Greetings from Athens, Greece,
A city with no sidewalks, no bicycle routes, lots of car traffic everywhere and awful public transport.
I was walking with my sister today and she found me walking in the middle of the street dangerous. So, I explained that this is my way of fucking with drivers. They have to slow down and wait for me to make way for them to pass me.
I usually do this in the neighbourhood streets where drivers usually are not speeding, so I will be able to dodge them in time if I need to.
All this discussion got me wondering what else I could be doing.
I was wondering what other methods people are employing. So, how are you fucking cars? Are you organized? Are you a rogue individual?
That sounds like an incredibly silly thing to do. You are more likely to get yourself injured than have any affect on the prevalence of cars.
There is a historic neighborhood in my city with narrow stone streets, it’s got plenty of car traffic during the day. At night it’s prime nightlife, streets filled with (inebriated) pedestrians. When the entitled drivers arrogantly drive there at night honking at pedestrians, they quickly find themselves booed, flipped off, covered in empty beer cups balanced on the hood. It’s a beautiful sight to see people reclaim the streets.
It reminds me of the old town of Zurich, cars have no right to be ruining such historical landmarks…
Not really trying to make a change, I am just pissed.
To be honest, I never really had anything close to a scare. Children could be walking around, and thankfully drunk driving is not that common here.