Ron Gabriel, a student of the School of Visual Arts in New York, decided that for his thesis project he would create a stylised video which highlighted the number of near misses and minor incidents that occur on just one NYC intersection on a daily basis.
After capturing the incidents on film, Gabriel then added graphics which identify and track the movements of the various parties involved, whether they’re pedestrians, cyclists or drivers. The result is something that looks like an augmented reality display from the future. But it isn’t. It’s idiots doing what they do best.
On the one intersection, and there are 12,370 in the city, Gabriel captures numerous pedestrians dodging bikes, bikes riding into oncoming traffic, an 18-wheeler making a u-turn and causing a minor accident, cars jumping lights, pedestrians jaywalking, and cyclists riding at speed on the sidewalk. Is it any wonder 74 percent of the city’s major road traffic accidents (which seriously injure or kill three to four people a day on average) occur at intersections.
Source: YouTube
And in Stockholm (Sweden) they want to make it legal for bicyclists to ignore one way rules and red lights. F’kin anarchist shite.