looking like it was just taken out of the box.
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I noticed at least in the USA, when people move down hallways in offices, they tend to follow the patterns of typical street traffic. I wonder is in places like the UK if the pattern is the opposite reflecting driving patterns there.
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I tend to walk on the side of the road that's on the inside of the corner. It shaves vital seconds off of the journey that can be used for more interesting things.
My current favourite quote is: Punch them in the face, see what happens!
-SK Genius
and ensures that any car coming round the bend has the minimum time to see you and react
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However, the Highway Code recommends that on roads without pavement you walk facing the oncoming traffic aka the 'wrong' side. I've noticed that many people continue to walk on the right(wrong) side in other places also; especially bridges and tunnels.
It's time for a new signature.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
people continue to walk on the right(wrong) side
hang on a sec. is it wrong cause they're walking on the right side of the road, or is it right cause they're walking on the wrong side of the road? ;P
Pete
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
people continue to walk on the right(wrong) side
hang on a sec. is it wrong cause they're walking on the right side of the road, or is it right cause they're walking on the wrong side of the road? ;P
Pete